Editor’s note: The Commanders remain flush with salary-cap space entering the meat of this offseason program. That doesn’t mean general manager Adam Peters has to spend, but he’s got options should he feel the need to fortify his already revamped roster. We’ll do some spending for him, suggesting some street free agents who could help Washington in this weeklong series. We’ve contemplated adding receiver Stefon Diggs and cornerback Rasul Douglas. In […]
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Editor’s note: Each day, Hogs Haven compiles a collection of articles, podcasts & tweets from around the web to keep you in touch with the Commanders, the NFC East, the NFL and sports in general, with a sprinkling of other stuff. Enjoy! Commanders links Articles NFL.com Commanders WR Terry McLaurin loves idea of getting 10 […]
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Former eight-year NFL linebacker James Laurinaitis has been the linebackers coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes since 2024. Laurinaitis’ perspective as a highly successful NFL linebacker helped mold Sonny Styles, who transitioned from safety to the second level in his first year as Buckeyes linebackers coach. Laurinaitis was banging the table for the position switch […]
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When will Chris Hilton Jr. stay healthy? This is the question LSU fans asked every summer of his college career. It was a valid one, as the 6-foot, 188-pound wide receiver missed multiple games over the course of his five-year tenure at the college. As a freshman in 2021, Hilton suffered a torn meniscus in […]
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The Commanders preseason schedule is officially set. The date and time of Washington’s Week 2 exhibition against the Detroit Lions were the only details outstanding, and the team announced them on Tuesday afternoon. They’ll play the Lions on Aug. 22 at noon ET in a game that will be broadcast locally on WUSA 9, the CBS […]
Cornerback seemed like a clear and obvious Commanders need heading into the NFL Draft. General manager Adam Peters didn’t take one with any of his six selections. We may have had a different discussion had the Kansas City Chiefs not traded up to take LSU’s Mansoor Delane at No. 6 overall, but we’ll never know what Peters would have done. Delane or Sonny Styles? […]
Editor’s note: Each day, Hogs Haven compiles a collection of articles, podcasts & tweets from around the web to keep you in touch with the Commanders, the NFC East, the NFL and sports in general, with a sprinkling of other stuff. Enjoy! Commanders links Articles ESPN Projecting 2026 NFL rookie leaders in 10 stat categories […]
Washington’s defense ranked in the lower third of the NFL last year, necessitating the mid-season demotion, and eventual firing of DC Joe Whitt Jr. at end of the season. Daronte Jones was brought in to correct the issues with the defense, and Dan Quinn has asserted the new defensive coordinator will have full control of […]
Editor’s note: Most of Washington’s offseason moves have been made. General manager Adam Peters may have a few more tricks up his sleeve, especially with a salary-cap cushion available to him. We at Hogs Haven have some suggestions about how to spend his extra cash in this “Commanders should sign” series. In this installment, we make a case for receiver Stefon Diggs […]
The results are in. Commanders fans are optimtistic about a return to prominence after a disappointing 5-12 campaign in 2025. Does that mean we all expect a return to the NFC championship game? Probably not. Our poll results indicate that Commanders optimism is appropriately measured, with a belief Washington will be better than last season’s 5-12 disaster without assuming they’re headed for a division crown. That’s appropriate, even […]
You thought you were done with NFL schedule release content??? Think again. Our Scott Jennings had the Commanders going 10-7 in a season following as active a free-agency period as the franchise has ever had, plus a strong showing in the NFL draft. What about the opposing view? We decided to crowdsource it. Our findings were…predictable. The […]
Editor’s note: Each day, Hogs Haven compiles a collection of articles, podcasts & tweets from around the web to keep you in touch with the Commanders, the NFC East, the NFL and sports in general, with a sprinkling of other stuff. Enjoy! Commanders links Articles Last Man Standig Nick Cross was raised on Washington football; […]
