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Newsweek
9 hours ago
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- Newsweek
Commanders RB Reveals Driving Force Behind His 2025 Goals
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. enters the 2025 season with a sense of urgency. As he approaches the final year of his rookie deal, the 25-year-old is aiming to prove he's worthy of a long-term extension, whether from Washington or another team. Robinson has shown flashes of being a reliable lead back, but durability remains a question mark. Since entering the league in 2022, he has yet to complete a full season. His rookie campaign was notably interrupted by a traumatic event — Robinson was shot twice in an attempted robbery just weeks before the season opener. Remarkably, he missed only four games and returned to rush for 797 yards. Robinson continued to show growth over the next two seasons, logging over 2,000 yards from scrimmage and 17 total touchdowns. Despite steady improvement, the Commanders appear to be exploring future options. During the 2025 NFL Draft, Washington selected running back Jacory Croskey-Merritt in the seventh round. Croskey-Merritt has been touted as a late-round steal and has already turned heads within the organization. I said it during the predraft process & I said it again when he was taken in the 7th in that I fully expect Jacory Croskey-Merritt to earn touches when things count in Washington this fall. Good to hear his minicamp is off to a hot start — the kid can flat out play ball. — Ryan Fowler (@_RyanFowler_) June 11, 2025 Expert NFL analysis on the best NFL Anytime Touchdown predictions for Week 12, including Brian Robinson Jr's chances of getting into the end zone. Expert NFL analysis on the best NFL Anytime Touchdown predictions for Week 12, including Brian Robinson Jr's chances of getting into the end is also sharing a backfield with Austin Ekeler, who handled much of the receiving workload last season and is entering a contract year competition brewing and his contract expiring, Robinson understands that he's not only playing to maintain his starting role, but also to secure his future in the NFL. "The biggest thing for me is just being available," Robinson told reporters. "Just being on the field, I think, when I'm healthy and I'm well — the biggest thing for me is just being available, being out there on the field where I can continue to produce. Everything, as far as the craft, I'm going to continue to stay sharp and continue to work, put in the extra time, the extra hours in the building, outside the building, whatever I need to do to stay sharp." HELL WHEN I'M WELL: RB Brian Robinson, Jr. on final year of his rookie deal, and what he's been working on the last few months: "The biggest thing for me is just being available... when I'm healthy and I'm well... I'm hell when I'm well for sure"@JPFinlayNBCS #RaiseHail — NBC4 Sports (@NBC4Sports) June 10, 2025 Commanders OC Kliff Kingsbury knows how effective Robinson can be. If he stays healthy and produces in 2025, a long-term deal could be on the horizon. "He's been really focused," Kingsbury said. "The biggest thing that came out of last year I think was that any of the guys that we asked to go in and play, played at a really high level. "B-Rob's a guy who has played an incredibly high level. I thought early in the year when he was really healthy, he was what we expect him to be, and the focus this offseason has been great. He knows what this year means to him and can mean to us when he plays at that level." For more Washington Commanders and NFL news, head over to Newsweek Sports.
