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UPDATED: Washington Commanders Free Agency MOCK Targets $85M, Jayden Daniels, Laremy Tunsil

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Mock Offseason predictions heat up as the Washington Commanders eye a playoff comeback. With over $85 million in cap space, bold moves target Devin Lloyd and Jamel Dean to reshape the defense while top-shelf free agents like Brandon Aiyuk and Rachaad White spark the offense. The episode breaks down every roster question, revealing insights from the NFL Scouting Combine and smart free agency strategy.

Top priorities include upgrading the offensive line with Connor McGovern and David Edwards and leveraging the draft for jack linebacker Arvell Reese and cornerbacks Daylon Everett and Ephesians Prysock. Is this squad ready for a 2026 postseason run or are there lingering gaps at backup quarterback and safety? Join the conversation on Discord and share how you’d tackle the Commanders’ high-stakes offseason.

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00:00 Mock Offseason Overview
08:46 Free Agency Moves
22:22 NFL Draft Strategy
30:01 Depth Chart Analysis

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Our second mock off season, we get a little bit more active than the last leaving no stone on current as we try to get the commanders back to the post season in 2026 you are locked on commanders your daily podcast on the Washington commanders part of the locked on podcast network your team every day this is locked on commanders part of the locked on podcast network the number one sports podcast networking I'm David Harrison your guy on the ground credential member of the media covering the Washington commanders for W USA 9 also writing for commanders on SI here with you five days a week and coming up on today's episode it is our second and our final mock off season of the 2026 off season because free agency right around the corner less than a week away so we're gonna take one final stab I would love to tell you this is exactly what's going to happen but that's just not possible because I don't have a crystal

ball and even if I did it's not legit so it's not gonna be something I can do for you but it's just an idea of kind of how I may be think the wash commanders might try to attack this thing leaning on some intel from the NFL scouting combine things like that all that coming up on today's episode of locked on commanders part of the locked on podcast network your team every day and it's all brought to you by Fandall Fandall is giving you a way to turn your energy and it even bigger potential wins with college basketball parlay profit boost head to fandall.com to get started so come out of NFL scouting combine week was over the weekend last week and into the weekend of course we now have the open negotiating period opening up on Monday for the NFL that's when all the deals are gonna start getting agreed to they can be finalized on March 11th but barring anything kind of wonky which hasn't never happened but doesn't usually happen the deals you hear about agreed upon on the ninth-tenth and even in the eleventh will be signed as early as the eleventh

not necessarily on the eleventh but can be signed starting on the eleventh Tyler Beatish his official release or his release was made official by the wash commanders that move processed by the National Football League on Tuesday the March on ladder more move has not been processed yet but no hitches no hiccups on that as of right now still gonna come off the books still gonna come off the books were told 18.5 million dollars that number could get adjusted later on down the road we're not really gonna get into that here on this episode but as we jump into this full mock off season so if you're part of mock draft Monday yesterday we did kind of a wonky kind of a weird I kind of manipulated the timeline a little bit mock off season but this is a full blow mock off season where to start with our starting roster I'm gonna take you through free agency I'm gonna take you through the NFL draft and then we're gonna come back and I'm gonna let you tell me all the places that I messed up all the places that maybe I nailed it as well and when we look at the current state of the wash commanders 2026 NFL roster you got your number one receiver in

Terry McClore and obviously have your starting quarterback in Jaden Daniels no veteran backup quarterback Marcus Mario to not currently on a contract Jeff Driscoll Josh Johnson et cetera Sam Hartman your number three-quarter back I'm not gonna pencil him in at number two if you want to that's fine but for this purpose we're gonna keep him at number three on the offensive line you got Laramie Tunsell he's still he's under contract for 2026 the extension hopefully coming soon or rather than later but make no mistake about he is under contract for 2026 so he is your starting left tackle no left guard as of right now Chris Paul depending for agents more and more I'm getting the vibe that he's going to hit the open market and he's probably going to price himself out of returning to the Washington commanders though big fan of the dude would love to see him back center obviously is vacant because of the release Tyler Biotis right guard is Sam Cosmier right tackle Josh Connelly Jr. looking at some depth here obviously Brandon Coleman I feel like he's proven to be better at left tackle than left guard so right now I've got him penciled in as your backup left tackle behind Laramie Tunsell you got some