In last week’s article, I had a look at five remaining free agent cornerbacks who could be upgrades over whichever of the Commanders’ current CBs is slated to start opposite from Trey Amos. Today I’ll have a look at three CBs currently on other teams’ rosters who could become available at roster cutdowns. These guys […]
Editor’s note: Each day, Hogs Haven compiles a collection of articles, podcasts & tweets from around the web to keep you in touch with the Commanders, the NFC East, the NFL and sports in general, with a sprinkling of other stuff. Enjoy! Commanders links Articles Pro Football Focus 2026 NFL All-Breakout Team: Predicting the next […]
You surely read this story’s headline before clicking on it. If you mysteriously ended up here, then glance up for a sec. Are Adams Peters’ Washington Commanders better than they were a year ago? Your knee-jerk reaction is the right one: Well, duh. So is your second thought: Can’t be much worse. It’s hard to love much of what happened during a 5-12 campaign where […]
We’re at the latter stages of this NFL schedule release news cycle. You can tell when a story like this drops into your timeline. We’ve broken this Commanders schedule down from every possible angle, which you can backread using the related content below. There is one stone, however, left unturned: Helping Commanders fans looking to make a road trip. There’s a once-in-a-lifetime option on the schedule. […]
Editor’s note: Each day, Hogs Haven compiles a collection of articles, podcasts & tweets from around the web to keep you in touch with the Commanders, the NFC East, the NFL and sports in general, with a sprinkling of other stuff. Enjoy! Commanders links Articles Commanders 5 things to know about Washington’s 2026 schedule 1. […]
The Washington Commanders 2026 schedule hasn’t been released for long, yet it has already been broken down every which way. That was certainly the case here at Hogs Haven, where Scott Jennings and I have been writing about it virtually none stop since the official NFL schedule release on Thursday evening. That includes game-by-game predictions, trends and analysis of how the schedule could help or hurt the […]
The Washington Commanders open the 2026 preseason with a home game against the Miami Dolphins. They will be hosting a joint practice with their first opponent of the preseason, something Dan Quinn has done the last two seasons. That information was first reported by Nicki Jhabvala of The Athletic on Thursday evening. Washington had joint […]
I don’t like to sugarcoat things. If something looks fantastic, I like to point it out. If something looks bad, I will bring that to the forefront. In this series, “The Cold, Hard Truth,” I will give my analysis on various parts of the team in an effort to allow healthy discussions on the specific […]
Editor’s note: Each day, Hogs Haven compiles a collection of articles, podcasts & tweets from around the web to keep you in touch with the Commanders, the NFC East, the NFL and sports in general, with a sprinkling of other stuff. Enjoy! Commanders links Articles The Athletic Washington Commanders 2026 schedule: Revamped team faces a […]
Editor’s note: Each day, Hogs Haven compiles a collection of articles, podcasts & tweets from around the web to keep you in touch with the Commanders, the NFC East, the NFL and sports in general, with a sprinkling of other stuff. Enjoy! Commanders links Articles The Athletic Washington Commanders 2026 schedule: Revamped team faces a […]
The NFL schedule release provides some structure to the Commanders 2026 season. We’ve known most of the details about opposition, strength of schedule and the expected wins that come with the offseason moves. Those are better indicators of how the Commanders will fare in 2026, though the schedule has some say. That begs a simple question: Does Thursday’s Commanders schedule announcement make […]
The NFL schedule is now official, and we know the who, what, where, and when for most all 17 games the Washington Commanders will play this season. They start the season with two division road games, which is not ideal. The season opener is against the Philadelphia Eagles who won the division last season, but […]
The Commanders 2026 schedule has been released. The team made it officially official on Thursday evening, announced the requisite social media video that has become central to this NFL tentpole event. Leaks had the schedule mapped out well beforehand, allowing us to digest Washington’s schedule without much rush. It features four primetime games. A matchup with Indianapolis in London and just two other road trips outside the Eastern and Central […]