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Deebo Samuel trade winners and losers: How Brock Purdy, 49ers, Commanders are impacted
The NFL's annual scouting combine hasn't even wrapped, yet its teams are already quickly transitioning into the roster construction phase ahead of the start of the new league year later this month. Friday, the Los Angeles Rams revealed that QB Matthew Stafford would return for the upcoming season after he'd been permitted to assess his market value with other teams. Saturday evening, the San Francisco 49ers agreed to trade WR Deebo Samuel to the Washington Commanders – a deal that cannot be consummated until the 2025 league year officially commences at 4 p.m. ET on March 12 … though the Commanders did not-so-slyly acknowledge their big acquisition on X. That digital savvy is among the components of the winners and losers of this pending transaction: Washington's recently crowned Offensive Rookie of the Year, Daniels arguably crafted the greatest rookie season ever by a quarterback, largely responsible for sparking the Commanders' unexpected run to the 2024 NFC championship game. Yet that didn't mean Daniels didn't need his arsenal to level up in order to ease his own burden given Pro Bowl WR Terry McLaurin was the only Washington player who surpassed 1,000 yards from scrimmage in 2024 – and barely so with 1,098. The more dangerous teammates Daniels has at his disposal, the less defenses can focus on him and levy the hits the young QB still needs to learn to better avoid. Since the Samuel trade cannot become official quite yet, neither the Commanders nor 49ers could officially announce it Saturday. San Francisco's social media channels were largely quiet. But Washington slipped in a nice alternate reference to another famous Deebo, one that anyone who's seen the movie 'Friday' would immediately understand. Bravo. Raise Hail. — Washington Commanders (@Commanders) March 1, 2025 The reigning NFC West champions spent Friday securing their quarterback for 2025 while extending the contract of his left tackle, Alaric Jackson, for three years. A day later, the Rams watched their archrivals lose one of their primary weapons, San Francisco TE George Kittle admitting to USA TODAY Sports last month that the Niners "can't really replace Deebo' once it became apparent a divorce was imminent. This shapes up as a tough division top to bottom for 2025, so any diminishment elsewhere should be something of a boon to LA. After six seasons in Silicon Valley, he wanted out – after, by some metrics, his least productive season (career-low 8.7 yards per touch) – and got his wish. Now Samuel heads to a team with a multi-dimensional quarterback who should help leverage his own versatile skill set while reuniting with GM Adam Peters, who served in San Francisco's front office when Samuel was a second-round draft pick in 2019. A change of scenery and a chance to win seems like a pretty soft landing for Samuel, who will make $17.6 million in the final year of his contract. Parting with Samuel will cost the 49ers a $31.6 million dead cap hit in 2025. But it does clear him off the books for a team that's in negotiations with Purdy, San Francisco's QB1 since late in the 2022 season and a man who's finally eligible for the lucrative extension he's definitively earned. TRADE GRADES: More on the Deebo Samuel deal When you're coming off your worst season – from both the statistical and team success standpoints – it doesn't help to lose a player like Samuel, who can line up in so many places and thrive in so many disparate offensive roles. Still, big a loss as Samuel is, Purdy and Co. should largely recover if RB Christian McCaffrey and WR Brandon Aiyuk return to health in 2025, and 2024 first-round WR Ricky Pearsall makes a significant jump in his development. He'll be 30 a year from now. He was something of a malcontent on occasion with San Francisco. He'll be charged with fitting into Kliff Kingsbury's offense, where he'll slot in as WR2 behind McLaurin – all factors that could make it tough for Samuel, who's more playmaker than polished route runner, to land a lucrative third contact in 2026 … unless the cap-flush Commanders make that a moot point by extending him first. Like Samuel had been, LA's Cooper Kupp is a wideout on the trade block. They are drastically different players, and Kupp has two more years remaining on his contract instead of one. But given how much he is owed (nearly $40 million through 2026), combined with the fact that Samuel only fetched a fifth-round draft pick in return, it probably means the Rams shouldn't expect a substantial return for Kupp, the Super Bowl 56 MVP. The reigning Super Bowl champions are waiting in the midnight green wings ahead of the new league year, even as the Commanders – Washington is fast shaping up as Philly's primary challenger in the division – are already upgrading. Remember, it's been two decades since a team has won back-to-back NFC East crowns, and Philly is likely to lose several key free agents … though EVP/GM Howie Roseman usually seems to have a trump card up his sleeve. The veteran defensive tackle is trying to broker a trade of his own out of the nation's capital and, per ESPN, nearly headed to San Francisco as part of the Samuel package – and playing in Robert Saleh's defense is typically a boon to D-linemen. But, for now, Allen remains a Commander … and in limbo. Remarkable nugget: Since the start of the 2003 season, the Niners have either advanced as far as the NFC championship game every year … or missed the playoffs entirely, including in 2024. As Samuel packs his bags and Purdy prepares to collect his bag, it's hard to see San Francisco improving appreciably in 2025 – especially given the swirling unknowns as Aiyuk and CMC try to return to their pre-injury production of the 2023 campaign, when the 49ers lost Super Bowl 58 in overtime. The Round 5 draft choice obtained in exchange for Samuel – and he was a team sparkplug off the field, too, volatile as he could be at times – doesn't seem likely to help much, especially at a time when the (mostly) young Rams seem to be on the rise, while the Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks are also on the come up. Kind of feels like the Niners might be a better bet to miss postseason in 2025 than getting back to the NFC title article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Deebo Samuel trade: Winners, losers of 49ers-Commanders deal
