2025 Washington Commanders- All Things Offense

[Riggo44]

 

[skinsinparadise]

The offensive line

For a team that has attempted to rebuild for years, Washington may finally be able to say it has two of the most important position groups set: quarterback and offensive line.

The Commanders’ recent investments in the offensive line have paid immediate dividends and are vital for the offense to have any continuity going forward. It started last season, when they gave right guard Sam Cosmi a four-year, $74 million contract extension just before the opener, and continued into this offseason when they traded for five-time Pro Bowl left tackle Laremy Tunsil and drafted Josh Conerly Jr. in the first round to develop into their right tackle.

In Week 3, the Commanders made another change by swapping guards, moving Chris Paul in at left guard and Andrew Wylie into the right guard spot until Cosmi fully recovered from his ACL injury. His first game back was Week 7 in Dallas.

His best game? Last Sunday, against Denver. He allowed only one quarterback pressure on 55 pass blocks, according to Next Gen Stats.

“I felt like him and Josh have felt more cohesive and like that continuity is helping because now they’ve been in that rhythm a good bit together,” coach Dan Quinn said Monday. “Chris and Laremy had quite a bit of reps together, but the combinations with Sam and Josh, that’s a big deal.”

The Broncos produced an NFL-high 41.3 percent pressure rate in their first 12 weeks of the season, per Next Gen. However, in Washington, their pressure rate was 17.9 percent, their lowest in a game since Week 3 of the 2023 season, when they allowed 70 points to the Dolphins.


Tunsil — who allowed just two pressures in his 28 matchups with Broncos linebacker Nik Bonitto, according to Next Gen — is working on one of, if not the, finest seasons of his career at 31 years old. His run blocking, especially, has been a boon for Washington, which has the fifth-highest rushing success rate (percentage of carries with a positive EPA) in the NFL through Week 13 at 46.0 percent.

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[skinsinparadise]

 

[burgold]

I don't think we should write off Bill yet either. He showed quite a bit when defenses couldn't stack the box.

 

[Riggo44]

Walker seems to be similar to Bill--how much of an improvement is he? Who is he replacing on the roster?

 

[skinsinparadise]

Walker has evolved as a pass catcher, has a 90 grade from PFF which as an elite score this season. He's sneaky very good. Look on draft day #3 no one posted more than me please take Croskey-Merritt. He's been ok but he's not screaming to me as a dude who is poised to put up an elite PFF score among other things. Having said that, I am not living and dying with RB this off season, if they do nothing at RB but upgrade at WR, I'd be more than cool.

Have the coaches forgotten about Kenneth Walker?

The intersection of best back and most used back is, well, we can’t find it yet.

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NFL’s Next Gen Stats has the Seahawks at a stacked box rate close to 40 percent (which leads the league by far), a whopping 10 percentage points higher than the sixth-placed Indianapolis Colts. That’s insane.....So - Walker, who is more explosive, more effective, and admittedly better at creating something out of nothing...and chronically faces a severe disadvantage.

 

[Riggo44]

NFL’s Next Gen Stats has the Seahawks at a stacked box rate close to 40 percent (which leads the league by far), a whopping 10 percentage points higher than the sixth-placed Indianapolis Colts. That’s insane.....So - Walker, who is more explosive, more effective, and admittedly better at creating something out of nothing...and chronically faces a severe disadvantage.

Bill on that chart though--a full yard over on RYOE, albeit less 8+ defenders. It's intriguing, I wouldn't hate Walker--especially with that "Cool Shit" metric--I love that. In terms of roster construction, do we go 4 RBs? Does he replace Rodriguez, McNichols? I don't want to give up on Bill, and I don't think you do, either.

 

[Chris]

Brian Robinson #12 on the Cool Shit metric? 👀

 

[Riggo44]

He has 72 carries so a very small percentage--that metric is a bit skewed by small sample sizes; e.g., Hampton has 66 carries

 

[skinsinparadise]

Bill on that chart though--a full yard over on RYOE, albeit less 8+ defenders. It's intriguing, I wouldn't hate Walker--especially with that "Cool Shit" metric--I love that. In terms of roster construction, do we go 4 RBs? Does he replace Rodriguez, McNichols? I don't want to give up on Bill, and I don't think you do, either.

They can go 4 RBs. It's not a pressing need for me. But I wouldn't mind more explosion from this RB room. Croskey-Merritt started hot but has cooled of -- but I haven't given up on him.

 

[prodigy]

The offensive line

For a team that has attempted to rebuild for years, Washington may finally be able to say it has two of the most important position groups set: quarterback and offensive line.

The Commanders’ recent investments in the offensive line have paid immediate dividends and are vital for the offense to have any continuity going forward. It started last season, when they gave right guard Sam Cosmi a four-year, $74 million contract extension just before the opener, and continued into this offseason when they traded for five-time Pro Bowl left tackle Laremy Tunsil and drafted Josh Conerly Jr. in the first round to develop into their right tackle.

In Week 3, the Commanders made another change by swapping guards, moving Chris Paul in at left guard and Andrew Wylie into the right guard spot until Cosmi fully recovered from his ACL injury. His first game back was Week 7 in Dallas.

