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Commanders LB breakout arrives just when Dan Quinn needed it most

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For the Washington Commanders, the 2025 campaign has been heavy on frustration and light on silver linings.

At 3–8, with inconsistency on both sides of the ball and a defense that’s undergone constant retooling, it has not been easy to pinpoint long-term answers. But one player who has steadily emerged and whose flashes have felt increasingly sustainable has been Jordan Magee.

And in a Week 13 Sunday Night Football matchup against the 9–2 Denver Broncos, his role becomes even more critical.

Magee represents something Washington’s defense has lacked for years: a young, fast, explosive second-level defender with instincts for finding the football.