The linebacker position has been the Washington Commanders’ most glaring weakness on defense, not just since last season but for the past four years.
It’s still too early to predict how the group will perform in 2024, but at least the national perception has changed since Dan Quinn and Adam Peters took over.
The Commanders heavily bolstered their linebacker corps in the first few months of the new regime, signing veterans Bobby Wagner and Frankie Luvu along with drafting Jordan Magee in the fifth round of the NFL Draft. Those moves got the attention of ESPN’s Mike Clay, who ranked Washington’s linebackers as the league’s best heading into the upcoming season.