With all due respect to Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Jones, this is what "all in" looks like.
Fresh off a surprising run to a 12-5 record and the NFC Championship Game and afforded a rising star quarterback on his rookie contract, the Washington Commanders have the momentum and the money to attack this offseason in an attempt to approve. General manager Adam Peters is doing just that.
A year ago Jones angered his Dallas Cowboys fans when he promised to be "all in" during free agency, then promptly became the first team on the first day of free agency to not make a single transaction. Peters, on the contrary, started his upgrades last week by trading for elite receiver Deebo Samuel.
Monday he made perhaps an ever bigger deal, acquiring a Pro Bowl left tackle to protect Daniels without giving up the team's first- or second-round picks in next month's NFL Draft. Washington traded for Laremy Tunsil and a fourth-rounder, in exchange for sending a third- and seven-round picks this year and a 2026 second- and fourth-rounder to the Houston Texans.
Make no mistake, Peters is not about to be satisfied with Washington's accomplishments last season.
Tunsil is a five-time Pro Bowl blocker, one of the best in the NFL over the last 10 years. Add Samuel to the receiving corps and the re-signing of veteran tight end Zach Ertz and the offense is already significantly better.
On defense the Commanders re-signed lead Bobby Wagner, and Monday added former San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets lineman Javon Kinlaw to a three-year contract.
Peters was an assistant general manager in San Francisco when the team drafted Kinlaw in the first round in 2020.
The Commanders' defense ranked 30th in rushing yards allowed per game and 28th in yards per carry last season, and hope to pair Kinlaw with Daron Payne as run-stuffers in the middle of the line.
Meanwhile, Washington has lost only two starters from the team that lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC title game: safety Jeremy Chinn went to the Raiders and Monday the Jacksonville Jaguars gave receiver Dyami Brown a $10 million contract.
