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NFL season-long statistical review ahead of Week 16: Team tiers, pass rates and more
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Commanders QB Jayden Daniels ‘super frustrated’ by season
Against Minnesota, Daniels was shoved to the ground while pursuing linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel, who had intercepted him. Daniels landed on his left elbow and stayed on the ground for a minute after the play before
bouncing up and running to the sideline, clearly frustrated.
After the game, Quinn said Daniels could have returned to the game — he was never ruled out. But by Wednesday, the coach said that Daniels had aggravated the injury.
Daniels said, “Adrenaline is a hell of a drug. Things change when stuff settles down.”
He said that they did more tests the day after the game and that “I felt it.”
Daniels wanted to keep playing but, because he wasn’t cleared and because of the shortened week, the decision was made for him to stop.
“This was the right call,” Quinn said, “even though it was a difficult one.”
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Jayden Daniels ‘frustrated’ and ‘disappointed’ by injury-riddled season
Jayden Daniels described his injury-riddled 2025 season as “frustrating” and “disappointing” and wholly unlike anything he or the Commanders expected.
“A lot more emotions,” he said Tuesday in his first comments since coach Dan Quinn announced the quarterback will not play in Washington’s final three games. “… I don’t wanna miss games at all. I’ve been frustrated this whole season missing games. I want to be out there with my teammates as much as possible, so it’s just been a frustrating year at this point in the year, but you learn from it when you move forward.”
Only four of Daniels’ starts this season went all four quarters. And only two of his appearances resulted in wins. He’s the only quarterback in NFL history to win offensive rookie of the year and then play as few as seven games the next season, according to Next Gen Stats.
Adding to Daniels’ frustration, however, is the belief that at least two of his injuries were fluke incidents.
“Other than that one game I missed for the hamstring, I mean, my knee and obviously my elbow, those aren’t things that you could really necessarily prepare for,” he said. “Those are freak accidents and things like that, so it’s most definitely frustrating and, at that time, I would say, traumatic and stuff like that.”
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Commanders vs. Eagles preview | Another chance to compete
QUICK HITS
- Washington has an 89-86-6 all-time record against the Eagles.
- Washington will try to win back-to-back games for the first times this season.
- Washington will try to win back-to-back home games against the Eagles for the first time since the 2015 and 2016 seasons.
- In Washington’s last home game against the Eagles, the Commanders defeated the Eagles, 36-33, after overcoming a 21-7 deficit.
Pro Football Focus (premium content)
Grading all 32 first-round rookies after Week 15
Pick No. 29: Washington Commanders: T Josh Conerly Jr.
- Overall Rookie Grade: 59.6 (Rank: 6/7)
- Principal Opponent: Abdul Carter
- Week 15 Snaps: 61
- Week 15 Grade: 67.0
Conerly set a season-high PFF run-blocking grade (78.1) in Washington‘s win over the Giants in Week 15. He has now earned at least a 73.0 PFF run-blocking grade in four of his past five games. Conerly did allow two pressures, including a sack, en route to earning his lowest PFF pass-blocking grade (55.8) since Week 7.
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NFL offensive line rankings ahead of Week 16
7. Washington Commanders (No change)
Projected Week 16 starters:
LT Laremy Tunsil
LG Chris Paul
C Tyler Biadasz
RG Sam Cosmi
RT Josh Conerly Jr.
Washington’s offensive line helped set the tone in a Week 15 win over the Giants. Across 26 dropbacks, the Commanders yielded four pressures — including just one sack — on their way a 90.4 PFF pass-blocking efficiency rating, ranking eighth in the NFL.
It was not all good news for the Commanders’ offensive line, though. Left tackle Laremy Tunsil departed in Week 15 with an oblique injury. However, his replacement, Brandon Coleman, gave up no pressure on 14 dropbacks and earned a team-high 86.4 PFF pass-blocking grade.
Best player: Laremy Tunsil
Tunsil, who surrendered no pressure against the Giants, is uncertain to play in Week 16
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Laremy Tunsil : DNP to open Week 16 prep
Tunsil (oblique) was [listed with an injury] on Tuesday’s practice report. Tunsil sustained oblique and shoulder injuries during Sunday’s win over the Giants, but it is the former injury that he was tagged with to open Week 16 prep. Tunsil will have two more chances to practice ahead of Saturday’s game against the Eagles, but if he’s not cleared to play, then Brandon Coleman would be the top candidate to start at left tackle.