His best game? Last Sunday, against Denver. He allowed only one quarterback pressure on 55 pass blocks, according to Next Gen Stats.

“I felt like him and Josh have felt more cohesive and like that continuity is helping because now they’ve been in that rhythm a good bit together,” coach Dan Quinn said Monday. “Chris and Laremy had quite a bit of reps together, but the combinations with Sam and Josh, that’s a big deal.”

The Broncos produced an NFL-high 41.3 percent pressure rate in their first 12 weeks of the season, per Next Gen. However, in Washington, their pressure rate was 17.9 percent, their lowest in a game since Week 3 of the 2023 season, when they allowed 70 points to the Dolphins.


Tunsil — who allowed just two pressures in his 28 matchups with Broncos linebacker Nik Bonitto, according to Next Gen — is working on one of, if not the, finest seasons of his career at 31 years old. His run blocking, especially, has been a boon for Washington, which has the fifth-highest rushing success rate (percentage of carries with a positive EPA) in the NFL through Week 13 at 46.0 percent.

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thoughts on Coleman? I haven't paid much attention to what was happening with him after they slotted in Chris Paul at guard. seemed like he did okay in spot duty at tackle. does he have the ability to turn into a CoLuc type of swing tackle for us or is he a guard or bust guy?

 

[skinsinparadise]

thoughts on Coleman? I haven't paid much attention to what was happening with him after they slotted in Chris Paul at guard. seemed like he did okay in spot duty at tackle. does he have the ability to turn into a CoLuc type of swing tackle for us or is he a guard or bust guy?

looking like at a minimum a good swing tackle

 

[DWinzit]

They can go 4 RBs. It's not a pressing need for me. But I wouldn't mind more explosion from this RB room. Croskey-Merritt started hot but has cooled of -- but I haven't given up on him.

It would be nice to have a real explosive RB like a Love or to a lesser degree a Hall or Walker. I do think a RB upgrade needs to happen though. It's why I have a hard time looking at using a 1st rounder on Love.

Bill definitely stays with the team. I would like to see him have an opportunity at a few screen plays both for him to get in thee open field and to have time in pass pro. Hopefully he is studying the shit out of blitz pickup films

 

[method man]

K9 is a dawg. He’s dealt with a lot of injuries and had a down year. I know the Seattle running game has gotten criticized a bit but it looks like he is going to have his best year since his rookie year

If we can’t get Breece, he’d be a more affordable upgrade

 

[method man]

looking like at a minimum a good swing tackle

If they resign Paul, they have to move him. It’s a waste to have a starting caliber tackle sitting on the bench. Go monetize him for a meaningful enough asset if you can get one

You are good at swing tackle with the likes of Wylie, Fant and Lucas

 

[DWinzit]

If they resign Paul, they have to move him. It’s a waste to have a starting caliber tackle sitting on the bench. Go monetize him for a meaningful enough asset if you can get one

You are good at swing tackle with the likes of Wylie, Fant and Lucas

If you trade him what's acceptable compensation? I mean you need to get at least a 3rd he went at pick 67 and proved he can play T

 

[skinsinparadise]

If they resign Paul, they have to move him. It’s a waste to have a starting caliber tackle sitting on the bench. Go monetize him for a meaningful enough asset if you can get one

You are good at swing tackle with the likes of Wylie, Fant and Lucas

I wouldn't. A young cheapish O lineman who can play tackle and guard, and do it relatively well are valuable. As bad as injuries were this season, we were lucky as heck to not have them much on the O line -- that's typically the spot that gets ravaged throughout the league, the odds that your swing tackle-guard will start games is typically high.

Keim ironically just talked about it in his live podcast with Bram -- expressing part of the charm of this O line is depth and Coleman is very valuable on that front.

 

[skinsinparadise]

If you trade him what's acceptable compensation? I mean you need to get at least a 3rd he went at pick 67 and proved he can play T

IMO almost no chance you get a third back for him. I'd guess a 5th.

 

[skinsinparadise]

It would be nice to have a real explosive RB like a Love or to a lesser degree a Hall or Walker. I do think a RB upgrade needs to happen though. It's why I have a hard time looking at using a 1st rounder on Love.

Bill definitely stays with the team. I would like to see him have an opportunity at a few screen plays both for him to get in thee open field and to have time in pass pro. Hopefully he is studying the shit out of blitz pickup films

The logic with Love would be IMO he has a good chance to be in the class of a Bijan Robinson, he has incredible upside. I can't recall a RB on this team with that level of upside since maybe Riggo.

It's not the real estate we are used to with that spot.

 

[SkinsNumberOne]

IMO almost no chance you get a third back for him. I'd guess a 5th.

Yes, hype definitely works that way still in the league. I think in terms of replaceable value, you'd want to get at least a third. I think in real terms, you wouldn't generally get that. It would be a big get (I think it is possible but very slight). I agree with you, you'd probably get a 4th or 5th.

Which is also why it's not worth getting rid of him - he has amazing value to this team given all of the details.