other depth Nick Allegretti agreeing to a new two-year deal has not officially signed that deal yet but talking to Andrew Wiley who did officially sign his contract on Tuesday we had a press conference with him shared that on the channel if you haven't caught that press conference yet you can do so on audio or on YouTube wherever you choose to do so he kind of made a comment about being happy for Nick Allegretti being able to play the position he wants to play the most which tells me potentially Nick Allegretti coming back for those two years to be a backup center or maybe compete for the starting center job who knows but for right now we've gotten Nick penciled in as the number two center Angie Wiley is the number two right tackle though you know he's got guard tackle versatility as well beyond that you've got guys like Tim McKay Tyler Cooper young guys on futures contracts at the Washington commanders are looking for his additional depth as well some receiver depth you've got Nick Nash to Cory Brooks to Kobe Jones on futures contracts Luke McCaffrey and Jay Lynn Lane who can both play a little bit outside by the both of them also operate out of the slot really really well so that's where I've gotten them kind of penciled in but again with receivers

especially these position groups like just don't get too bogged down into where they're assigned to line up or whatever these guys are going to line up all over the place tight ends John Bates Benson at Colson Yankoff Lawrence Cager is on a futures contract and then to Cory Croskey Mara is your only running back under contract right now trust ways your punter Tyler Rochester long snapper no kicker to speak of on the roster right now flipping to the defensive side of things start with the interior defense of wine Javon Kinlaw Doran pain pencil didn't just started Johnny Newton is going to be penciled in as a depth defense attack a Ricky Barber is returning on a futures contract as well Javon Kinlaw is interesting because Dan Quinn in our conversation last week in Indianapolis mentioned him as a big end I have not officially moved him there on my personal depth chart if you want to fantastic before this exercise just so you know where we're coming from Javon Kinlaw still list as an interior defensive lineman and that's going to have an impact here Doran's Armstrong Javonte Jean Baptiste two year defense events you're two most established defense events you got TJ McGurran

Younga returning on a futures contract Andre Carter the second which is interesting prospect came out of army ended up undrafted he was really kind of an enticing prospect ended up with a Minnesota Vikings there's some experience there he's on a futures contract as well so I'm leaving that starting that opposite starting edge position opposite Doran's Armstrong open as a vacant spot for right now cornerbacks Trey Amos has one of the outside positions Mikey Sainter still has the slot position and I've got the other off outside position open because of the March on ladder more move you also got guys like Carl and vigors Trey Hawkins Quantra's Knight Darius Rush on futures contracts there linebacker no off-ball linebacker no Mike linebacker starter penciled in here I'm not pushing Jordan McGee to the top until I see the commanders do it themselves so right now Jordan McGee is your number two Mike Ali Kaho behind him Nick Bolor we all know this he's he's a special teams guy but he's officially on the roster linebacker so I saw him in there behind Kaho and McGee Frankie Luvu is your outside lineback just

call him your move linebacker I don't know Frankie Luvu is your guy there Kane Modrano kind of a safety linebacker Hydra but I'm a slot him in here behind Frankie Luvu DJ Johnson on a futures contract there as well free safety Juan Martin Jeremy Reeves are your two there Will Harris Percy Butler Tyler Owens holding down the strong safety position with Rob McDaniel an undrafted for agent from last year holding down a futures contract for the Washington commanders there so that is what the initial starting or initial depth chart looks like as of right now as of Tuesday night that's what the Washington commanders look like for 2026 I think they're gonna tender Chris Rodriguez Jr so throw him in there as well but overall right now the Washington commanders over eighty five million dollars in projected salary cap space second most in the NFL and I don't think this is an offseason where Adam Peters is just going to be single we've seen him make a lot of moves to free up some cap space March on a lot of more not just a cap move but all that cap money obviously is in a help Tyler be honest I don't think it was just a cap move but some of that cap money is obviously going to help getting Andrew

