Two weeks ago, the Washington Commanders won their first playoff game in 19 years. Sunday’s NFC championship game will be just the 11th playoff game since the turn of the century for the organization and its first conference championship game since Joe Gibbs — the coach for whom they named a street at the practice facility just north of Dulles airport — led the team to a Super Bowl win to end the 1991 season.
The Commanders' first-year offensive coordinator has rediscovered the joy of playcalling and building relationships.
Washington announced just hours before kickoff it was activating tight end Colson Yankoff from injured reserve ahead of the Divisional Round game. Yankoff suffered a hamstring injury that put him on injured reserve after he appeared in six games playing mostly special teams for the Commanders.
Fast forward two years into the future and in Washington, Kingsbury has finally found a balance between football and human interactions, with Zach Ertz breaking down the differences he's seen between his coach with the Cardinals and now the Commanders.
The former Cardinals tight end has been a key ingredient to Washington's successful season under quarterback Jayden Daniels and offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury - whom Ertz played under in Arizona. NFL.com recently named Ertz as one of the league's best free agent signings of the year:
With the Commanders ending their 33-year wait, the Cowboys now have the longest Championship game drought in the NFC.
The Dallas Cowboys have been stuck at home, watching their fellow NFC East rivals compete in the NFL Playoffs. The
Jayden Daniels, the promising quarterback of the Washington Commanders, is not only shining on the field. His fortune is growing with multi-million dollar contracts, brand deals and a promising future in the NFL.
The Washington Commanders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers play the final of three playoff games on Sunday. Below are some players on Washington’s roster scheduled to be free agents who could be potential targets for some of the Cardinals’ offseason needs.
Also, Eagles DC Vic Fangio used a timely counter, the Bills sold out on Derrick Henry and the Lions' mistakes compounded D's injury issues.
The Washington Commanders advanced to the NFC Championship Game for the first time in 33 years after engineering a stunning 45-31 victory over the