After solely 8 weeks of an 18-week season, Commanders fans who answered our Reacts survey this week are nearly completely checked out on the chance of their favourite workforce making the playoffs or attaining any of the championship targets — division, convention, league — that they hoped for with various ranges of fervor at the begin of September.
In reality, 92% of these responding to our survey consider that the Commanders will miss the playoffs. The 8% who nonetheless consider appear to pin their hopes on the sort of ‘superhero’ play from a wholesome Jayden Daniels that powered his workforce into the playoffs in his rookie season.
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Of course, as soon as fans surrender on hope of the playoffs, their curiosity in the present season usually wanes. Instead, it shifts to the future. That means contemplation of draft place, however in recent times, it has more and more meant that fans need the entrance workplace to be lively at the commerce deadline.
When requested if the Commanders needs to be buying and selling away gamers by the deadline — which is 4pm on Tuesday, following the residence recreation towards Seattle — solely that cussed 8% mentioned no. The different 92% have been in favor of Washington being ‘sellers’ at the commerce deadline, whether or not conditionally or unconditionally.
Nearly 4 out of 10 survey respondents mentioned that GM Adam Peters ought to aggressively attempt to get some draft capital in return for sure gamers it doesn’t matter what, whereas about 3 in 10 favored buying and selling just for a Day 2 draft decide or higher. One quarter of respondents solely favor buying and selling away gamers if the Commanders lose to the Seahawks on Sunday night time to fall to 3-7.
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Here’s a style of feedback from those that are prepared to maneuver ahead with a watch on the 2026 season and past:
And different feedback that probably come from a few of these eight-percenters:
Week 9 Game predictions
The Commanders have already handed the stage of enjoying an “important” recreation (the Bears, Week 6), a “critical” recreation (the Cowboys, Week 7), and a “must win” recreation (the Chiefs, Week 8). Having misplaced all these video games, the Commanders are actually at “code red” as they face the 5-2 Seahawks in Landover on Sunday night time. If the shedding streak reaches 4 video games towards the Seahawks, then the solely stage remaining for these with playoff hope nonetheless of their hearts might be “desperation Hail Mary” for the steadiness of the season.
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National Poll
Each week, SB Nation polls fans of all 32 fan bases by electronic mail; in that survey, NFL fans from throughout the breadth of the league predict winners and losers.
That electronic mail fan ballot, for the second week in a row, accurately predicted the end result of the Thursday night time recreation by which the Ravens beat up on the hapless Dolphins, who had curb-stomped the Falcons per week earlier.
There’s no excellent news in these recreation predictions for Commanders fans.
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You gained’t discover a predicted Eagles win this week as a result of Philly is on their bye in Week 9.
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You gained’t see the Giants on the checklist both, as a result of fans are predicting a win for the visiting 49ers.
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Likewise, the Seahawks, who’re 3-point favorites in keeping with FanDuel, are anticipated to get a street win over the Commanders.
The solely NFC East workforce that fans in the SB Nation ballot undertaking to win this week is Dallas; the Cowboys — favored by 3.5 factors — host the 2-5 Cardinals on Monday night time.
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Let’s see what the NFC East will appear to be at the finish of the week if the survey predictions are proper, and evaluate it to the distinction in standings if Washington wins whereas Dallas loses:
This would possibly illustrate what the eight-percenters are fascinated with. A win this week would go away the Commanders only one recreation beneath .500 with 8 video games to play. Basically, in case you have the ‘Any given Sunday’ mentality, the season nonetheless holds a number of potentialities.
But the chart additionally reveals what the majority of fans in our ballot are fearing. A loss to the Seahawks would prolong the Washington shedding streak to 4 video games, put the Commanders 3 video games beneath .500 and three.5 video games behind Philly in the division standings with a tricky 8-game schedule forward of them and just about no likelihood at salvaging the season.
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Code Red, certainly!