Lost in all the talk about Washington’s offensive line woes, specifically on the interior, is the Commanders’ cornerback position. Washington finalized its initial 53-man roster on Sunday, and, curiously, it included only three cornerbacks. One of those cornerbacks was Trey Amos.
Amos will begin the 2026 season on the reserve/injured list, meaning he will miss at least the first four games. Amos originally fractured his fibula in a Week 9 game against Detroit last November. He missed the start of training camp as he worked his way back to full participation. Unfortunately, on his second day back, Amos suffered an ankle injury and hasn’t practiced since.
Since Amos’ injury, fans wondered if the injury was worse than the Commanders were letting
on. General manager Adam Peters provided an update on Monday.
“Yeah, obviously, not having Trey – he hasn’t played really since the mid-season last year, so we wanna take it slow with him; that’s why we put him on IR," Peters said. "And could he have come back right around, in a few weeks? Maybe, but with the advances in sports science and understanding what it will take for him to get ready to play from not having played since mid-season last year, we wanted to take that a little bit slower. So, we’re confident he’ll be ready when it's time for him to come out. In terms of the rest of the position, really happy that we added the guys that we did with [CB] Rasul [Douglas] and [CB] Fabian [Moreau] late in this training camp, and they’re gonna really help us early on this year. And then we’ll grab a couple other guys here on the practice squad that have played a lot of NFL ball too. That’ll help us, but certainly will feel a lot better when Trey’s back.”
It sounds like Peters is saying Amos was on track to return soon, but because he’d missed so much time, Washington wanted to take it slow with him. While it’s fair to question how the Commanders have handled some injuries, this sounds like the right move.
What if Amos was 100% for Week 1? Would you want him on the field for the entire game against the defending NFC East champions? There are things that a regular practice can’t mimic. And, as Peters stated, Amos hasn’t played a competitive football game in almost 10 months. Less than two full days of practice, then pushing him to play in Week 1, never seemed like the right move.
While the Commanders won’t say specifically that Week 5 is the target date for his return, it seems the most reasonable. Starting now, he has around six weeks to ramp up to return to action.
Washington hosts the New York Giants in Week 5.
This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: What's the latest on Commanders cornerback Trey Amos?