USA Today
08-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Penn State superstar Tyler Warren wears 44 for a reason
The 2025 NFL draft is 10 weeks away and NFL teams and draft prospects alike are gearing up for the three-day event in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Washington Commanders have the 29th pick in this year's draft, and speculation abounds over who they will select. One of the names that has come up in some mock drafts is Tyler Warren, a tight end out of Penn State. He grew up in Mechanicsville, Virginia, and he wears the number 44 for a very special reason: WE ARE: @JPFinlayNBCS catches up with former @PennStateFball TE Tyler Warren, a projected first round pick in this year's draft The Mechanicsville, VA native wears number 44 for a very cool reason Burgundy and Gold fans… take a listen!#Commanders #RaiseHail — NBC4 Sports (@NBC4Sports) February 6, 2025 After telling Warren that he doesn't think he'll last until 29 when Washington picks, J.P. Finlay asks Warren about the reason he wears the number 44. 'I actually wore 44 because my dad sat me down when I was first starting football and said, 'I want you to run the ball like John Riggins.'And he pulled out the YouTube videos of him running it, and that's where the 44 came from and why I wore it.' Growing up in Mechanicsville, Warren is a Commanders fan through and through. He is projected to get drafted in the top 15, but even if he falls to 29, he won't be able to wear his beloved number 44 anymore. When Finlay mentioned that to Warren, he said, 'That would be a fine trade-off.'
USA Today
27-01-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
What did Dan Quinn say to his team after NFC championship loss?
It's been a wild ride for Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn over the past 12 months. After a blowout playoff loss to the Packers last January, Quinn, then the Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator, interviewed with multiple teams in his quest to become a head coach again. A few weeks later, Washington hired Quinn. Quinn quickly assembled an excellent coaching staff led by offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury. Things couldn't have gone much better for the Commanders. They won 12 games, the most since 1991, two road playoff games, and appeared in their first NFC championship in 33 years. Unfortunately, the dream season ended Sunday when Washington fell to the Philadelphia Eagles 55-23 in the NFC title game. It was a disappointing ending after such a terrific year. After the loss, Quinn spoke to the media and revealed what he told his team in the locker room. 'What I told the players, I really wanted them to savor this time in the locker room with their teammates,' Quinn said. 'The locker room is never the same year-to-year, and they've really created something very unique and very special……I wanted them to recognize the brotherhood they created together.' Dan Quinn shares what he told the #Commanders after the loss to the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game@JPFinlayNBCS #RaiseHail — NBC4 Sports (@NBC4Sports) January 27, 2025 Brotherhood is something Quinn talked about all year. The players bought in entirely and many sounded like Quinn when discussing the team. Quinn also spoke with Tom Rinaldi of FOX Sports, echoing a similar message. 'To be on this journey with these guys and to see the connection that they've built. There's a lot of lessons that we're going to take from this year that we'll use for years to come.' In a Digital Exclusive, Tom Rinaldi spoke with @Commanders HC Dan Quinn after the NFC… — FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) January 27, 2025 Despite Sunday's result, the future is bright in Washington.
Yahoo
26-01-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Eagles strike for Saquon Barkley touchdown after Commanders field goal
The Washington Commanders ate up more than seven minutes with an 18-drive to take a lead in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday at the Linc. The Eagles weren't wowed. They got a long kickoff return and Jalen Hurts handed off to Saquon Barkley on their first offensive play. Sixty yards and a PAT later, the Eagles led 7-0. The Eagles took 18 seconds to get the lead. SAQUON 60 YARDS IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE 📺: #WASvsPHI on FOX 📱: Stream on @NFLPlus — NFL (@NFL) January 26, 2025 The Commanders had gambled multiple times on fourth down on their opening drive. Another 4th down conversion for Washington! @JayD__5 with a gain of 5. 📺: #WASvsPHI on FOX 📱: Stream on @NFLPlus — NFL (@NFL) January 26, 2025 After a pair of conversions, Dan Quinn decided it was time not to take chances on another fourth down and opted for a field goal. Zane Gonzalez connected from 34 yards. The drive was 18 plays and covered 54 yards as Washington ate up 7:03 on the clock. Commanders finish an 18-play opening drive with 3. #RaiseHail 📺: #WASvsPHI on FOX 📱: Stream on @NFLPlus — NFL (@NFL) January 26, 2025 Story originally appeared on Touchdown Wire