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NFL Lockdown Report: Best defenders at preventing separation in coverage
What is Lockdown Percentage?
This metric focuses on coverage, measuring how well a defender prevents a receiver from getting open. It excludes plays where the defender intentionally gives up space to protect the first-down marker or limit yards after the catch.
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What is going on with Trevon Diggs and the Dallas Cowboys?
Late last week, Diggs said he expected to play against the Minnesota Vikings after a two-month absence from a concussion and a stint on injured reserve with a right knee injury. On Saturday, he was told he would be inactive again.
“I was upset,” Diggs said.
He watched the 34-26 loss Sunday from the sideline.
After the game, owner and general manager Jerry Jones said, “Diggs isn’t healthy enough to be out there for us. Period.”
During the week leading up to the game, coach Brian Schottenheimer alluded to things beyond Diggs’ health. He said coaches needed to see consistency in “everything” from Diggs, just as they see it from quarterback Dak Prescott, tight end Jake Ferguson and defensive tackle Kenny Clark.
Schottenheimer said Monday. “I told him not only the reasons why but also the standards and expectations. So again, I’m always going to have real conversations. I would never not play a player and not explain to them why they weren’t going to play. I know he feels he’s ready, but in our long conversation, I thought I made it very clear. And so I’ll leave it at that.”
Whatever they discussed, Diggs said after the game he still didn’t know why he was not active.
“From the first conversation that we had, it was practice. I guess I wasn’t showing them what they wanted to see in practice,” Diggs said. “This week, I showed them what they wanted to see in practice and it’s still the same result. I don’t know what else I need to do or what to show. At this point I feel like it’s not even, it’s not up to me or what I do. It’s really up to them, and what they want to do. I’m just showing up every day. I’m going to go to work.”
Since signing a five-year extension worth $97 million that included $33 million guaranteed after he put up Pro Bowl seasons in 2021 and ’22 with 14 total interceptions, he has played in 19 of a possible 47 games.
He tore his left ACL in a Week 3 practice in 2023. He played in 11 games last season until it was determined he needed a chondral-tissue graft on his left knee.
That surgery was performed in January.
Diggs spent the offseason doing most of his rehab work in South Florida, which upset the organization. The team wanted him rehabbing with its athletic training staff, but Diggs said he felt more comfortable rehabbing with Dr. Sharif Tabbah of Alkeme Sports Rx.
The Cowboys enforced a $500,000 de-escalator clause in his contract, dropping his base salary to $8.5 million for 2025, for failing to take part in at least 84% of the voluntary offseason program.
He opened training camp on the physically unable to perform list but was activated in time to be ready for the regular-season opener at the Philadelphia Eagles. In six games, he was credited with 13 tackles and a tackle for loss, but he had more pressures (two) than interceptions (zero) and pass deflections (zero).
The right knee became problematic before the Week 3 game against the Chicago Bears. It wasn’t until he went through a pregame workout that he was OK to play. But in the first series, he gave up a long touchdown pass after playing the wrong technique.
He was inactive against the Washington Commanders and a week later was placed on injured reserve because of the right knee issue that would knock him out for the next four games.
The Cowboys began his practice window on Nov. 30. They have until Saturday to add him to the 53-man roster. If they don’t, he will revert to injured reserve for the remainder of the season.
“I got healthy. I’m back healthy,” he said. “And I’m just waiting for, I guess, the opportunity.”
Big Blue View
How to Tank, by Joe Schoen
If the Giants are not trying to tank the season and “earn” the first pick in the draft, how do you explain Younghoe Koo? How do you justify Evan Neal being on the roster? Or having Jalin Hyatt run a middle-school level inbreaking route that baits Jaxson Dart into throwing an interception. Or – don’t get me started – a hundred other examples of complete and utter incompetency. No, this all has to be four dimensional chess level planning to ensure the first pick. I mean, no one can be this stupid, right? Hopefully, the Giants are paying Joe Schoen a bonus for earning that first pick… because he is unemployable going forward.
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