In this week’s Reacts survey, we asked two questions.
Replacing Tyler Biadasz
In our first question, we focused on the fact that the Commanders recently cut starting center Tyler Biadasz, who has since reportedly signed a multi-year contract with the Chargers.
The decision to release Biadasz was a bit surprising, but not exactly shocking. After all, the offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury ‘parted ways’ with the Commanders in January, and soon after, it was reported that offensive line coach Bobby Johnson was fired. Clearly,
change was in the air.
Regular readers of Hogs Haven’s weekly post-game articles in the Stats & Snaps series would have seen regular criticism of Biadasz’s pass blocking from author MattinBrisVegas in the latter half of the 2025 season:
Week 9
allowed 2 hurries in 36 pass blocking snaps (5.6% Pressure Rate).
WeeK 10
allowed 1 hurry and 1 sack in 28 dropbacks. His 7.1% Pressure Rate was around twice the acceptable limit for an iOL. That might not be a concern if it was just this game, but he has been allowing pressures and sacks consistently.
Week 13
allowed 2 QB hurries, for a 3.4% Pressure Rate, which is fairly high for an iOL. This season he has allowed pressures on 3.2% of dropbacks.
Week 14
allowed 2 QB hurries. His 5.9% Pressure Rate was once again about twice what you would like to see at iOL.
Week 16
allowed 1 sack and 1 hurry. His 7.4% Pressure Rate allowed is more than twice the acceptable limit for iOL. Ideally, a starting center should be under 3%. This has been a consistent theme in the last 6 games for Biadasz. For the season, he has allowed pressure on 3.6% of dropbacks, which is just a little above the acceptable limit.
Of course, with the promotion of David Blough to offensive coordinator, more change is expected, though there’s a bit of guesswork involved in knowing what the new offense will look like. Dan Quinn and Blough have both talked openly about lining up under center more often and using no-huddle less often. Many observers have speculated that the team may also rely on zone blocking as the primary scheme.
Perhaps all of this — and maybe more — combined to convince the Commanders powers that be that it was time to part company with Biadasz.
Of course, the natural question is: What’s the plan to replace him?
When Biadasz was injured at the end of the 2025 season, he was replaced by Nick Allegretti. It was hard to overlook the fact that Allegretti signed a contract extension last week. With respect to players currently on the roster, he looks like the natural replacement.
But with free agency and the draft upcoming, there are opportunities to find a replacement there or via trade.
When asked what the solution is, Hogs Haven readers responding to our survey strongly supported the idea that the team’s 2026 starting center will be signed in veteran free agency, which kicks off at noon on Monday, when the ‘legal tampering’ period officially begins.
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So, who are the top free agent centers?
- Lloyd Cushenberry
- Conner McGovern
- Ethan Pocic
- Cade Mays
- Tyler Lindebaum
While reasonable people can disagree on exact rankings, the five players listed here probably comprise the top of the market. These players are likely to get signed to contracts fairly quickly in the free agency process. If none of them come to terms with Washington next week, then it may be time to consider the possibility that Plan A is to ride with Allegretti.
I think it’s safe to assume that the 96% of respondents who didn’t vote for a drafted rookie to replace Biadasz simply assume that neither pick 7 nor 71 would be used on the center position, and that Washington was unlikely to find a starting center on Day 3 of the draft.
General Manager Adam Peters
Following the 5-win 2025 season, many fans and observers have openly questioned the job being done by GM Adam Peters, who is entering his 3rd year with the Commanders. There are even some postulating that Peters could lose his job after the ‘26 or ‘27 season if fortunes don’t change quickly.
To gauge how widespread this concern is, we asked readers to rate their level of confidence in the GM (actually, this is the 2nd time we’ve asked since the end of the 2025 regular season). The results are very similar to the last time we asked two months ago.
Sixty percent of respondents said that they were either “confident” or “absolutely confident’ in Adam Peters, with only 9% of respondents saying that they were ”deeply worried” or had “zero confidence”. Peters continues to have broad support from the fan base, though the tough ‘25 season has left about a third of our respondents feeling some doubts and wanting to see a very different plan this offseason, and much better results in the ‘26 regular season. Many people have expressed that the minimum bar the team needs to clear for Dan Quinn and Adam Peters to be worthy of full fan confidence is a return to the playoffs this season.
So far this offseason
Next week, Adam Peters will be able to jump into free agency; in late April, he will have his 3rd shot at running the Commanders draft.
So far, this offseason, he has restricted himself to dealing with players who were on the Washington roster in 2025. He has cut two players and extended eight others.
Cuts:
- C Tyler Biadasz
- CB Marshon Lattimore
Extensions
- P Tress Way
- K Jake Moody
- OL Andrew Wylie
- OL Nick Allegretti (early extension)
- DL Shy Tuttle
- DL Deatrich Wise
- DL Drake Jackson
- WR Treylon Burks
The Commanders currently have 56 players under contract, with 6 draft picks and, per Over the Cap, $87.6m in cap space — 4th most behind the Raiders, Chargers and Titans. Washington will need about $6m in cap space to sign its draft picks and will need to set aside another $6m or so as a contingency for signing players as in-season injury replacements, so Peters can probably spend up to about $75m in 2026 cap space in veteran free agency.
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