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| Washington | Rank | @ | Philadelphia | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | Spread | -4.5 | ||
| 20.0 | Implied Total | 24.5 | ||
| 20.9 | 21 | Points/Gm | 22.1 | 19 |
| 26.5 | 27 | Points All./Gm | 19.3 | 6 |
| 58.2 | 27 | Plays/Gm | 60.1 | 21 |
| 63.9 | 27 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 63.2 | 23 |
| 5.5 | 12 | Off. Yards/Play | 5.2 | 20 |
| 6 | 30 | Def. Yards/Play | 5.0 | 8 |
| 48.89% | 4 | Rush% | 47.50% | 7 |
| 51.11% | 29 | Pass% | 52.50% | 26 |
| 46.41% | 26 | Opp. Rush % | 45.61% | 22 |
| 53.59% | 7 | Opp. Pass % | 54.39% | 11 |
- The Eagles are 5-0 in Week 1 under Nick Sirianni, leading the league with 30.6 points per game in Week 1 over that span.
- The Eagles trailed in a league-low 9 games last season.
- The Eagles punted on 40.4% of their drives last year, 29th in the league.
- 28.1% of Philadelphia's drives last season were 3 plays and then a punt, the highest rate in the league.
- Washington forced opponents to go 3 plays and then punt on 22.5% of drives, the lowest rate in the league.
- Philadelphia converted a league-high 70.5% (31 of 44) red-zone possessions into touchdowns last year. The league average was 57.3%.
- Washington allowed a 67.7% touchdown rate in the red zone, 31st in the league.
- Washington allowed a league-high 38.2 yards per drive in 2025.
- The Eagles allowed a first down or touchdown on 28.9% of opponent pass attempts, second in the league behind Denver (28.8%).
- Washington allowed a first down or touchdown on a league-high 40% of opponent passes.
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Commanders vs. Eagles Fantasy Quarterback Preview
Jalen Hurts
As uneven as this offense was in 2025, Hurts still threw a career-high 25 touchdowns while matching his lowest career interception rate (1.3%).
Hurts wasn't outright bad.
Most issues stemmed from inconsistency.
Hurts had the lowest screen-target rate of his career (5.3%), which ranked 28th in the league.
18.1% of his throws were hitch routes, the second-highest rate of his career and fifth in the league.
The Eagles used him less as a runner.
He did rush for 8 touchdowns, but it was his first season below double digits as a starter.
Hurts averaged 3.3 designed runs per game, easily his lowest as a starter.
From 2021 to 2024, Hurts averaged 5.2, 6.7, 5.8, and 6.0 designed runs per game.
The Eagles still used the Tush Push when they could, but the offense was far worse at reaching the end zone last year.
The Eagles led the NFL in red-zone touchdown rate (70.5%), but they did not get to the red zone as often in 2025 as in previous seasons.
Philadelphia had 44 red-zone possessions last year, which ranked 28th in the league.
Outside of the red zone, Hurts was QB11 in scoring, so an increase in red-zone trips can elevate his top-down output in 2026.
Hurts also scrambled on a career-low 7.6% of his dropbacks, compounding matters.
For fantasy purposes, he averaged 18.7 points per game, his first time being below 20 points per game as a starter.
That was still good for QB7, but the spike weeks were lacking.
Hurts had only three top-six scoring weeks over the season (all of them top three).
With the spike weeks drying up, Hurts has developed into more of a floor-based QB1 than the lid-lifter he was to open his career as a starter.
Can he get back to those early heights?
Kevin Patullo is out as offensive coordinator, with Sean Mannion getting his first shot as a play-caller.
Mannion comes over from serving as the offensive assistant and quarterbacks coach with Green Bay and Matt LaFleur.
This will be the sixth different play-caller that Hurts has had in the NFL.
Mannion is a wild card, but he is expected to take a passer who has largely played out of shotgun and have him more under center in 2026.
Hurts has been under center for only 14.4% of his career snaps to this point.
Over the past five seasons, Hurts has thrown the ball 34.3% of the time between the numbers.
That ranks last among 39 passers who qualify for the league's pass rating.
A “chicken or the egg?” conversation is taking shape around Hurts that this season should answer.
Many observers believe that the lack of creativity and the limitations this passing game has faced are byproducts of Hurts' reluctance to diversify on his own.
When Hurts has been under center and has thrown over the middle of the field, however, he has been successful.
