The Washington Commanders held the team’s second full practice as they prepare for a road game against the Los Angeles Chargers. The team will be traveling on Friday, so Dan Quinn said injury decisions would be made for Sunday’s game today. The Commanders ruled out three players and they won’t travel with the team. WRs Terry McLaurin(quad) and Noah Brown(groin) won’t be on the field when Jayden Daniels makes his return to the field and to his home state of California. McLaurin is missing his second game,
while Brown is out for his third straight.
Sam Cosmi’s 21-day practice window was opened yesterday. This gave him three weeks to get back on the active roster, or he gets shut down for the season. Cosmi tore his ACL during a divisional round playoff win over the Detroit Lions. Cosmi talked ab out getting back into football shape, and prepared for the rigors of an NFL season in the locker room yesterday. He’ll get another week of practice and won’t be making his season debut vs the Chargers. The Commanders will be able to make this decision two more times before having to activate him or place him on IR.
Jayden Daniels was medically cleared and was on the field for another full practice today. He told reporters yesterday that he expects to be on the field vs the Chargers, and he’s feeling good at practice. Daniels missed the last two games, with backup QB Marcus Mariota filling in.
John Bates got another full practice in today, and looks to be in line to make his return to the field this week. He’s missed the last two games due to a groin injury from the Commanders’ Week 2 loss to the Packers. Second-year TE Ben Sinnott has been taking on some of Bates’ blocking responsibilities, and OT Trent Scott has been used as a 6th OL. Bates is considered one of the best blocking TEs in the league, and his return will be a boost to the offense.
CB Mike Sainristil(knee), and WR Deebo Samuel(heel) missed another practice after showing up on the injury report yesterday. Wide receivers and the secondary have been dealing with a lot of injuries early in the season, and missing either of these starters will be an issue in LA. Not practicing during an early travel week is not a good sign for their availability on Sunday.
UDFA rookie S Ale Kaho is in the concussion protocol after a hard hit last week. He didn’t practice yesterday, but was a limited participant today. That might not be enough to get cleared in time to be avaialable on Sunday. S Percy Butler didn’t practice at all last week due to a hip injury, and he was limited again today.
OUT
WR Noah Brown – Missing third game since suffering a groin injury vs Packers
RT Sam Cosmi – 21-day practice window opened yesterday, won’t be activated this week but full participant all week
WR Terry McLaurin – Missing second game with a quad suffered injury vs the Raiders in Week 3
DNP
CB Mike Sainristil – Misses second practice with a new knee injury
WR Deebo Samuel – Misses second practice with a new heel injury
Limited
S Percy Butler – Limited again with hip injury that kept him out last week
DT Daron Payne – Limited with a knee injury
S Ale Kaho – Suffered concussion vs Atlanta, progressing in protocol
Full
DE Dorance Armstrong – Illness yesterday
TE John Bates – Another full practice, groin injury vs Packers, also still listed with a calf injury
LB Nick Bellore – Vet rest day yesterday, but listed with a quad injury both days
QB Jayden Daniels – Another full practice with knee sprain, wearing a knee brace
TE Colson Yankoff – Full practice last two weeks while listed with an ankle injury
