u/Skeletorisnotnice

It's easy to say that we're ass, ya know, considering we're 1-3, but even coming out the gate we were hurt, no tunsil, no amos, no newton. We played close against what's looking to be a bad eagles team. We looked pretty good in the first half vs Dallas and then you know, *the incident. and then we beat the Superbowl Champs? Then today our offense was humming with mariota before ya know, *the incident. We woulda been tied with the colts going into the 4th if it wasn't for an llegal shift. and might I mention the colts only drove the length of the field for a td once? I wouldn't be suprised if we get some players back and start stacking some games, however I also wouldn't be suprised if we never win a game for the rest of the season. I'm so confused by this team

Ok lots of thoughts after our last joint practice and lots of division within the sub, let’s make a post for everyone!

Part 1. Cope
As many of you know, our offensive line was dominated by the Ravens during joint practice, however Nick Allegretti and Sam Cosmi where both out, that’s 2 of our best lineman! On top of that reports are coming in saying that Brandon Coleman and Chris Paul had solid showings.

Sonny Styles had a promising showing as well, after his whole tape debacle last week, it’s a good bounce back showing! Antonio Williams too had an impressive showing, apparently catching the last td of the practice. It also appears as well as our defense in turn gave Lamar Jackson and the ravens some problems, that is while Chaisson and Oweh are out. it seem Daronte might be a solid DC.

Finally here’s one of the joint practices before our magical 2024 season: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/08/09/commanders-struggle-joint-practice/
Look familiar?
Bad joint practices, while not useless in determining regular season performance, is hardly indicative of the team as a whole. Same goes for preseason. 0-16 browns went 4-0 in the preseason. And btw we had a good preseason outing against Miami as well as a good joint practice.

Part 2. Doom
Even if Sam Cosmi and Nick Allegretti were out, that only exposes how absolutely horrible our depth is. After 2 offseasons of seemingly goin all in on protection, we are left with possibly the worst oline group in the entire NFL. Allegretti himself, while not a terrible guard, has had 0 significant snaps as a center, which make the Tyler Biadasz cutting look that much worse. Cutting one of the better centers in the league while doing nothing in the offseason to address it!

AP’s draft picks don’t seem to be developing either. Conerly being reported as struggling in during practice. Newton, while hurt, has not yet taken a step, Sinnott being more or less invisible in game plans and Mikey being a defensive liability last year. On top of that, not addressing the line at all this offseason is profoundly frustrating as a fan. Which leaves us with one of the most uninspired roster in the whole league after 3 offseasons of work.

Finally the injuries, while they should be clearing up by the time week 1 hits, means that our squad will be without a lot of practice. Most concerningly being Nick Allegretti’s lack of center practice. Rachaad White, BCM, Trey Amos, and Tim Settle are all players that have missed significant portions of training camp. Coming out the gate in week one might look incredibly shaky, especially with Jayden Daniels also coming off a very long offseason, and a line with very limited snaps together, AND against 3 fearsome opponents.

Part 3. The Ugly
It has been a very ugly offseason, Tunsil’s injury, cutting TB, the Brandon Aiyuk saga, LSU situation In turn this sub as well as Commanders twitter has become a profoundly toxic environment. Since Tunsil’s injury in particular, this sub has been divided down the line, and while discussion is encouraged, a lot of spaces (especially twitter) has become inamicable. Remember to have fun gang, even through the good, the bad and the ugly

I can't even get a gauge on this team

The COPE, the DOOM, and the Ugly

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