Scott Allen

Via this morning's For Old D.C. newsletter:

To hang on to their season, the Commanders need to hang on to the ball After Monday night’s deflating loss, Washington players and coaches weren’t fumbling for answers on what’s needed to get back on course.

It's not just that the Commanders committed three turnovers last night, but also that they didn't force any.

Dan Quinn on the minus-3 turnover margin: "You really don’t deserve to win many games when you’re in that space."
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Body was not fooled. Looking forward to Sunday’s 4:25 pm kickoff!

Hail or Fail: Turnovers doom Commanders in last-second loss The good and bad from Washington’s loss to the Bears, including a successful challenge and poor tackling.

Hail or Fail: Washington is 1-59 in its last 60 regular season games with a turnover differential of minus-three or worse.

The only win was last December against the Eagles. Commanders couldn’t make it two straight against the Bears. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Column | The NFL season is a haul, and the road is now rougher for Washington After losing their grip on a promising start by giving one away, the Commanders face the costs of getting it back.

The bugaboos that were possible problems for the Commanders before the season began have all surfaced.

Column from @barrysvrlugawp.bsky.social

Commanders vs. Bears highlights: Washington hosts Chicago on ‘Monday Night Football’ Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders (3-2) host Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears on “Monday Night Football.”

Our live file for the #Commanders' MNF clash with the Bears is live. @tomschad.bsky.social and I will be jumping into the comments section during the game to interact with y'all 🔗⤵️
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Caleb vs. Jayden? It’s deeper than that for the Bears and Commanders. Chicago and Washington might have their franchise quarterbacks, but there are various ways to build around them.

Caleb vs. Jayden? It’s deeper than that for the Bears and #Commanders.

My story on how each team has built around their young QB ahead of their Monday Night Football matchup tonight 🔗⤵️ www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

A Hail Mary set up the Commanders for magic — and the Bears for misery Do you believe in momentum? What happened after last October’s meeting between Washington and Chicago suggests it’s real. Just ask a psychology researcher.

On the ripple effects of Hail Maryland, psychological and otherwise: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

The best player on the ice for the Caps last night? It was pretty obvious. Charlie Lindgren was the star of the show Sunday night in Washington’s win over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

“That’s a highlight reel,” Capitals Coach Spencer Carbery said. “They’ll be showing that for a long time.”

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The WR injury report from today's practice:

- Terry McLaurin was out there, but not in pads and working off to the side.

- Noah Brown was in pads and going through drills.

- Did not see Deebo Samuel Sr. (FWIW: He was a DNP for two days last week with a heel injury, then returned and played.)

With season ticket prices up and fortunes down, some Wizards fans tap out As Washington’s rebuild carries on, even the most loyal supporters are experiencing sticker shock ahead of the 2025-26 NBA season.

The Wizards increased 34 of the 41 pricing tiers for season tickets that carried over from last season. The jumps come as the team is in an aggressive rebuild.

Some fans are discontent with what they deem an imbalance between the on-court play and how it’s priced.

“They’re f---ing terrible."

Caleb vs. Jayden? It’s deeper than that for the Bears and Commanders. Chicago and Washington might have their franchise quarterbacks, but there are various ways to build around them.

As much as Jayden Daniels and Caleb Williams will be compared, what's just as important is how their respective franchises build around them.

With the #Commanders set to host the Bears on MNF, I broke down how each team has fared in that process 🔗⤵️ www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Nats part with player development staff amid organizational overhaul The decisions follow the departures of a handful of top executives on Wednesday, including assistant general manager Mark Scialabba.

The Nationals have let go of at least 12 members of their player development staff and four members of their international scouting department, sources tell @spencernusbaum.bsky.social and me.

The names we know, and more, in here:

Americans can’t stop betting parlays. Sportbooks are cashing in. As betting booms, parlays are accounting for an increasing share of the money wagered on sports, according to a Washington Post analysis of state data.

How America’s favorite sports bet is fueling sportsbook profits

Parlays are becoming more popular, accounting for an increasing share of the money wagered on sports, according to a Post analysis of betting data. Bettors lose billions a year on these bets.

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Come for my 4-year-old’s review of Alex Ovechkin’s second signature cereal, stay for him marveling at the absurdity of the Capitals captain’s 897 career goals. “That’s a lot!” www.instagram.com/reel/DPjSfhM...

