The Washington Commanders, on paper, have a good offensive group led by Jayden Daniels, and that was reinforced this offseason.
Deeb Samuel and Laremy Tunsil were traded for, upgrading two positions of need, but both come with a little unknown about what to expect in 2025.
Tunsil and Samuel weren't their usual selves last season, but the Commanders are banking on them returning to their best as the franchise looks to improve on its NFC Championship appearance from last year.
But as far as the group as a whole, Fox Sports' David Helman, when ranking all 32 quarterbacks and their support systems, has the Commanders at No. 16.
"Laremy Tunsil and Deebo Samuel should give the Commanders a higher ceiling than last year, but I’d like to see what it looks like," Helman writes. "Tunsil’s 2024 season wasn’t quite up to his lofty standard on a terrible Texans offensive line, and Samuel comes with some durability issues.
"Clearly, this isn’t a bad group for offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury to work with, as the Commanders reached the conference championship last season. I’m just not sure if this is one of the league’s better QB support systems just yet."
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Washington Commanders wide receiver Deebo Samuels (L) and Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (R) wave to the crowd from courts wide during the game between the Washington Mystics and Atlanta Dream at CareFirst Arena.
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We agree with Helman.
The signings of Samuel and Tunsil are good, but we need to see them in action and integrated into Kliff Kingsbury's system.
If the pair is to be what many want them to be, the offense will be humming along nicely.
With a solid run game led by Brian Robinson Jr. and Austin Ekeler, the evergreen Zach Ertz at tight end, and Terry McLaurin, Daniels does have a good group around him, but again, we need to see how everything meshes together with an offensive line that allowed 47 sacks last year.
And if we are being truthful, Washington's 2025 success will hinge on whether Deebo and Tunsil can return to being Pro Bowl-caliber players.