Wiley in on a good veteran deal doesn't burn a lot of cap room brings a lot of experience in the Nick Allegretti by reworking his deal you're going to go you're going to go through and clear some money as well and then of course the Laramie tonsil extension when that comes through you're talking about pushing the Washington commanders cap space to close to one hundred million dollars so they got a lot of room and we're going to put that room to use coming up next on our mock offseason here on Lockdown Commanders part of the Lockdown podcast network your team every day and this episode of Lockdown Commanders brought you in part by TurboTax it's tax time but for a lot of us the old way of doing taxes is a lot trying to book an appointment that's not the most convenient sitting in a waiting room with a stack of papers emailing back and forth and wondering if they really get your situation but this year you're getting a major upgrade into it TurboTax now has in-person locations nationwide you can meet face-to-face with a real tax expert

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like I said not the exact same style certainly either the holder types of drawn to Jones super multiple super aggressive type of defense you're going to want guys to do that so as we go through free agency here's what we end up coming up with first big move that we're going to make for the Washington commanders is actually on the defensive side of the ball targeting off ball linebacker middle linebacker Devon Lloyd we're doing all these deals at market value and let's understand that some of the market value numbers are not going to be met some of them we're going to be a little bit higher some of them might actually even be a little bit lower sometimes we get surprised by that too we're keeping it market value I'm not getting too deep in the weeds in this thing the good news is as you'll see at the end plenty of cash space still left over so if some of these deals end up being over market value we can still absorb those hits from this exercise standpoint we're not finishing this thing with like two million dollars left in the bank so if Devon Lloyd's deal comes in five million dollars over the market value projection you know then this whole thing is bust that's not going to happen here so Devon Lloyd comes in from Jacksonville Jaguars young off ball linebacker he's

had the experience setting defenses he's got the playmaking ability he's at the left to right mobility that I think you really want and you put him in there you love the athleticism Jordan McGee has but this team is going to have the opportunity to use multiple guys remember defenses are not just 11 dudes defenses are 16 17 sometimes 18 different guys being used in different ways rotating in rotating out but Devon Lloyd's going to come in here kind of be that new crown jewel of the DeRonte Jones defense right off the top of the whole thing now moving over to the offensive side of things we got to address those offensive line holes and we're going to do that with a center and a guard not top shelf center we're not going we're not going Tyler Linderbaum here over 25 million dollars a year expected all that kind of stuff but we are going to go Conor McGovern and Conor McGovern that center coming over from the Buffalo Bills very familiar face and name for Dan Quinn Conor McGovern Dan Quinn we're in Dallas at the same time Conor McGovern played guard there why because Tyler Björnish was the starting center now Conor McGovern ends up leading Dallas to go to Buffalo and I can't tell you it's the sole reason

obviously if this signing actually happens we'll get the opportunity to ask him but I can't tell you at least part of the reason is that he always felt like center was kind of his more natural position Nick Allegretti happens to agree and so he got the opportunity to move to center with Buffalo made that move he's now a free agent again the Buffalo Bills are in salary cap hell so not a lot of people expecting them to be able to bring him back so he should be available again the familiarity there Dan Quinn all that stuff Conor McGovern Pro Bowl caliber center bring him in there in front of Jayden Daniels to make that whole thing work then sticking in Buffalo let's just bring his teammate over to David Edward starting left guard for the Buffalo Bills bring him on over along with Conor McGovern and really secure that inside of your offensive line now you got Conor McGovern David Edward Sam Cosme as your guard combo guard duo in center Laramie Thompson playing opposite side of there Josh Conorley Jr is your I guess your most wild wild card right but looking at the way he was able to develop towards the end of his rookie season pretty solid offensive line there

for the Washington commanders shaping up let's go back to the defensive side of the ball Odife O.A edge rusher coming over from the Los Angeles Chargers former Baltimore Raven you bring him in there to line up opposite of Doran Armstrong line up opposite of Javante Jean Baptiste both those guys coming off of injury Odife O.A and things going to fit in a highly aggressive defensive scheme like what Doran T Jones is going to bring and he's not going to break the bank he's going to be one of the more expensive adressors out there don't be wrong but he's not going to break the bank you might notice no trade Hendrickson on there we'll talk more about that in the next episode of Locked On Commanders we're going to go over the franchise tag transition tag results who did get tagged who didn't get tagged and i'll tell you why i don't have trade Hendrickson on my free agent mock offseason free agency bore even though he was not franchise tagged by the Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday moving outside to the cornerback position Jamel Dean veteran cornerback from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers listen i'm not telling you the Jamel Dean is like the most lockdown corner in the national football league you're also not going to pay Jamel Dean lock down cornerback money