When under center over the past five seasons, Hurts has averaged 8.8 yards per pass attempt (9th).
When throwing between the hashes, he has completed 77.4% of his passes (8th) with a league-high 9.6% touchdown rate over that span.
The moving parts layer in some volatility, but Hurts has a strong outlook in Week 1 to warrant QB1 treatment.
The Eagles are home favorites with a 24.5-point implied team total.
Washington was one of the league's worst pass defenses last season.
They almost have to be better defensively this season by default, coming off allowing a 65.8% completion rate (22nd), a league-worst 8.3 yards per pass attempt, and a league-worst 6.4% touchdown rate.
A year after being old and injured defensively, Washington threw a lot at the defensive side of the ball this offseason.
Odafe Oweh and K'Lavon Chaisson were added to a pass rush that was 20th in the league in pressure rate (35.6%).
The bad news is that both of those players have been sidelined entering Week 1, so things could still be lean if both miss Sunday.
Sonny Styles was selected in the first round to play middle linebacker.
Rasul Douglas, Amik Robertson, and Fabian Moreau were added at cornerbacks.
Nick Cross was added at safety.
That is a lot of turnover in one offseason, and it could take time to come together, even with improvement.
Jayden Daniels
Daniels only played 38.4% of the offensive snaps last season.
He appeared in seven games but finished only four.
Daniels suffered a knee sprain in Week 2, a hamstring injury in Week 7, and then a dislocated elbow in Week 9.
When Daniels did play a complete game, he was still productive for fantasy.
In those weeks, he posted 19.6 fantasy points per game, which would have been QB7 for the season.
That said, he only had one week that was higher than QB13 in scoring due to all of the missed action.
Even though he had health issues and a poor offensive environment, he scored at least 15 fantasy points in six of his seven appearances, showing he still has a high floor.
Daniels posted 5.7 rushing points per game (QB5).
The real addition here is passing efficiency to complement his rushing ability, and the new offensive coordinator is David Blough.
While he was banged up in Year 2, Daniels took a step back as a passer last season when he was available.
After completing 69% of his passes as a rookie, Daniels completed 60.6% of his passes on his abbreviated snaps last season.
He went from 7.4 yards per pass attempt to 6.7 and from a 5.2% touchdown rate to 4.3%.
Blough will be tasked with putting Daniels in more favorable positions.
Blough has been with Washington the past two seasons as an assistant quarterbacks coach, but his real appeal comes from playing under Ben Johnson and Dan Campbell with Detroit.
Blough has repeatedly said he will bring a more balanced offensive approach, featuring more packages similar to Detroit-style offenses with Daniels playing more under center in 2026.
Since entering the NFL, Daniels has been in shotgun for a league-high 92.9% of his dropbacks.
He has only 33 dropbacks from under center in the NFL.
That has led Daniels to use below-league-average rates of pre-snap motion (45.6%, 24th) and play action (24.8%, 18th).
Blough will have to create favorable situations and more “easy buttons” to account for the loss of Laremy Tunsil.
Over the past few seasons, we've seen that when these front-end offensive tackles miss time, the offense can falter in bulk.
We saw Justin Herbert and Jalen Hurts struggle without Joe Alt and Lane Johnson last season.
We have seen what the loss of Trent Williams has done to San Francisco in the past few seasons when he is absent.
Washington already has a lackluster offensive line outside of Tunsil.
Daniels didn't have Tunsil in 2024 as evidence that he can still be a playmaker, but it is another variable for a player with a lot in motion this offseason.
On top of all of the moving pieces, this is a brutal Week 1 draw.
Under Vic Fangio the past two seasons, the Eagles have ranked first and fourth in passing points allowed per game.
Last season, the Eagles allowed league-lows in completion rate (56.6%) and touchdown rate (2.5%), while ranking fourth in yards allowed per pass attempt (6.4).
You can make a case that they have gotten better this offseason with the additions of Jonathan Greenard and Riq Woolen.
The positive spin for Daniels is that Greenard is still recovering from injury.
The defense also has moving parts, with Nakobe Dean and Reed Blankenship leaving in free agency.
Daniels did not face the Eagles last season, but he did link up against them three times as a rookie.
In those games, he only passed for 5.9 yards per attempt, but he still had two profitable fantasy games, scoring 13.4, 34.4, and 25.0 fantasy points in those matchups.
He definitely doesn't come with a sense of security or coziness, leaving Daniels is a boom-or-bust option on the QB1/QB2 line.
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