We always want to face the best opponents, and a D.C. United with Tai Baribo is certainly a force to be reckoned with. We are preparing and planning accordingly, but we cannot control what we cannot control.
On the Commanders' signing DT D.J. Davidson, a source indicates the team is planning on running some defensive sets with three bigs, so adding more depth in that area was a big reason for the signing. Davidson has nose/DT flex, and imagining him playing alongside Tim Settle is attractive.
It quickly became a brutal reality check, with the Commanders crashing back to earth after reaching the NFC Championship game the previous season. Nothing much went right. Injuries didn't help, but Washington's problems ran far deeper. Winning five games is not going to cut it moving forward, so there is a significant amount of work ahead for head coach Dan Quinn and general manager Adam Peters this offseason.
