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As in Week 17 against the Cowboys, Marcus Mariota may miss the Commanders’ Week 18 matchup with the NFC East champion Eagles on Sunday because of injuries.
Coach Dan Quinn said Marcus Mariota did not participate in a “very light jog-through” Monday, leaving his status uncertain for Sunday’s finale at Philadelphia.
Third-stringer Josh Johnson started against the Cowboys and would start again Sunday if Mariota can’t go, Quinn said. The only intrigue would be whether Jeff Driskel or Sam Hartman is his backup.
The Commanders re-signed Mariota to a one-year, $8 million contract last offseason, and his market probably will be similar this time around. There are concerns about the 32-year-old’s durability, but bringing him back would make sense for Washington, particularly given Daniels’s injury issues.
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Pick No. 29: Washington Commanders: T Josh Conerly Jr.
Conerly was the Commanders’ highest-graded offensive lineman in Week 17, albeit with a modest 63.1 PFF overall grade. He allowed two pressures, including a sack, en route to a respectable 67.1 pass-blocking grade. Conerly broke even on the ground, with three positively graded run blocks and three negatively graded run blocks. Nevertheless, he has earned a solid 71.6 PFF overall grade since Week 9 after posting a subpar 47.1 mark through the season’s first eight weeks.
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Center Tyler Biadasz will not need surgery to repair the right knee and ankle injuries he suffered against Dallas, but it would be a “tough stretch” for him to return to the field Sunday, Quinn said.
Nick Allegretti, who started at right guard, moved to center in Biadasz’s absence and is in line to start there Sunday. Andrew Wylie probably would slot in at right guard. Second-year player Brandon Coleman could be on the verge of a third consecutive start at left tackle; Quinn said regular starter Laremy Tunsil (oblique) would need to make significant progress this week in practice to play Sunday.
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“Yes, that execution of nailing exactly what to do in that space. It hasn’t been as much of the last play of the games. Those ones, those type of scenarios, I felt have been strong. It’s the ones of third and fourth downs, some of the two-minute ops to go, there was a scenario in the game, you don’t love to be down 10 points, but I was pleased with the execution of the offense. We were able to get a kick in before two minutes and 10 seconds to kick off to the other team where we essentially have four...
