2023 Washington Commanders season
OwnerJosh Harris
PresidentJason Wright
General managerMartin Mayhew
Head coachRon Rivera
Offensive coordinatorEric Bieniemy
Defensive coordinatorJack Del Rio (fired November 24)
Ron Rivera (interim)
Home fieldFedExField
Results
Record4–9
Division place4th NFC East
Uniform

The 2023 season is the Washington Commanders' 92nd season in the National Football League, their third under general manager Martin Mayhew and their fourth under head coach Ron Rivera. It is the first season under owner Josh Harris, who led a group that bought the franchise from Daniel Snyder for $6.05 billion, the most ever paid for a sports team.

They attempted to improve upon their 8–8–1 record from the previous year, but failed to do so after a Week 13 loss to the Miami Dolphins. The team replaced offensive coordinator Scott Turner, who joined the team in 2020, with former Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, who was also named assistant head coach.[1] After a 45–10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving and having allowed the most points in the NFL with 350, the Commanders fired defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio and defensive backs coach Brent Vieselmeyer on November 24.[2]

Ownership change

Daniel Snyder, whose ownership of the franchise had been mired in controversy amid a lack of on-field success since buying the franchise in 1999, sold the team and FedExField to an investment group led by Josh Harris, owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, for $6.05 billion.[3] The group has 20 limited partners worth a combined $100 billion, the most in the NFL, which includes Danaher founder and art collector Mitchell Rales, basketball hall of famer Magic Johnson, 76ers and Devils co-owner David Blitzer, venture capitalist and Washington Kastles owner Mark Ein, Maverick Capital founder Lee Ainslie, Los Angeles Sparks managing partner Eric Holoman, Blue Owl Capital founders Marc Lipschultz and Doug Ostrover, financier Alejandro Santo Domingo and his family, ProShares founder Michael Sapir, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and Cambridge Information Group CEO Andy Snyder.[4][5] The deal was the highest price ever paid for a sports team and was unanimously approved by the NFL on July 20, 2023.[6][3]

Draft

2023 Washington Commanders Draft
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
116 Emmanuel ForbesCBMississippi State
247 Jartavius MartinCBIllinois
3 97 Ricky StrombergCArkansasCompensatory pick
4118 Braeden DanielsOTUtah
5137 KJ HenryDEClemsonFrom Buffalo
6193 Chris Rodriguez Jr.RBKentucky
7233 Andre Jones Jr.DELouisiana
2023 Washington Commanders undrafted free agents
Name Position College Ref.
Kazmeir Allen WR UCLA [7]
Zion Bowens WR Hawaii
Mason Brooks OL Ole Miss
Tim DeMorat QB Fordham
Xavier Henderson S Michigan State
Joshua Pryor DE Bowie State
Jalen Sample WR Minnesota State
Kendall Smith S Illinois
DJ Stirgus CB Missouri Western
Mitchell Tinsley WR Penn State
Brycen Tremayne WR Stanford
Nick Whiteside CB Saginaw Valley State

Staff

Washington Commanders staff
Ownership
Front office
  • President – Jason Wright
  • General manager – Martin Mayhew
  • Executive vice president of football/player personnel – Marty Hurney
  • Senior vice president of football administration – Rob Rogers
  • Senior vice president of football strategy – Eugene Shen
  • Senior director of player personnel – Eric Stokes
  • Director of pro personnel – Chris Polian
  • Director of college personnel – Tim Gribble
  • Senior advisor – Doug Williams
Head coach
Offensive coaches
  
Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
  • Head athletic trainer – Al Bellamy
  • Head strength and conditioning – Chad Englehart
  • Director of player performance – Brett Nenaber

→ Ownership group
→ Coaching staff
→ Front office
→ More NFL staffs

Roster

Washington Commanders roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists

Practice squad


Rookies in italics

Roster updated November 22, 2023

53 active, 13 inactive, 16 practice squad

→ AFC rosters → NFC rosters

Schedule

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 August 11 at Cleveland Browns W 17–15 1–0 Cleveland Browns Stadium Recap
2 August 21 Baltimore Ravens W 29–28 2–0 FedExField Recap
3 August 26 Cincinnati Bengals W 21–19 3–0 FedExField Recap

