Commanders may already have the blueprint for Jalen Hurts hiding in plain sight

Washington Commanders cornerback Mike Sainristil | Luke Hales/GettyImagesIf there is one thing on the mind of Washington Commanders fans, away from the draft, it's the path to disrupting the back half of the Philadelphia Eagles' 2025 season.

This could run directly through its secondary. And no individual defender carries more weight in that effort than the Commanders’ top cover man entering a critical two-games-in-three-weeks stretch.

Now in his second NFL campaign, cornerback Mike Sainristil has experienced a career arc that hasn't been perfectly linear. His rookie campaign in 2024 was steadier, benefiting from a front seven that collapsed pockets at a higher clip and forced quarterbacks…