for the national football you're going to pay him about six million dollars less than what Marshawn Latimore was set to get and for remember when Marshawn got that deal that the commander's are releasing him from he was one of the best for cornerbacks rather in the national football league so Jamel Dean very solid he likes to play aggressive is at his best in press which is what we think Dorontay Jones is going to do so it makes a lot of sense for Jamel it makes a lot of sense for the commanders as well gives you it raises the floor right raises the floor of your secondary what give you the opportunity if you need to to develop talent behind him as well as get back over the office aside things Brandon I you coming in from the San Francisco 49ers has not been released yet so this one's a little bit of manipulating the time space continuum and all those things but there's there's no reason to think the 49ers are going to change their mind no reason to break right now you guys going to change his mind so it's going to happen the question really is when is it going to happen but all indications do point to San Francisco 49ers making brain in IUK a post June 1st cuts at the beginning of the newly year that means that will come March 11

so this will be a March 9th move this would be a March 11th move and really we'll be able to talk pretty early if I'm right or wrong here if we hear about the commanders being in on some of these other receivers out there like Alec Pierce who was not franchise tech on Tuesday more about him on the next episode locked on commanders then you kind of get you know read between the lines a little bit right like Brandon you could probably comment if they go heavy after Alec Pierce and bring him in then obviously the brain IUK thing a little bit less likely anyway I wouldn't say it's guaranteed not to happen if they bring in another guy but certainly less likely to happen right they go after a guy a guy like Alec Pierce but already I think that contracts high end like high high end is like $12 million but all of it if not or most of it if not all of it is going to be non guaranteed money Z receiver type to play opposite term and corn again I want to move term and corn in the slot however for these purposes because we have no verification or indication that's actually happening outside of my own podcast pipe dreams we're going to leave him out there as the X Brandon IU comes in as your Z Luke McCaffrey has your power slots you

got a pretty decent receiver group going on there we're also gonna go back to the end but we brought in Jamel Dean we're gonna bring in Rashad White and yes we're gonna reconnect the three sun devils Brandon IUK Jaden Daniels Rashad White all sun devils at the same time at one point in their respective collegiate careers Rashad made no secret about wanting to come to Washington as soon as the off season hits he comes in he's got that three down back ability he can run between the tackles he can catch he can block he can do a little bit of everything it gives you a guy to rely on while also helping you continue to develop Chkory Krasky Merit bringing Chris Rodriguez Jr see where he goes this off season after he's been working out and doing his thing I think it's a pretty good start to a stable running back room Breeze Hall I know he was a lot of people's favorites he has been franchise tag and I know Travis ETN K9 Kenneth Kenneth Walker wow Kenneth Walker has not been franchise tag and I know some of you are gonna be like go get Kenneth Walker not a third down back guys Seattle doesn't use them on third downs for a reason I don't think

the commanders are necessarily looking for another back they can't use on third downs so Rashad White for me is the guy if it's not Rashad White Travis ETN certainly makes a lot of sense as well but just reading the tea leaves and of course how much the quarterback probably wants them and we've heard Adam Peters and Dan Quintau about right everything is done with Jayden Daniels in mind so Jayden wants for shot Jayden wants Brandon probably gonna happen we're gonna bring Jake Moody back for this scenario here filling that kicker spot obviously you can look at another kicker you know I wouldn't mind the bringing like three kickers just bring dudes in make this a legit competition man I'm sick and seeing like one kicker just ride through training camp with the job no I want this thing to be stressful every single stinking day and figure out who the best man is but for this purpose we're in a slot Jake Moody in there for right now did not go after Tyden you might notice that kind of stand out did not go out of Tyden we thought about going after Isaiah likely likely I have some misgivings about Isaiah likely about whether or not he's a true why Tyden like if I needed to rely on him as a starting number one Tyden who can block and catch I just don't know that Isaiah

likely's gonna hold up David and joke you just a little too old for my liking a little too injured recently for my liking as well so I decide not to go the why Tyden route in free agency and after all these moves that we just made the wash the commands are left with an estimated 51 million dollars in effective cap space yeah effective caps 51 million dollars ineffective cap space not accounting for the draft class to come speaking of that draft class we did make a move at the top at number seven things get a little bit crazy we decided to get a little bit crazy last time we did a mock offseason I traded with the New York Jets and I did not like the way the board fell so I came into this one said you know what I'll listen to trade offers but I'm not going outside pick number 15 Ruben Bain Jr. David Bailey Carnell take among others Jeremiah love off the board by the time number seven came so I looked at the prospects I looked at the telephone the Kansas City Chiefs came calling and I executed a trade at the top of my mock draft for this mock offseason moving back

