The Washington Commanders have announced the decision to move on from Head Coach Ron Rivera.
The Washington Commanders have fired Head Coach Ron Rivera as the team will look to move in a different direction in 2024. While Rivera is known as a players’ coach, he was only 26-40-1 through four seasons in Washington. The Commanders have already requested the right to interview several candidates, including Dan Quinn, Mike MacDonald, and Anthony Weaver.
Offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy will also likely be a candidate, however, the offense will certainly be going through changes this offseason. A new offensive philosophy combined with the No.2 pick in the NFL Draft will brighten the 2024 fantasy outlook of Terry McLaurin, Jahan Dotson, and Curtis Samuel. They haven’t had a reliable signal caller in this offense since Kirk Cousins, and it is thought the Commanders may look to select a quarterback in the upcoming NFL Draft.
This offense will again be a huge question mark in 2024, nonetheless, there is nowhere to go but up. Even when Sam Howell was succeeding this past season, he still failed to connect with the team’s best offensive player (McLaurin). The pieces are in place, and with improvements at quarterback, offensive line, defense, and head coach, this team could surprise people in 2024.
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Terry McLaurin is off the injury report and will play week one against the Arizona Cardinals
After suffering a turf toe injury in the preseason, Terry McLaurin is now off the injury report and will be active against the Arizona Cardinals this weekend. The injury was deemed minor; however, there were still doubts about his availability for week one. McLaurin will once again resume his role as the top wideout in the Washington offense and look to gain chemistry with first-year starter Sam Howell.
While Jahan Dotson has been a trending name recently, fantasy managers shouldn’t be mistaken about who the wide receiver to own in this offense is. McLaurin is coming off a top 15 fantasy football finish in 2022 and three straight 1000-yard receiving seasons. He has managed to accomplish this despite poor quarterback play over that span and has become one of the premier deep threats in the NFL.
McLaurin has dealt with questions at the quarterback position in Washington for four years straight, and 2023 will be no different. Sam Howell has impressed this preseason; nonetheless, the 2022 5th-round pick has a long way to go to prove he is a quality NFL starter. McLaurin’s fantasy production will once again unfortunately be dependent on the play of an unproven quarterback. However, Howell won’t be worse than recent Washington quarterbacks, leaving him as a safe bet to return on his low-end WR2 ADP.
