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Commanders vs Raiders game thread

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Mark Bullock
Sep 21, 2025
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It’s game day! Time for another game thread. Feel like forever since the Packers game, that early season Thursday night game always throws off the rhythm to the season. Hopefully now the Commanders can get into a bit more of a rhythm with a string of a few Sunday games from now until the Monday night matchup vs the Bears in Week 6.

Because of that long break, I think we’re all anxious to see the team come out and play well to stop some of the negativity around the past 10 days. The Raiders aren’t a team to be taken lightly, but it is a winnable game, even without star quarterback Jayden Daniels.

Some pre-game reading for you from this past week:

How the offense may change/stay the same with Marcus Mariota in at QB

How the Commanders could look to run the ball without blocking TE John Bates

Inactives:

QB Jayden Daniels

WR Noah Brown

TE John Bates

G Brandon Coleman

DE Preston Smith

LB Kain Medrano

The big surprise here is Brandon Coleman, who started at LG the first two games after playing left ta…

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