Pro Football Focus has some concerns about the Washington Commanders‘ offensive line for the 2025 season. PFF acknowledged that the addition of five-time Pro Bowl left tackle Laremy Tunsil makes the Commanders better, but still ranked Washington 19th in its preseason offensive line rankings.
The Commanders were the most surprising team in the NFL last season. Part of that success was due to the overachieving play of the offensive line. Washington was laughed at when it hired Bobby Johnson as the offensive line coach. Johnson did an outstanding job, though, with rookie third-round pick Brandon Coleman primarily playing left tackle. The Commanders also had new starters at center (Tyler Biadasz) and left guard (Nick Allegretti).
General manager Adam Peters understood the Commanders needed more talent up front to protect franchise quarterback Jayden Daniels. Therefore, Washington traded for Tunsil and used a first-round pick on Oregon offensive tackle Josh Conerly Jr. Those moves allowed the Commanders to move Coleman to his more natural position of guard, which would give Washington two potentially dominant guards: Coleman and Sam Cosmi, when he returns from injury.
While PFF had Washington at No. 19, Pro Football Network believes the Commanders have a top-10 offensive line. In fact, PFSN has the Commanders ranked No. 7 in its preseason OL rankings.
Despite the demands placed on them by Jayden Daniels’ tendency to hold the ball, the Commanders’ offensive line performed admirably in pass protection last season.
Daniels averaged a time to throw of 3.01 seconds (seventh-highest in the league), and whether facing blitzes or standard rushes, he ranked among the top 10 quarterbacks for time to throw or be sacked.
Given the extended time the line was required to sustain their blocks, a pressure rate of 34.4% is not elite, but it is certainly respectable. This effectiveness is further validated by the Commanders’ top-10 ranking in pass block win rate (PBWR) heading into Week 18.
In the run game, Commanders running backs averaged just 0.89 yards before contact per rush, but ESPN ranked Washington’s offensive line as the second-best in the league in run block win rate (RBWR).
The acquisition of Laremy Tunsil at left tackle only enhances the Commanders’ offensive line, while Washington used the 29th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft on Oregon offensive lineman Josh Conerly Jr., adding a promising young talent to their roster.
With Tunsil anchoring this unit, Washington projects to remain a top-10 group in 2025 and could realistically finish among the top five by season’s end.
For most of last season, the Commanders were a top-10 offensive line, so, if healthy, it’s difficult to imagine they can’t be better in 2025. Cosmi will miss some of the season as he recovers from a torn ACL he suffered in the NFC Divisional Round. Fortunately for Washington, it has depth. Coleman will likely take over at left guard, leaving last season’s left guard, Allegretti, as the potential starter on the right side until Cosmi returns.
Shockingly, PFSN has the Commanders ranked ahead of the Philadelphia Eagles. While PFF has Philly at No. 1, PFSN has the defending Super Bowl champions at No. 11.
While PFF uses in-house analytics to determine its rankings, PFSN does the same, using PFSN OL+.
PFSN OL+ combines pressure and sack rate stats with time-to-throw data to build a profile of an offensive line’s performance in various situations. We then sprinkle in ESPN’s pass block (PBWR) and run block win rate (RBWR) stats to give a comprehensive overview of these units’ performance.
That’s certainly a wide discrepancy. Regardless of which metric you use, Washington’s offensive line is better — and deeper — in 2025.
This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: Commanders shockingly ahead of Eagles in PFSN’s OL rankings