from number seven to number nine picking up number 74 in the third rounds we move back two spots then we pick up a third round pick I think it's pretty good deal it fits the rich hill chart for draft pick value numbers as well the Kansas City Chiefs move up they get an offensive tackle which we're not drafting anyway now sunny styles did come off the board at number eights but I was still pretty happy with the guy I got at number nine that and the rest of the draft class coming up next on this episode of Lockdown Commanders part of the Lockdown podcast network your team every day and today's episode is also brought to you in part by Fandall college basketball is non-stop big games tight spreads momentum swings every single night from early tip-offs the late night West Coast shootouts there's always action on the board and now Fandall is giving you a way to turn that energy into even bigger potential wins with a college basketball parlay profit boost you can build any college hoops parlay you want you can focus on rivalry games you can focus

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sunny styles comes off the board an offensive tab comes off the board that I wasn't going to draft anyway at number seven sunny styles number eight to the noranland saints but at number nine we do get a guide that I think we're going to like here in Washington as we get to cover him and watch him and you get to cheer for him and I get to tell him how good or bad he's doing at his job and that is Ohio State linebacker or vel Reese we talked about the jack linebacker position if you're an everydayer you might remember that conversation jack linebacker position is something that the Brian Flores and so therefore we believe the Doronte Jones defense is going to feature it's a linebacker then play the off ball play coverage do those types of things but can also be an edge rusher when you need him to be our vel Reese is that kind of a guy he's kind of like Frankie Louvoo if Frankie Louvoo was a first round pick but Frankie Louvoo is 29 years old I hope you turn in 30 in September it's his contract year and while in the initial phases he might be kind of looked at like a little bit of a backup behind Devon Lloyd Frankie Louvoo I think

really what you're looking at is you give Doronte Jones three linebackers that he can really use in a whole lot of different ways you can put all these eyes on the field at the same time you can rotate them in rotate them out keep them fresh and just keep coming after the quarterback and if and when you decide to move on from Frankie Louvoo in 2027 you have a guy there and then you have the potential duo of Devon Lloyd and our vel Reese for a long long time if you want them in the second round second round in the second round we did nothing but in the third round pick number 71 the one that the washman has already owned we did go back to the defense side of the ball we want a cornerback dailin Everett interestingly enough last mock draft Monday actually had a Georgia fan come through the YouTube comments and say if they would not take dailin Everett I asked why I had not seen a response yet but from everything I'm seeing nice stout perimeter defender doesn't have the greatest recovery speed that is the question but you're looking at him coming in as a developmental guy because you have Jamel Dean you have Trey Amos of dailin Everett not coming in the last mock

draft he was coming and penciled in as a starter that made me a little bit nervous maybe that's where the comment was coming from either way dailin Everett in this version he comes in as a backup coming as then a depth third down or third string or third round wow type of guy and you have that potential there that upside there you teach him how to play a little bit more savvy so that that lack of recovery speed doesn't burn him when he does get on the field 74th overall pick three picks later the one we got from the can see chiefs we're going interior offensive line here with Conor Lou the guard center combo capable Auburn Tiger we're going to slide him in here as the third center behind Nick Allegretti but by the time camp is over and everything else he could be the second left guard behind David Edwards or something like that who knows but Conor Conor Lou very technical good anchor all these things I think you you add him to the group of Brandon Coleman Andrew Wiley Nick Allegretti and now Conor Lou that's a really good base for your backups if Tim McKay is a guy that we know the watch planner is really liked last year come out of the draft he

