#2024-nfl-draft

#2024-nfl-draft

The Washington Commanders have mercifully reached their bye week after six consecutive losses, and a myriad of injuries have derailed a once-promising season. The Commanders have had to face several uncomfortable truths in 2025. The roster Adam Peters assembled is old and slow. Their young pieces are not progressing as expected. And last season's success was a perfect storm of positive vibes with minimal adversity.

Anytime two NFL teams draft a pair of quarterbacks with high picks in the same class, they are compared to each other for the foreseeable future. Such has been the case with the Washington Commanders and Chicago Bears. The Bears selected Caleb Williams with the No. 1 overall pick in 2024. The Commanders took Jayden Daniels at No. 2. Washington's first season of the new era resulted in an NFC Championship game appearance, with its signal-caller winning Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. Chicago won five games. The two teams also played each other in Week 8, and the outcome significantly altered the course of both of their campaigns. Now, they'll do it again on Monday Night Football.

A year ago, the New York Jets wanted Malachi Corley so much that they traded up and selected him with the first pick in the third round of the 2024 NFL draft. On Tuesday, they cut him, a source confirmed to ESPN. Corley, buried near the bottom of the depth chart throughout training camp, becomes the highest-drafted player from 2024 to be released, according to ESPN Research. The regime that picked Corley was fired last season, which certainly didn't help his chances.