Heading into the second off-season of Adam Peters’ rebuild, the Commanders’ biggest issues to address were on defense, and in particular, a rushing defense that gave up the fifth highest average gain (4.8 Y/A) and allowed the 9th highest opponent success rate and the 6th highest EPA/rushing attempt.
The Commanders made a number of moves in free agency to get bigger along defensive front, while releasing some key defensive players. The big questions heading into training camp are whether the right moves were made to strengthen the running defense and to make up for the loss of production of the departing starters.