Regular season

Week Date Time (ET) Opponent Result Record Venue TV Recap
1 September 10 1:00 p.m. Arizona Cardinals W 20–16 1–0 FedExField Fox Recap
2 September 17 4:25 p.m. at Denver Broncos W 35–33 2–0 Empower Field at Mile High CBS Recap
3 September 24 1:00 p.m. Buffalo Bills L 3–37 2–1 FedExField CBS Recap
4 October 1 1:00 p.m. at Philadelphia Eagles L 31–34 (OT) 2–2 Lincoln Financial Field Fox Recap
5 October 5 8:15 p.m. Chicago Bears L 20–40 2–3 FedExField Prime Video Recap
6 October 15 1:00 p.m. at Atlanta Falcons W 24–16 3–3 Mercedes-Benz Stadium CBS Recap
7 October 22 1:00 p.m. at New York Giants L 7–14 3–4 MetLife Stadium CBS Recap
8 October 29 1:00 p.m. Philadelphia Eagles L 31–38 3–5 FedExField Fox Recap
9 November 5 1:00 p.m. at New England Patriots W 20–17 4–5 Gillette Stadium Fox Recap
10 November 12 4:25 p.m. at Seattle Seahawks L 26–29 4–6 Lumen Field Fox Recap
11 November 19 1:00 p.m. New York Giants L 19–31 4–7 FedExField Fox Recap
12 November 23 4:30 p.m. at Dallas Cowboys L 10–45 4–8 AT&T Stadium CBS Recap
13 December 3 1:00 p.m. Miami Dolphins L 15–45 4–9 FedExField Fox Recap
14 Bye
15 December 17 4:05 p.m. at Los Angeles Rams SoFi Stadium CBS
16 December 24 1:00 p.m. at New York Jets MetLife Stadium CBS
17 December 31 1:00 p.m. San Francisco 49ers FedExField Fox
18 TBD (January 6/7) TBD Dallas Cowboys FedExField TBD

Notes

  • Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
  • Networks and times from Weeks 15–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.
  • The date, time and network for Week 18 will be finalized at the end of Week 17.

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals

Week 1: Arizona Cardinals at Washington Commanders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cardinals 3 10 3016
Commanders 7 3 01020

at FedExField, Landover, Maryland

Game information

Week 2: at Denver Broncos

Week 2: Washington Commanders at Denver Broncos – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Commanders 3 11 71435
Broncos 14 7 3933

at Empower Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado

Game information

Week 3: vs. Buffalo Bills

Week 3: Buffalo Bills at Washington Commanders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Bills 10 6 02137
Commanders 0 0 033

at FedExField, Landover, Maryland

Game information

Week 4: at Philadelphia Eagles

Week 4: Washington Commanders at Philadelphia Eagles – Game summary
Period 1 2 34OTTotal
Commanders 7 10 014031
Eagles 7 3 1110334

at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Game information

Week 5: vs. Chicago Bears

Week 5: Chicago Bears at Washington Commanders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Bears 10 17 01340
Commanders 0 3 11620

at FedExField, Landover, Maryland

Game information

Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons

Week 6: Washington Commanders at Atlanta Falcons – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Commanders 3 14 7024
Falcons 7 3 0616

at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

  • Date: October 15
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
  • Game attendance: 69,921
  • Referee: Clete Blakeman
  • TV announcers (CBS): Andrew Catalon, Tiki Barber, Matt Ryan and AJ Ross
  • Recap, Game Book
Game information

Week 7: at New York Giants

Week 7: Washington Commanders at New York Giants – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Commanders 0 0 707
Giants 0 14 0014

at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

  • Date: October 22
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: Mostly cloudy, 54 °F (12 °C)
  • Game attendance: 81,671
  • Referee: John Hussey
  • TV announcers (CBS): Andrew Catalon, Tiki Barber, Matt Ryan and AJ Ross
  • Recap, Game Book
Game information

Week 8: vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Week 8: Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Commanders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Eagles 3 7 72138
Commanders 7 10 01431

at FedExField, Landover, Maryland

  • Date: October 29
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 69 °F (21 °C)
  • Game attendance: 64,653
  • Referee: Carl Cheffers
  • TV announcers (Fox): Chris Myers, Mark Schlereth and Kristina Pink
  • Recap, Game Book
Game information

Week 9: at New England Patriots

Week 9: Washington Commanders at New England Patriots – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Commanders 3 7 10020
Patriots 0 14 3017

at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts

Game information

Week 10: at Seattle Seahawks

Week 10: Washington Commanders at Seattle Seahawks – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Commanders 6 3 31426
Seahawks 3 6 71329

at Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington

Game information

Week 11: vs. New York Giants

Week 11: New York Giants at Washington Commanders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Giants 7 7 01731
Commanders 3 6 3719

at FedExField, Landover, Maryland

  • Date: November 19
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Sunny, 56 °F (13 °C)
  • Game attendance: 62,714
  • Referee: Brad Allen
  • TV announcers (Fox): Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma and Shannon Spake
  • Recap, Game Book
Game information

The Commanders' offense committed six turnovers throughout the game. With a chance to win the game, Isaiah Simmons intercepted Sam Howell for a touchdown that put the game away. The Commanders fall to 4–7.

