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News: Six states plan to sit out the Great American State Fair.
At least three others remain uncommitted two weeks before the fair opens on the National Mall.
Organizers say "all states and territories will be represented" but who will be repping them isn't final.
Reporting w/ @MonninJenna and @torriestorie.
Full story 🔗⬇️
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Brian Robinson said his friend has a “big hat” company. “If you want a big hat, let me know.”
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Eagles legend Fletcher Cox called over Commanders TE Zach Ertz after the season-ending loss:
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Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles celebrating the Super Bowl win.
Extended cut:
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TE Zach Ertz on the bond he developed with his Commanders teammates and QB Jayden Daniels:
“I wish I was 22 playing with him, had my whole career in front of me playing with them.”
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Travis Kelce on the Kansas City Chiefs’s Super Bowl loss:
“We haven’t played that bad all year.”
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Anthony Rendon's plate appearances in the 7th inning or later of the Nationals' five elimination games this season:
Walk, double, home run, double, home run, double, home run
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Remember the clip of Colin Kaepernick slinging deep balls at his workout? The one that went viral?
The Redskins signed one of the guys catching them today -- and he credited Kap with helping him get back in the league: wapo.st/2rgUXmn
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Magic Johnson and Josh Harris on the Commanders playoff win:
“Talent, culture and people.”
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Jayden Daniels said the crowd’s energy showed him how long the Commanders fan base has waited for this moment.
He said he can’t stop smiling because he’s happy to do this for DC.
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The Commanders have a call with the league office today about why the ball was spotted short on the 4th-and-9 pass, Dan Quinn said.
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LB Bobby Wagner on his trash talk with Jayden Daniels: “You got to treat him like the child that he is.”
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Sam Cosmi: “I didn't really understand culture. I haven't been a part of a 'good culture.' This year, I'm slowly but surely -- I see it. It's really cool to see and be a part of. Talking and acting on it.”
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Washington Commanders QB Jayden Daniels started 2025 by continuing to talk trash to LB Bobby Wagner:
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DE Montez Sweat on the team bringing in vaccine experts to speak to players: “I’m not a fan of it at all. ... I won’t get vaccinated until I get more facts.”
On why he’s hesitant: “I haven’t caught covid yet, so I don’t see me treating covid until I actually get covid.
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Washington Commanders post practice work:
WR Deebo Samuel and CB Mike Sainristil
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Tonight was the first time Victor Robles’ mother had seen her son play baseball in the United States.
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In 2019, Carolina fired Ron Rivera after he lost to Dwayne Haskins.
In 2020, Ron Rivera fired Dwayne Haskins after he lost to Carolina.
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Washington’s Ron Rivera is the longest-tenured head coach in the NFC East (1 year, 10 days)
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Marshon Lattimore on the Commanders loss:
“Can’t win if they’re plus-3 on the turnover margin like that — uh and that’s really it.”
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Jackie Taylor, Sean Taylor’s daughter, is in attendance for the NFC Championship.
She was invited by @alexisohanian.
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Commanders TE Zach Ertz on Jayden Daniels’s injury:
“It's a testament to the people they have running this place that they view us not only as employee No. 5 or employee 86, but they care about us as people.”
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Commanders Coach Dan Quinn on potentially re-signing LB Bobby Wagner:
“Any comments on him, you’ll have to talk to his agent.”
Pause.
“He is his agent. I’ve been waiting to say that so long.”
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Nick Allegretti on Jayden Daniels:
“J is special. There’s times they had a better call and had us beat. And he’s making it right.”
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Jayden Daniels on OC Kliff Kingsbury returning to the Washington Commanders:
“If anybody asked me about him, I’d try to say some bad things so (other teams) don’t hire him.”
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Commanders adding Marshon Lattimore changes the whole defense.
Joe Whitt Jr. can put Benjamin St-Juste on WR2s, move Mike Sainristil back inside and be more aggressive / stop the pass better out of single high.
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Terry McLaurin on sweeping the Giants:
“They had our number the last few years, and that’s been a reason why we haven’t had the success we wanted to have.
“But this year is a completely new team.”
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Marshon Lattimore (right) and Benjamin St-Juste working on technique at practice:
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There’s no water in the Commanders locker room, meaning players cannot shower.
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Stephen Strasburg lamented earlier this month that the Nationals, in all the postseason pushes before, were a good team that ran into a buzz saw.
Then he added: “Maybe this year we’re the buzz saw.”
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Darrell Green started his speech by singing happy birthday to one of his granddaughters.
He also grew emotional.
“To be given a key to this — the greatest city in the world — come on, man. You kidding me?”
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Moderator: “I think that’s Trea Turner on the right.”
Trea Turner: “You don’t know that.”
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Surreal moment between Magic Johnson and Terry McLaurin after the Washington Commanders playoff win:
“This is what we talked about.”
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Hall of Fame safety Charles Woodson on Commanders CB Mike Sainristil, a fellow Michigan alum:
“One of my top players to ever play at the University of Michigan, man.”
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Terry McLaurin, who’s had a dozen QBs in his career, was asked if a new QB this week would change anything.
The facial expression says it all 😂
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I’m eager to hear the referee pool report on why the clock stopped for those three seconds
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LG Nick Allegretti on the Hail Mary:
“I got a Charley horse (blocking). I was wandering somewhere while the ball was in the air and then I looked up…”
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Austin Ekeler, Brian Robinson and Austin Seibert are the only three Commanders you can point to and confidently say: Good job.
