As training camp gets underway, anticipation is building to see how the offseason additions and departures might translate to improved play on the field. The defense was the weakest part of the Commanders’ game in the first year of the Peters/Quinn rebuild. So it was no surprise that it received focused attention in free agency and the draft. The DL saw the most activity of any position group in free agency, providing some indication of the urgency the team felt about bolstering the trenches.
Key questions in fans minds, as we start to follow reports from camp, are whether the new additions can replace the production of departing starters Jon Allen and Dante Fowler, whether the run defense will improve, or are they just treading water or even going backward?