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The Washington Commanders had a strong run in head coach Dan Quinn's first season. Now, it's time to find ways to build and improve upon a roster that went 12-5 in the regular season and advanced to the NFC Championship for the first time in over 30 years.
Over the next few weeks, Quinn and general manager Adam Peters will review their personnel to determine what moves should be made to bolster each position. Though we don't have any say in how the new front office will mold the team going forward, Commanders.com will look back at how each group performed last season, breaking down top performers and looking ahead at where they could go next.
We'll start things off with the wide receivers.
On the roster
Terry McLaurin: 82 receptions, 117 targets, 1,096 yards, 13 TDs
Olamide Zaccheaus: 45 receptions, 64 targets, 506 yards, 3 TDs
Noah Brown: 35 receptions, 56 targets, 453 yards, TD
Dyami Brown: 30 receptions, 40 targets, 308 yards, TD
Luke McCaffrey: 18 receptions, 24 targets, 168 yards
Jamison Crowder: 9 receptions, 13 targets, 72 yards, 2 TDs
Top performers (per Pro Football Focus)
OVR: Terry McLaurin (82.1)
Receiving: Terry McLaurin (84.8)
Stats to know
-- McLaurin hit the 1,000-yard mark for the fifth consecutive time in his career and finished 15th among all receivers in 2024.
-- McLaurin continues to rise up the ranks among the franchise's best pass-catchers. He's currently sixth in receiving yards (6,379), fifth in receptions (460) and second in targets (726). He's 114 yards away from passing Bobby Mitchell for the fifth-most receiving yards by a Washington player.
-- Aside from McLaurin, multiple Commanders receivers had some of the best campaigns in their careers in 2024. Zaccheaus had career highs in targets and receptions, and Dyami Brown nearly doubled his production in 2023 with 308 yards on 30 receptions.
Questions to answer
-- Who to bring back? The Commanders have some of the most projected available cap space in the league, and one of their first questions to address will be who to bring back for 2025. Twenty-eight players are set to become free agents, including five wide receivers. McLaurin and McCaffrey are the only wideouts guaranteed to come back next season.
-- Who to add? While it isn't ideal to have almost all of one position become free agents in March, it does present an opportunity for the Commanders to evaluate the group to see how they can improve after finishing 17th in passing offense. Players like Stefon Diggs, Tee Higgins and Amari Cooper are expected to be at the top of the wide receiver market, but this year's class is full of players who could fit in well with the Commanders' offense and would want to catch passes from Jayden Daniels.
Free agency
Click HERE to see all the players the Commanders could pursue in free agency with their available cap space.
Draft
Click HERE to see Draft Analyst Mel Kiper Jr.'s Big Board of draft prospects.
