OT: 2024 Washington Commanders off-season thread: change we can believe in!

[CapitalsCupReality]

Bummer on BA, but I’m sure both he and the 9’ers wanted to work it out rather than ending things.

 

[ynotcaps]

Would have liked to have gotten BA if the acquiring price was right, but glad that now we can finally all get off the WR roller coaster.

 

[Roric]

If we had given up terry or a 1st to get him, I wouldve been pissed. If that's the only way it could happen, then this is better

I really hope luke breaks out though

 

[Roric]

Does anyone here have redzone/is it worth it? Much better cost compared to sunday ticket and I get the commies games anyway, but always wanted to try redzone for fantasy

 

[notDkristich]

Does anyone here have redzone/is it worth it? Much better cost compared to sunday ticket and I get the commies games anyway, but always wanted to try redzone for fantasy

i tried it last year and did not renew this season. Can't watch local team game until after its over. When you go to replay the game all of the scores are posted ruining your watching experience.

 

[John Price]

I have been testing nfl plus out which has red zone. I noticed you can turn scores off which is nice

red zone is fine

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Btw….that BA deal was the same offer the 49’ers had on the table for a while…..so he caved after they made it clear he wasn’t getting traded.

 

[hotpaws]

Any word on when Newton will be ready to play ?

I'n not overly concerned at the moment but the longer he's out the more nervous i'll get since we passed on high quality prospects at actual need positions to take him .

 

[g00n]

Does anyone here have redzone/is it worth it? Much better cost compared to sunday ticket and I get the commies games anyway, but always wanted to try redzone for fantasy

RZ is ideal for fantasy and betting. I love it.

For fans who really really care about not knowing the score of their local game, and/or watching the game in its entirety, maybe not the best thing.

You have to also be the type of person who not only tolerates "whip around" type action going from one game to another in a split second, or having 3-4 (or more) games being shown at the same time in some instances, but you have to enjoy that sort of thing. Which I do.

It's always more frantic for the 1pm game when 8 or more games are typically going off, and settles down for the 4pm games.

The only annoying thing to me is sometimes they'll have to go away from coverage of the last game in the 4pm window before it resolves, but that's often taken care of by switching to the national broadcast. Rarely have I had a serious interest in that game AND it wasn't being shown nationally on some channel in my area.

Did I mention it's COMMERCIAL FREE? So you just get the football and not all the f***ing truck ads.

tl'dr f***ing love RZ and would kiss it on the lips if possible

 

[Cappy76]

RZ is ideal for fantasy and betting. I love it.

For fans who really really care about not knowing the score of their local game, and/or watching the game in its entirety, maybe not the best thing.

You have to also be the type of person who not only tolerates "whip around" type action going from one game to another in a split second, or having 3-4 (or more) games being shown at the same time in some instances, but you have to enjoy that sort of thing. Which I do.

It's always more frantic for the 1pm game when 8 or more games are typically going off, and settles down for the 4pm games.

The only annoying thing to me is sometimes they'll have to go away from coverage of the last game in the 4pm window before it resolves, but that's often taken care of by switching to the national broadcast. Rarely have I had a serious interest in that game AND it wasn't being shown nationally on some channel in my area.

Did I mention it's COMMERCIAL FREE? So you just get the football and not all the f***ing truck ads.

tl'dr f***ing love RZ and would kiss it on the lips if possible

Sums it up nicely right here

 

[Ajax1995]

I saw yesterday that the ‘skins have the least travel miles this year, ~10k, compared to the Chargers with the most at ~28k. So they’ve got that going for them, which is nice…

 

[HTFN]

Red Zone is a good second screen experience but I don't personally know that I'd pay for it.

 

[John Price]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1826086450959626724

 

[DWGie26]

Not NFL / Commanders related, but damn i am excited for a solid day of college football starting at noon. Thank God the fall is here. Last two months have been rough for me and my sports preferences since i don’t like baseball. LFG!

 

[Roric]

RZ is ideal for fantasy and betting. I love it.

For fans who really really care about not knowing the score of their local game, and/or watching the game in its entirety, maybe not the best thing.

You have to also be the type of person who not only tolerates "whip around" type action going from one game to another in a split second, or having 3-4 (or more) games being shown at the same time in some instances, but you have to enjoy that sort of thing. Which I do.

It's always more frantic for the 1pm game when 8 or more games are typically going off, and settles down for the 4pm games.

The only annoying thing to me is sometimes they'll have to go away from coverage of the last game in the 4pm window before it resolves, but that's often taken care of by switching to the national broadcast. Rarely have I had a serious interest in that game AND it wasn't being shown nationally on some channel in my area.

Did I mention it's COMMERCIAL FREE? So you just get the football and not all the f***ing truck ads.

tl'dr f***ing love RZ and would kiss it on the lips if possible

Yeah but if I have RZ separately like through NFL+ app or a separate channel whilst simultaneously separately watching the commanders game on cable live broadcast, shouldn't be an issue getting the score spoiled then right

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Where I live in Columbia They black out alot of Washington games. So Redzone is the only way to keep up.