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Washington has named rookie DE Chase Young a captain, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
The team revoked QB Dwayne Haskins' captaincy on Monday.
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Cool gesture by the Commanders to celebrate @john_keim’s 500th game.
Big ups to @reshmanuel for doing the math to figure this out.
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Jayden Daniels’s first completion was the exact same in college and the NFL.
Go ball down the right sideline on 3rd down for 42 yards.
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I’ve never seen Washington Commanders TE John Bates get as mad as he did Sunday.
Here’s what happened with Pittsburgh Steelers LB Patrick Queen:
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Washington Commanders draft picks after the Deebo Samuel trade:
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If they don’t add any picks before the draft, they’d be a strong candidate to trade down out of the first.
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Zach Ertz on Jayden Daniels:
“He’s as mature of a ‘rookie’ as I’ve ever been around. … There’s not a play Jayden goes out there and doesn’t have answers.”
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Commanders principal owner Josh Harris wrote a letter to fans on the back page of today’s @PostSports.
“This season marked the beginning of bringing Washington football back to its status as a premier franchise in the NFL and restoring the significance, pride and sense of community that this team has represented for decades.”
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After practice, Chase Young and Montez Sweat worked on hand-fighting techniques — and near the end, Terry McLaurin came over to chop it up.
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Penn State CB Joey Porter Jr. said he had a formal interview with the Commanders. “I talked to them a lot.”
He added that he likes the number of Penn State players in Washington (Jahan Dotson, Shaka Toney, Tariq Castro-Fields).
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Josh Harris said he wasn’t in the room when the Commanders cut the roster to 53 and isn’t sure if he’ll be in the draft war room in the spring. He said he definitely won’t pick players.
“You want professionals picking the players."
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Terry McLaurin: “It’s easy to preach brotherhood when everything’s going good. … This is when what your program is built on needs to stand out.”
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Breaking: Maryland wants D.C.'s Air National Guard squadron in RFK deal, per sources.
If D.C. gives Maryland fighter jets, lawmakers will not oppose the RFK Stadium site bill.
Reporting w/ @ErinatThePost and @Meagan_Flynn.
Full story ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Breaking: NFL owner Jim Irsay secretly relapsed, got ketamine from 'luxury' doctor before death.
➡️ Irsay and Colts execs misled the public
➡️ Irsay overdosed three times between 2020 and May death
➡️ Serious concerns raised about his doctor’s care
washingtonpost.com/sports/20…
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The pilot on my flight home this morning started his address to the passengers by playing this:
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Robert Griffin III stomps on his cowboy hat before Washington kicks off with Dallas:
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Dave Martinez on pinch-hitting Gerardo Parra: “I only put him in the game to get the fans going tonight.” Pause. “Just kidding.”
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I asked Washington Commanders safety Quan Martin for his favorite play this season.
His answer surprised me:
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Zach Ertz on why it’d be a “disservice” to compare Jayden Daniels and Lamar Jackson:
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Former Washington safety D. J. Swearinger just posted this on Instagram, what he says is an exchange between him and former head coach Jay Gruden.
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Commanders WR Terry McLaurin wants to involve fans in his new celebrations -- even though it might sound like booing.
Fans might be interested in this story (link⬇️):
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Jayden Daniels on the Steelers loss:
“It stings. … Everybody’s mad. It matters to them.”
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DE Chase Young named NFC Defensive Player of the Month and NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month.
*1st to win a PotM award since QB Kirk Cousins in Nov. 2016
*1st to win NFC DPotM since LB London Fletcher in 2012
*1st rookie in franchise history to win player of the month
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Commanders principal owner Josh Harris on concerns that fans could be priced out of a new stadium in DC:
“We’ll have affordable tickets — even in the context of PSLs. … We’re going to work hard on (making it affordable).”
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WR Jahan Dotson said he was watching Suns-Pelicans on his phone when Ron Rivera called.
He said he was watching to keep his mind off the draft. He thought he was going late 1st/early 2nd.
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Commanders RB Austin Ekeler, who’s on IR with a concussion, is out here warming up with the team:
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LT Brandon Coleman: “I feel good.”
Coleman said his concussion symptoms weren’t too bad, mostly a headache, and he’s excited to get back soon.
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3rd and 13. Cleveland sends six. Brian Robinson handles two, which gives Jayden Daniels space to roll out and hit Terry McLaurin for 66.
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Jayden Daniels on if he would’ve played through leg soreness had this been a must-win game:
“100 percent. They would’ve had to drag me off the field.”
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Washington has not had contact with Houston or Miami and is not in on QB Tua Tagovailoa, per source
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DE Chase Young on his confidence in QB Taylor Heinicke: "He could start on any other team in the league."
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This is bigger than winning rookie of the week
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Northwest Stadium light show. Commanders fans have waited a long time for a game like this.
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Jayden Daniels is not just elite. He’s a closer.
“You see that from Pat [Mahomes], from Josh Allen, from Lamar [Jackson]. … It is a really devastating thing when you have a QB who’s able to understand rush lanes and go steal 10, 15, 20 yards.”
Full story 🔽🔽🔽
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GM Adam Peters on what he looks for in an edge rusher.
Ideally, 6-5, 36-inch arms, a 1.3-sec 10-yard split in the 40-yard dash and a slew of intangibles.
“To be really good in this league, I think you have to have both speed and power.”
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Tress Way on how he feels not punting — and whether this start feels different than other years:
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Washington's starting field positions:
DAL 40
WAS 32
DAL 47
WAS 42
DAL 39
Three points.
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