August may be the most promising time of year for most football fans. It is the season of possibilities — the time when every team is undefeated, mostly healthy, and coaches and players are bursting with enthusiasm and overflowing with cocky certainty about what lies ahead.
Fan confidence is rarely higher than it is in mid- to late-August for fans of NFL football, and those who follow the Commanders — myself included — seem to be fully invested in the night-before-Christmas good cheer ahead of the 2023 regular season.
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There are many good reasons for Commanders fans to have that feel-good giddiness, starting with the team’s obvious strength — its defense.