was injured through the draft process so this is kind of he kind of like a red shirt season so this kind of is if he develops then when you end up with is a three man you know depth group of Brandon Coleman Conor Lou Tim McKay lose got the guard center combo thing going for him Coleman's got the guard tackle thing going for him obviously you're going to want to build more to that in 2027 but you also have Andrew Wiley Nick Allegretti under contract in the next two years so unless they fall off a cliff you have a really good five man depth rotation for the office of line right there in your locker room at pick number four our fourth pick in the fifth round getting all twisted up with these rounds and numbers fourth pick this one comes in the fifth round 146 overall Eli Raridan Tyden at a Notre Dame joining our Tyden room six seven two hundred and fifty pound he's got why Tyden all over he's got why Tyden written all over him I saw him in here as the third Tyden we're not coming in here thinking a fifth round pick is going to take over the starting job but John Bates Ben Senate I I slot Eli Raridan in front of Colson Yank off as a tight end special

teams will see how that plays in and things as well but we go to Tyden there and address the group there sixth round our fifth pick Ephesians Priceock cornerback at a Washington six four boundary corner obviously he's got some project to him because he's a six-rounder but you're starting off with the frame the length all the things that you really like in a developmental corner speaking of developmental guys Colby Young White receiver at a Georgia six three two hundred fifteen pounds has the build of an extra receiver going after him to try to develop him into a future above the rim playmaker you don't need him right away you got Terry you got Brandon hopefully Brandon's healthy again obviously that is going to be a big part of this but you got Luke Jalen coming back wouldn't hate necessarily seeing maybe another free agent there in the mix as well and then with our final pick of this mock draft coming in the seventh round we go Lorenzo styles junior safety out of Ohio State he's a hybrid athlete former wide receiver could potentially turn into a future center fielder type of coverage safety for you he's got gunner experience because you play a special teams do all those things for you and kind of help improve your safety group so after

that mock draft after that mock free agency we're looking at given the wash commanders about 33.026 million dollars in functional cap space and the only vacancy we have left is backup quarter back I didn't go I didn't get a backup quarterback I don't know what it's like I didn't do it maybe Marcus comes back maybe it's Josh Johnson maybe it's chef Driscoll maybe it's somebody else altogether as long as it's not Tyler Murray Aaron Rogers or two I'm talking about Loha I can probably be fairly happy with whatever happens but the wash commanders 62 at a 90 roster spots filled after this mock off season typically teams add anywhere from like a dozen to 15 undrafted free agents that takes you up to about 75 to 77 it's really about 13 other kind of guys like maybe Jacob Martin comes back you need a backup quarterback so that brings somebody in and then you have other like maybe that's where you go receiver and get a veteran receiver to come in maybe it's trailing birds who knows but you got 33 million dollars to do it and I think that when you look at it not a lot of holes here I mean the receiver position again Brenna yukes health is a big

question there lute McCaffrey they seem to have a lot of confidence in Jaylen Lane I think did more it's not the best receiver group in the NFL but certainly a solid unit offensive line I mean by the end of the season this offensive line if Josh Connolly takes a step and Sam Cosming is a healthy you could see this offensive line being called at least one of the best in the national football league obviously Jayden's back tight end room didn't go heavy here was I know some of you are probably going to be a little disappointed in but again with the 33 million like look if you want to throw Jaylen likely in there you got the money to do a running back room I think I could see the Washington there's if the right running back is there the right spots I can see them going there in that position group it just didn't fall that way for us defensively the safety positions probably the one where players like the biggest bugaboo man sort of Lane was available at number seven I will tell you that but after going to Jamal Dean I was like you just don't rotate corners enough right like if you could man sort of Lane Trae miss Jamal Dean Mike Sanders like someone's going to be the odd man out in corners don't typically rotate that way if man sort of has like maybe some safety versatility things like that

I would go a little bit different but because of what we did in the off season the free agency I went ahead went with Arvall Reese and then that linebacker room looks really good and again that safety room is also going to be bolstered by some of these guys like Camadrano seeing if he can develop into that kind of hybrid safety knuckle type of guy so that's our mock off season let me know what you think let me know what you would have done differently let me know what you would have done exactly the same it's going to do it for today's episode next time on Lockdown Commanders we'll go through all of the franchise and transition tax in the 2026 NFL season and I'll tell you why they impact or how they impact potentially the Washington commanders plans coming up next week make sure you are subscribed following along with Lockdown Commanders so you all the latest episodes and the everydayer club is something that I need all of you to check out free agency is right around the corner and we are here for you every single day give one month free of the everydayer club with the code free agency no spaces now through March 15th go add free get the conversation going the discord you got newsletters you can get a part of discounts to the merch store

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