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Sports Illustrated
After undergoing offseason foot surgery, defensive tackle Tim Settle was not among the players Washington placed on the PUP ahead of Wednesday’s first practice. Settle spent the offseason working his way back from the foot injury he sustained in December last year that caused him to miss the rest of his second season in Houston.
Settle not being included with Trey Amos, Dorance Armstrong, and Deatrich Wise Jr. does not mean he is 100 percent. But clearly the non-designation indicates he has recovered enough to participate, even if the staff decides to limit his workload.
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Bullock’s Film Room (this story is free to read from beginning to end)
This is a throwback link to an April 2026 article
Commanders general manager Adam Peters spoke after drafting Williams and said they feel he can play both outside and inside, or as he put it, both “the Z and the F”. The Z is the term for the outside receiver that lines up off the line of scrimmage while the F is a common term used for the slot receiver. The receiver that played this role in Detroit back in 2023 was Amon-Ra St. Brown. He was extremely productive in that role, catching 119 passes for 1515 yards and 10 touchdowns in that 2023 season. He actually got a four year, $120 million contract extension off the back of that season.
Now, that’s a high bar for Williams to meet and it’s not fair to expect him to be St. Brown right away. But when you watch how St. Brown went about his game in that 2023 Lions offense and then watch Williams, you can see some similarities.
In the games I watched, I didn’t get to see Williams run too many choice routes, though in 2024 he did run a few from the backfield in some interesting looks. But even in 2025, he showed the traits that suggests he could be a very good choice route runner.
I mentioned earlier that the Lions had two other very effective choice route runners in Laporta and Gibbs, so St. Brown had to be able to do other things. One of those things worked with choice routes.
If Williams can prove he can run choice routes and these pivot/return routes effectively, then the Commanders have a potentially very productive receiver on their hands. Those types of routes are very commonly used in the type of offense we’re expecting David Blough to run. But they’re not the only...
