Commanders Add Demetrius Washington To Front Office; Scott Fitterer Exits

The Commanders have hired Demetrius Washington as a senior personnel executive, according to Nicki Jhabvala of The Athletic. He will replace Scott Fitterer, who is leaving the Commanders to join Athletes First, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports.

Washington spent the previous four years in Minnesota, where he worked under now-former general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. After Washington served as the Vikings’ vice president of football operations from 2022-24, they promoted him to assistant GM last year. The team fired Adofo-Mensah this past January, however, and parted with Washington after hiring new GM Nolan Teasley in early June.

In joining the Commanders, Washington will reunite with general manager Adam Peters. The two worked together in San Francisco’s front office for five years.

The Commanders hired Fitterer in 2024, Peters’ first year as their GM. They were the fifth NFL organization for Fitterer, who began as a scout with the Giants in 1998. The Seattle native caught on with the Seahawks as a scout in 2001 and climbed the organizational ladder over two decades. Fitterer won a Super Bowl as their director of college scouting to cap off the 2013 campaign. He topped out as the Seahawks’ vice president of football operations in 2020, his last year with the team.

Fitterer exited Seattle for a promotion in Carolina, which hired him as its GM in 2021. He held the job for just three years, during which the Panthers mustered a dismal 14-37 record. Fitterer’s Panthers tenure included the 2022 trade of star running back Christian McCaffrey, whom he sent to the 49ers for a package of draft picks. Several months later, Fitterer boldly acquired the 2023 No. 1 overall pick in a blockbuster swap with the Bears. Fitterer used the selection on former Alabama Heisman-winning quarterback Bryce Young, whose three-year career has been a mixed bag.

After almost three decades in the NFL, Fitterer will now take on a different role with Athletes First. He will work with the agency’s athletes and executives in his new position.