Mailbag: How good are the Commanders? There’s no easy answer. We took your questions — on stars such as Jayden Daniels and Deebo Samuel Sr., plus role players such as Brandon Coleman and Luke McCaffrey.

This season has been a pendulum for the #Commanders, which has raised plenty of questions from the fanbase about how good they really are.

@tomschad.bsky.social tackled that topic, plus much more, in today's mailbag 🔗⤵️ www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Everybody Eats: A Washington Wizards Podcast Basketball Podcast · Updated Weekly · Everybody Eats is the best place for Washington Wizards fans to get their information on the Wiz from Varun Shankar, Washington Wizards beat reporter for the Wash...

New episode of @everybodyeatspod.bsky.social is out! @joshrobbins.bsky.social joins me to do player previews for Bilal Coulibaly, AJ Johnson, Tristan Vukcevic and Will Riley.

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@tashanreed.bsky.social and I are rolling out a #Commanders mailbag this week.

What's your most pressing question about this team? What are y'all curious about?

No question is too granular. Bonus points for creativity.

subscribe to @scottsallen.bsky.social's Commanders newsletter so you can also play this impossible game

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Column | This isn’t 2024, but the 2025 Commanders are proving resilient, too After a somewhat ugly start — to both the game and the season — Washington shows it can still be a force by beating the Chargers on the road.

Finally, against a quality opponent on the road, these Commanders looked like a team with a playoff pedigree.

Column by @jerrybrewer.bsky.social:

If these snap counts are correct, #Commanders RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt racked up 150 yards and 16 touches on just 28 snaps.

That's about 9.4 yards per touch, which is crazy. And 5.4 yards *per snap* -- which might be even crazier.

Hail or Fail: Bill breaks out, and Jayden Daniels feels right at home The good and the bad from Washington’s win over the Chargers, including two huge takeaways and a game-sealing 99-yard drive.

A look at the good (Hail!) and bad (Fail!) from the Washington Commanders’ 27-10 win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.

Commanders quarterly report: Special teams up; defense down; offense TBD It has been an erratic but excusable start to the season for Washington, which has been decimated by injuries.

We're (roughly) a quarter through the 2025 season. The #Commanders have had a bumpy start defined by injuries... but they're still 2-2 and there's plenty of time for them to get rolling.

My takeaways on the good and the bad through four games 🔗⤵️ www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

State of the Wizards Rebuild with Mike Prada Episodio de podcast · Everybody Eats: A Washington Wizards Podcast · 01/10/2025 · 51 min

Everybody Eats Episode 1: @mikepradanba.bsky.social joins the show to take a big picture look at the Wizards rebuild. Check it out!

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In The Post on Oct. 2, 1933: Nick Altrock makes his final pinch-hit appearance in the Washington Senators' regular season finale against the A's. Altrock was 57 (!) years old.

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For Old D.C. - Newsletters & Email Alerts | The Washington Post A Washington Commanders newsletter from Scott Allen, with news, analysis, trivia and even the occasional game day recipe.

In this week's For Old D.C. Commanders newsletter:

- Soup talk
- Jayden Daniels's two newest ads
- Fan memorabilia
- Fish taco recipe
- Predict-the-score contest
- Emoji rebus (former Skins and Chargers QB)

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Why is the Ivy League’s best player taking a year off from basketball? Caden Pierce wants to earn his degree from Princeton and get paid like other elite college athletes. He can’t do both at the same time.

Caden Pierce, one of the Ivy League's best players the past few seasons, officially entered the transfer portal this morning.

Yes, it's Oct. 1.

So ... why? And why now?

@washingtonpost.com profile here:

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Paul Toboni’s vision for the Nats? A ‘scouting and player development monster.’ “We have a lot of work to do, that’s okay,” said Paul Toboni, Washington’s new president of baseball operations. “We’re going to embrace it.”

In the coming weeks, Paul Toboni will need to answer the team’s most pressing offseason questions.

But on Wednesday — just a few hours after he was officially announced as the Nationals’ POBO — he didn’t have them all. Just a vision for the future:

Jayden Daniels is medically cleared, putting him in line to return Sunday Coach Dan Quinn said the Commanders quarterback will be “back at full speed” at practice, ahead of the team’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers.

#Commanders QB Jayden Daniels is a full practice participant today, putting him in line to return against the Chargers this Sunday.

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