Week 12: at Dallas Cowboys

Thanksgiving Day games

Week 12: Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Commanders 0 10 0010
Cowboys 7 13 02545

at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

Game information

Week 13: vs. Miami Dolphins

Week 13: Miami Dolphins at Washington Commanders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Dolphins 17 14 7745
Commanders 0 7 8015

at FedExField, Landover, Maryland

  • Date: December 3
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 53 °F (12 °C)
  • Game attendance: 63,459
  • Referee: Tra Blake
  • TV announcers (Fox): Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth and Kristina Pink
  • Recap, Game Book
Game information

Week 15: at Los Angeles Rams

Week 15: Washington Commanders at Los Angeles Rams – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Commanders 0 0 000
Rams 0 0 000

at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California

  • Date: December 17
  • Game time: 4:05 p.m. EST/1:05 p.m. PST
  • Game weather: TBD (retractable roof stadium)
  • TV: CBS
  • Preview

Standings

Division

NFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Philadelphia Eagles 10 2 0 .833 3–0 6–1 329 288 L1
Dallas Cowboys 9 3 0 .750 3–1 6–3 388 220 W4
New York Giants 4 8 0 .333 2–2 3–4 159 292 W2
Washington Commanders 4 9 0 .308 0–5 2–7 261 395 L4

Conference

NFC
# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
Division leaders
1 Philadelphia Eagles East 10 2 0 .833 3–0 6–1 .493 .484 L1
2[lower-alpha 1] San Francisco 49ers West 9 3 0 .750 3–0 7–1 .531 .532 W4
3[lower-alpha 1] Detroit Lions North 9 3 0 .750 2–1 6–2 .458 .417 W1
4 Atlanta Falcons South 6 6 0 .500 3–0 4–4 .425 .389 W2
Wild cards
5 Dallas Cowboys East 9 3 0 .750 3–1 6–3 .397 .330 W4
6[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] Minnesota Vikings North 6 6 0 .500 2–1 6–3 .479 .431 L2
7[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4] Green Bay Packers North 6 6 0 .500 2–2 4–3 .528 .514 W3
In the hunt
8[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 5] Los Angeles Rams West 6 6 0 .500 4–1 4–4 .541 .432 W3
9[lower-alpha 5] Seattle Seahawks West 6 6 0 .500 1–3 5–4 .500 .378 L3
10[lower-alpha 6] Tampa Bay Buccaneers South 5 7 0 .417 2–1 4–4 .514 .333 W1
11[lower-alpha 6] New Orleans Saints South 5 7 0 .417 1–2 2–5 .451 .300 L3
12[lower-alpha 7] New York Giants East 4 8 0 .333 2–2 3–4 .476 .255 W2
13[lower-alpha 7] Chicago Bears North 4 8 0 .333 1–3 3–5 .455 .327 W1
14 Washington Commanders East 4 9 0 .308 0–5 2–7 .503 .347 L4
15 Arizona Cardinals West 3 10 0 .231 0–4 2–6 .548 .611 W1
Eliminated from postseason contention
16 Carolina Panthers South 1 11 0 .083 0–3 0–8 .535 .583 L5
Tiebreakers[lower-alpha 8]
  1. 1 2 San Francisco wins tie break over Detroit based on conference record.
  2. 1 2 Minnesota wins tie break over LA Rams based on conference record. Division tie breaks were initially used to eliminate Green Bay and Seattle (see below).
  3. 1 2 Minnesota wins tie break over Green Bay based on head-to-head victory.
  4. 1 2 Green Bay wins tie break over LA Rams based on head-to-head victory. Division tie break was initially used to eliminate Seattle (see below).
  5. 1 2 LA Rams wins tie break over Seattle based on head-to-head sweep.
  6. 1 2 Tampa Bay wins tie break over New Orleans based on head-to-head victory.
  7. 1 2 NY Giants wins tie break over Chicago based on conference record.
  8. ↑ When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

References

  1. ↑ "Commanders hire Eric Bieniemy as assistant head coach, offensive coordinator". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Commanders fire defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio in wake of blowout loss to Cowboys". NFL.com. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Maske, Mark; Jhabvala, Nicki (July 20, 2023). "NFL owners approve sale of Commanders from Daniel Snyder to Josh Harris". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  4. ↑ Ozanian, Mike (July 20, 2023). "Here's How Much Josh Harris Expects To Earn On $6 Billion Purchase Of The Washington Commanders". Forbes. Retrieved August 20, 2023. Harris has 20 limited partners in his group, including Mitchell Rales, Magic Johnson, Eric Schmidt and Mark Ein, the most in the NFL.
  5. ↑ "Josh Harris Announces Acquisition of Washington Commanders" (Press release). Washington Commanders. July 21, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  6. ↑ Jhabvala, Nicki (July 20, 2023). "The Commanders sale was so complicated, it was 'like 20 deals in one'". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  7. ↑ Selby, Zach (May 2, 2023). "Here's a look at all 12 of the Commanders' UDFAs". commanders.com.
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