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Washington Commanders

2025 season · 17 games

Play caller

David BloughOC

HC Dan Quinn · OC David Blough

First time play caller

New play caller for 2026. David Blough did not call these plays in 2025 and has never called plays at any level — read everything below as a record of what the old staff did, not a projection of what this offense will do.

Pecking order Targets Backfield Red zone Vacated

Neutral pass rate

51%

NFL Rank: 29th

How often this offense throws when the score is close and the clock isn't forcing it — the cleanest read on what the coach actually wants to do. Pass-first teams support more startable fantasy players than run-first ones.

Pace · sec/snap

32.5s

NFL Rank: 18th

Seconds between snaps in neutral game script. Fast teams fit more plays into the same 60 minutes, and every extra play is another chance at a touch for someone you rostered.

Points / game

20.9

NFL Rank: 22nd

Offensive scoring rate. Touchdowns are the most valuable and least predictable thing a fantasy player can do, and they're far easier to hit on an offense that reaches the end zone every week.

RZ trips / game

2.88

NFL Rank: 24th

Drives per game that reach the opponent's 20. It's the closest thing to a touchdown-supply number: the more often an offense gets inside the 20, the more scores there are for its backs and receivers to split.

Top third of the leagueMiddleBottom third

Pass rate 51%NFL Rank: 29thShare of all plays that were pass attempts, every situation included. Unlike the neutral rate above, this one carries game script with it — a team that trailed all year looks pass-happy here whether it wanted to be or not.PROE -4.3NFL Rank: 23rdPass Rate Over Expected. Given the down, distance, field position, score and clock, a model says how often an average NFL team would throw; PROE is how far this offense sat above or below that. +4 means it threw four percentage points more than the situation called for — pass-happy by choice, not because it was losing. Negative means run-first by design.Plays / game 58.2NFL Rank: 27thTotal offensive snaps per game — the size of the pie every skill player on this roster is splitting.

Pecking order

Weighted opportunities per game · Min. 6 games played

Jacory Croskey-MerrittRBEarly DownsTwo-Minute

11.4

175c · 13t · 39% snaps

Deebo Samuel Sr.WR

10.3

17c · 99t · 68% snaps

Chris Rodriguez Jr.RBGoal Line

9.8

112c · 4t · 24% snaps

Terry McLaurinWR

9.0

0c · 60t · 41% snaps

Zach ErtzTE

8.3

0c · 72t · 52% snaps

Jeremy McNicholsRB3rd Down

5.7

44c · 31t · 32% snaps

Chris MooreWR

4.4

1c · 23t · 41% snaps

Treylon BurksWR

4.1

0c · 22t · 28% snaps

Jaylin LaneWR

3.8

1c · 32t · 33% snaps

Luke McCaffreyWR

3.2

0c · 15t · 17% snaps

John BatesTE

2.7

0c · 16t · 45% snaps

Target distribution

Share of team targets

Target share

Marcus Mariota

63%

NFL Rank: 5th

Deebo Samuel Sr.23%

Terry McLaurin14%

Jaylin Lane7%

Chris Moore5%

Treylon Burks5%

24%

NFL Rank: 14th

Zach Ertz17%

John Bates4%

Ben Sinnott3%

13%

NFL Rank: 31st

Jeremy McNichols7%

Jacory Croskey-Merritt3%

Top 5 per position · players below 2% of team targets are left off

Backfield

How the carries are actually distributed

Lead BackBackfield share

MuddyCommitteeLead BackBell Cow

Lead back at 51% of RB carries

51%

33%

13%

Jacory Croskey-MerrittEarly DownsTwo-Minute

51% carries · 39% snaps · 24% RB targets

Chris Rodriguez Jr.Goal Line

33% carries · 24% snaps · 7% RB targets

Jeremy McNichols3rd Down

13% carries · 32% snaps · 56% RB targets

Austin Ekeler

4% carries · 7% snaps · 13% RB targets

Backfield roles

Who owns each job

Early Downs

310 total

Jacory Croskey-Merritt169 of 310

55%

Chris Rodriguez Jr.

31%

Jeremy McNichols

10%

Clear owner

First and second down — the carries that build a floor. The percentage is that player's share of the team's early-down carries.

3rd Down

278 total

Jeremy McNichols181 of 278

65%

Chris Rodriguez Jr.

22%

Austin Ekeler

Clear owner

Passing downs — where the receiving work lives. The percentage is that player's share of the team's third-down snaps.

Two-Minute

228 total

Jacory Croskey-Merritt96 of 228

42%

Chris Rodriguez Jr.

26%

Jeremy McNichols

25%

Clear owner

Hurry-up drives — on the field when the offense throws. The percentage is that player's share of the team's two-minute opportunities.

Goal Line

34 total

Chris Rodriguez Jr.14 of 34

41%

Jacory Croskey-Merritt

35%

Marcus MariotaQB

Clear owner

QBs: Jayden Daniels 2 (6%) · Josh Johnson 1 (3%)

Inside the 5 — the carries that become touchdowns. The percentage is that player's share of the team's goal-line carries, quarterbacks counted.

Red zone

Inside the opponent 10

PASS 38%NFL Rank: 29th

RUN 62%NFL Rank: 4th

Chris Rodriguez Jr.RB34 opps · 6 TD

Jacory Croskey-MerrittRB32 opps · 8 TD

Deebo Samuel Sr.WR16 opps · 6 TD

Zach ErtzTE8 opps · 4 TD

Terry McLaurinWR8 opps · 3 TD

Marcus MariotaQB8 opps · 1 TD

Personnel groupings

Share of offensive snaps

11 — 1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR

59%NFL Rank: 18th

12 — 1 RB, 2 TE, 2 WR

30%NFL Rank: 12th

21 — 2 RB, 1 TE, 2 WR

3%NFL Rank: 19th

Other groupings

9%NFL Rank: 19th

Vacated opportunity

2025 usage now off the WAS roster

52%

of targets · 226 tgt

2nd most in NFL

33%

of carries · 155 car

9th most in NFL

Deebo Samuel Sr.WR99t · 17cFA

Chris Rodriguez Jr.RB4t · 112c→ JAX

Zach ErtzTE72tFA

Chris MooreWR23t · 1cFA

Austin EkelerRB7t · 14cFA

Noah BrownWR10tFA

Robbie ChosenWR9tFA

Josh JohnsonQB11c→ CIN

Heavy turnover — 2025 usage is a weak guide here

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2025 season data · Updated Jul 30, 2026