Ill prob be buying the year pass again on NFL+ even tho the app was kindof glitchy last season.

 

[g00n]

Yeah but if I have RZ separately like through NFL+ app or a separate channel whilst simultaneously separately watching the commanders game on cable live broadcast, shouldn't be an issue getting the score spoiled then right

The live cable broadcast is either going to be ahead of or synched with RZ

 

[Jags]

Yeah but if I have RZ separately like through NFL+ app or a separate channel whilst simultaneously separately watching the commanders game on cable live broadcast, shouldn't be an issue getting the score spoiled then right

I used to do that. The trick for me was to pause RZ for a few minutes while the Skins were playing so it'd always be 5-10 minutes behind. But now that the NFL does the quick recaps where you can watch all the meaningful plays in 20 minutes per game, I just wait and watch those instead.

So nowadays, RZ is mostly for the impatient, the diehards, and the gamblers. Mostly the gamblers.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Is it on YouTube TV or whatever it was, again?

 

[John Price]

Is it on YouTube TV or whatever it was, again?

Sunday Ticket is on youtube.

Red Zone is on NFL+ and youtube tv

It's 100 dollars yearly but I got it docked down to 60 as a STH.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Sunday Ticket is on youtube.

Red Zone is on NFL+ and youtube tv

It's 100 dollars yearly but I got it docked down to 60 as a STH.

I need to get Sunday Ticket, it sounds like

 

[kicksavedave]

I need to get Sunday Ticket, it sounds like

Looks like Sunday Ticket is now $479 for the year without adding YoutubeTV which means national televised games aren't included, or $709 if you include (or already have) YoutubeTV for the five month long season.. No thanks whatsoever. I'll find "alternative" ways of viewing.

I remember when it was like $300 on DirectTV but you could always negotiate them down to $150 or so each year.

 

[Beef Invictus]

So what do people expect?

Defense: I'm taking this as a whole, because I think JDR was that bad and brutally lazy. St Juste played well once, I hope he can do so again. Forbes played well never, but I think he could maybe be helped a ton by a cohesive defense that plays as one unit instead of several separate ones that get divided and picked to pieces. I expect to see more production out of the D line if that happens. LB? Who knows! Anyone who puts any thought into anything for the first time in 2 or 3 seasons probably gets more out of the corps

O Line: EB called something like 947 long-developing pass plays in a row every game, and that combined badly with a shellshocked QB to boot. He wasn't Gruden, where you could tell exactly what play they were running. But the element of mystery kind of vanished when you knew it would be a pass so often that you could sell out defending that and shrug if we pulled off the very occasional run. If the defense is better and they aren't always behind, and the playcalling is more intelligent, I think we see the line perform really well. Weren't a bunch of guys individually decent per PFF? The sum can be better if it isn't a stew of shit. I think this could be a place where the team surprises everyone.

QB: I hope you aren't too fond of football as it currently exists, because this guy is about to change everything about the game.

TE, Run Game: We might have some of those year, so that's nice.

 

[ynotcaps]

So what do people expect?

Defense: I'm taking this as a whole, because I think JDR was that bad and brutally lazy. St Juste played well once, I hope he can do so again. Forbes played well never, but I think he could maybe be helped a ton by a cohesive defense that plays as one unit instead of several separate ones that get divided and picked to pieces. I expect to see more production out of the D line if that happens. LB? Who knows! Anyone who puts any thought into anything for the first time in 2 or 3 seasons probably gets more out of the corps

O Line: EB called something like 947 long-developing pass plays in a row every game, and that combined badly with a shellshocked QB to boot. He wasn't Gruden, where you could tell exactly what play they were running. But the element of mystery kind of vanished when you knew it would be a pass so often that you could sell out defending that and shrug if we pulled off the very occasional run. If the defense is better and they aren't always behind, and the playcalling is more intelligent, I think we see the line perform really well. Weren't a bunch of guys individually decent per PFF? The sum can be better if it isn't a stew of shit. I think this could be a place where the team surprises everyone.

QB: I hope you aren't too fond of football as it currently exists, because this guy is about to change everything about the game.

TE, Run Game: We might have some of those year, so that's nice.

I think this is all fair. The one thing I really am worried about is LT -- no knock on Coleman personally, but we haven't seen him play a single snap against a team with a different logo. Maybe he'll be a steal -- I'd LOVE for him to be a steal! But if he's "just" a 3rd round pick forced to start because there was no better option on the roster or the league-wide waiver wire -- then we're kinda' screwed.

(No pressure, kid...)

 

[Beef Invictus]

I think this is all fair. The one thing I really am worried about is LT -- no knock on Coleman personally, but we haven't seen him play a single snap against a team with a different logo. Maybe he'll be a steal -- I'd LOVE for him to be a steal! But if he's "just" a 3rd round pick forced to start because there was no better option on the roster or the league-wide waiver wire -- then we're kinda' screwed.

(No pressure, kid...)

Yeah, it'll need to be seen if a general lift can counter those question marks.