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What [is] the future of the tight end room? Ertz tore his ACL against the Vikings, and with the injury happening near the end of the season, the likelihood of him being ready in September is low. Ertz is also about to be a free agent, leaving a hole at the top of the position for someone to fill. The Commanders aren’t ruling out either Bates, Yankoff or Sinnott stepping up to fill that role, but it’s also possible that Washington could address the position in free agency or the draft. The Commanders had the oldest roster in the NFL last season, and while Ertz offers a rare skill set, his potential absence could give them a chance to reset with a younger option.
What’s next for Sinnott? A 2024 second-round pick, Sinnott was the second tight end taken in his class with the expectation that he could develop into an all-around player. He could still be that player at some point, although his path has been a bit longer than anticipated by fans. He had just five receptions as a rookie and 11 in 2025, although the coaching staff believes they have seen steady progress from him in other areas of his skill set. Assuming Ertz is not ready for the start of the season or does not re-sign with Washington, it would provide Sinnott with more opportunities to get more reps and continue his development.
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There were supposed to be two top quarterback prospects for the 2026 NFL Draft with Fernando Mendoza and Dante Moore, but that changed on Wednesday. Moore was a lock to be a top-5 pick with so many quarterback-needy teams picking ahead of the Commanders, but he decided to go back to college for one more year.
The Commanders obviously have a quarterback in Jayden Daniels, so how does this impact them? It changes two situations for the Commanders, and how the board will fall to them.
Mendoza is now the only quarterback projected to go in the top-10, with Trinidad Chambliss and Ty Simpson as QB2 and QB3, but giant wild cards. For the trade-back crowd, the Commanders’ chances of doing so are as low as possible now, with no quarterbacks worth trading up for. Teams like the Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the New York Jets, who have picks No. 2 and No. 16, could just wait to take a quarterback where they are.
[T]eams ahead of the Commanders will now have to take another player who is not a quarterback, which means one more player will be off the board than we weren’t expecting at all.
Right now, the top-eight picks of the 2026 NFL...
