Washington Commanders: Overreactions to the preseason
With just two weeks until the season kicks off against the Jaguars, we still don’t know exactly what the Washington Commanders will look like in their inaugural year.
After going 0-3 in preseason, some fans have lost hope in the team, while others have seen a bit of a silver lining.
Arguments can be made on both sides of the equation regarding the importance of preseason games. Last year’s Super Bowl teams went a combined 1-5 in preseason albeit with their starting quarterbacks combining for only one pass attempt.
Washington went 3-13 in 2013 after being undefeated in the preseason and went 14-2 and won the Super Bowl after going 1-3 in the pre-season in 1991.
So yes, nothing matters until the regular season starts and things can change any given Sunday. But, if you focus on team trends year over year and those continue to present themselves in pre-season, well, they very well may carry over into the next season.
Where is your level of concern for the @Commanders at this point into preseason on a scale of 1-10?
— Brian Mitchell (@BMitchliveNBCS) August 20, 2022
Some of the same issues that have plagued the Commanders during Ron Rivera’s tenure propped up in the preseason.
With a new quarterback leading the helm, and more offensive weapons than the team has seen in a while, there are high hopes that this team can make some noise in the regular season. Was Washington purposely keeping its offense vanilla in the preseason? Can the defense take a step forward from last season despite not making many additions at linebacker?
We’ll find out in a few weeks, but in the meantime, let’s break down the areas that warrant an overreaction and those that don’t.