The Washington Commanders are below .500 as they near the midpoint of the season. With several challenging games ahead, that record could get worse.
This was not the outcome Adam Peters and Dan Quinn saw when they made their plans during the offseason. Coming off an outstanding 2024, the general manager followed a strategy that prioritized winning now over long-term building. There is still a lot of football left, but things do not exactly look perfect at the moment.
Some analysts predicted this. They pointed to the Commanders' excellent record in close games last year and projected a regression to the mean, which would even things out.