While the Washington Commanders’ offense ended their 2024 season as one of the more explosive offenses heading into 2025, the reality of where this unit is heading into the third week of the season does not match the expectations of the unit. For several reasons, Washington’s offense has gotten off to a slow start, and against the Green Bay Packers, the unit arguably had its worst outing of the Dan Quinn era. Midway through the third quarter, Washington’s offense had amassed just three points and 90 total yards against the Packers. Jayden Daniels was under siege since the first play of the game, and the Packers stifled Washington’s rush attack, albeit a rush attack that was essentially underutilized with just 12 designed rushes for their running backs.

Washington’s offensive line remains a concern for me. While Micah Parsons may be as good as it’ll get the rest of the season, the overall play between Brandon Coleman, Nick Allegretti, and Josh Conerly Jr has not been good over the course of two games. While Allegretti is a placeholder for starting guard Sam Cosmi, the transitions for Coleman from left tackle to left guard and Conerly Jr from left tackle to right tackle have shown significant bumps in the road. There is more understanding for Conerly Jr, who is a rookie and has never played right tackle before this transition. However, his performance in the first two games raises the question of whether his development is best served in a rotation with Andrew Wylie or by starting Wylie outright, moving forward. Coleman, on the other hand, is not unfamiliar with left guard, as he came out of TCU playing that position, and Washington tried him out as a rookie as their left tackle. It is clear that, while Washington made a massive upgrade in acquiring elite tackle Laremy Tunsil this offseason, the overall ability of this unit has been underwhelming to start the season.

The unit needs time to develop, along with the return of Comsi, but they also need short-term solutions to prevent another week of high-pressure rates like they did against the Packers. Those solutions may involve a change in lineups, but also being more dedicated to the ground game moving forward.

In this film session, I take a look at all of the elements that contributed to the poor night for the Commanders’ offense, including the offensive line struggles, and where Jayden Daniels could help himself out moving forward in the pass game.

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