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On Monday, we got the news via NFL insiders (no official announcement yet from the Commanders) that veteran CB Rasul Douglas has agreed to terms with Washington on a 1-year deal for 2026.
In some ways, as a 30-yr-old player, Douglas runs slightly counter to the ‘younger, faster’ mantra of the 2026 offseason, but in July, he is typical of the types of veteran players available. He certainly does fit the bill of a capable cornerback to help improve both the floor and potential of the Washington secondary, as well as adding needed depth for a long NFL season in which injuries are inevitable. There are arguments to be made about whether he is still an NFL starter, but I’ll point out here that, according to Pro Football Reference, he hasn’t played less than 680 defensive snaps in a season since 2019, and he’s played at least 830 defensive snaps in each of the past 4 years.
I think it is pretty much universally agreed that, assuming he is healthy, Trey Amos will be one of the starting outside cornerbacks, if for no other reason than he is last year’s 2nd round pick and he is not a slot corner.
Looking at the rest of the secondary players, it becomes something of a puzzle to figure out the primary starter and primary backup at the other cornerback positions — a task made more difficult by the mysteries of the not-yet-seen Daronte Jones defensive scheme that is expected to make substantial use of 3-safety looks.
So, I decided to put it to a vote. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to figure out which cornerback, outside of Trey Amos, will get the most defensive snaps in 2026.
To help you out, I’ve put together this handy chart for each cornerback listed in our survey; it shows the snap distribution for cornerback alignments (slot and wide) in 2025 and for each guy’s career as a whole. To keep things simple, these numbers ignore any snaps, for example, where the player was aligned on the DL or as a safety, which are basically just clutter.
You’ll see immediately that the only reason to include Darius Rush in this survey is to find out if you were paying attention.
After that, you’ll notice that the two players drafted in 2017 — Ahkello Witherspoon and Rasul Douglas — are predominately outside cornerbacks who seldom (perhaps rarely) play in the slot.
Notes on Rasul Douglas and 2022
The only reason that Douglas is below 96% of snaps played wide in his career is because of his 2022 season in Green Bay.
*In 2022, the Packers secondary...
