Washington Football Team Depth Chart

The first depth chart of the season that we would normally get in early August, is here on September 8th.

There's five days until the season opener at FedExField for the Washington Football Team against the Philadelphia Eagles.

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— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) September 8, 2020

A couple of "Quick Snaps" thoughts:

Linebacker: The starting linebackers are listed as Shaun Dion Hamilton, Jon Bostic and Kevin Pierre-Louis. Many were surprised by this but I'm really not.

Thomas Davis missed several days of camp. Cole Holcomb is good but it's not as if he was better than Pierre-Louis or Hamilton.

Bostic was always going to start at the "Mike" linebacker spot. Always.

Quarterback: Kyle Allen is listed behind Dwayne Haskins with Alex Smith listed as No. 3. This is the way it should be and this is what I was fully expecting for at least week one, no matter how unbelievable Smith's comeback journey is.

Defensive Line: Chase Young and Montez Sweat are listed as the starters with Jonathan Allen and Daron Payne inside. That makes sense for the most part on paper but we don't know for sure that Allen will be able to play (knee) and Matt Ioannidis is going to play a bunch so don't be surprised if this alignment doesn't hold up.

Running Back: This is the one that got the most eyes-open emojis. J.D. McKissic is the most polished back of the group and he could start depending on what package Scott Turner comes out with Sunday. I would still expect somewhere around 18 total touches for Antonio Gibson along with a package for Peyton Barber. I'm not sure if Bryce Love will even be active on gameday for week one.

This was our original projected depth chart on August 24th

Quarterback: Dwayne Haskins, Alex Smith, Kyle Allen

Running Back: Adrian Peterson Bryce Love, Antonio Gibson, JD McKissic, Peyton Barber

Wide Receiver: Terry McLaurin, Antonio Gandy-Golden, Steven Sims, Dontrelle Inman, Cam Sims

Tight End: Logan Thomas, Marcus Baugh, Jeremy Sprinkle

Offensive Line: Geron Christian, Wes Martin, Chase Roullier, Brandon Scherff, Morgan Moses, Wes Schweitzer, Saahdiq Charles, Keith Ismael, Cornelius Lucas

Defensive Line: Montez Sweat, Daron Payne, Jonathan Allen, Ryan Kerrigan, Chase Young, Tim Settle, Matt Ioannidis, Ryan Anderson

Linebacker: Thomas Davis, Jon Bostic, Reuben Foster, Cole Holcomb, Kevin Pierre-Louis, Shaun Dion Hamilton, Khaleke Hudson

Defensive Backs: Ronald Darby, Kendall Fuller, Fabian Moreau, Jimmy Moreland, Troy Apke, Landon Collins, Deshazor Everett, Sean Davis, Aaron Colvin, Greg Stroman

Specialists: Dustin Hopkins, Tress Way, Nick Sundberg

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