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Not only did the Washington Commanders look helpless against Sam Darnold, but they also lost their franchise quarterback to a gruesome elbow injury. And here are the Commanders most to blame for the embarrassing loss to the Seahawks.
Darnold fired four first-half touchdown passes as the Seahawks laughed their way to a 38-14 win over the Commanders, who must have signed a contract with a non-compete clause before this game.
Washington offered no resistance on defense, and the offense lacked any spark. But who is really to blame for this mess?
Basically, the Commanders had little to no shot against the Seahawks from the get-go. They had limited personnel available. And the only hope was for Daniels to be Superman.
But let’s dig into why the Commanders got to this place with their roster. Peters came to the decision that the best path to the playoffs and possibly the Super Bowl would be to surround Jayden Daniels with a bunch of old guys.
And when the 53-man roster was settled, here’s what Peters apparently thought would be wise: Let’s field the oldest team in the league. By far, according to PhillyVoice.com.
“The Washington Commanders have the oldest roster in the NFL this year, and by a wide margin at 28.1 years of age,” Jimmy Kempski wrote. “In fact, I’ve been calculating the average age of every team in the NFL at final cutdowns every year since 2012. And the two oldest teams previously were the 2023 Saints and 2018 Raiders, both at 27.4 years of age.
“A common ‘rebuttal’ by fans who don’t want their team to be super old is usually something to the effect of, ‘Well, if you take out this guy or that guy, then their average age is lower.’ Of course, that premise can be applied to every other team, too. But in the case of the Commanders, they’re old across the entire roster, with a staggering 25 players who are 29 years of age or older.”
Now, let’s consider what that means in NFL terms. Everybody, including Peters, should know that the NFL is a young man’s game. It should be obvious because of the way Jayden Daniels took the league by storm in 2024.
And it should be common sense that old in NFL terms means two things: slower, and banged up. Nobody gets through an NFL career without injuries. Sure, it’s good to have a veteran or two to stabilize things. But when you cram a roster full of veterans, you’re asking for what the Commanders have gotten this year. Injuries and poor play.
Let’s look at these things individually. The Commanders signed Deatrich Wise Jr., who had played eight NFL seasons without missing hardly any games. But at age 31 and his body wearing down, he played two games, and then his season ended because of injury. Shocking, right? No.
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