Top 10 Commanders of 2022

Sweat ... everyone from respected pundits to fans love him, praises his play, his "off ball" play, has a 86.4 PFF grade

... and Id rather let him walk and use Toohill/Smith-Williams/TBD vs paying 20M per

Im certainly wrong here but I just dont see him as an impact edge playing at a 86 PFF grade level

Good player? Yes of course.

Love to keep him on team? Of course .. but not at 20M per

That grade puts him in the top 10 at his position. (8th to be exact)

Sweat ... everyone from respected pundits to fans love him, praises his play, his "off ball" play, has a 86.4 PFF grade

... and Id rather let him walk and use Toohill/Smith-Williams/TBD vs paying 20M per

Im certainly wrong here but I just dont see him as an impact edge playing at a 86 PFF grade level

Good player? Yes of course.

Love to keep him on team? Of course .. but not at 20M per

I don't see it this way, but if the team were to agree with you, we'd be best served by trying to trade him now so as to get something for him because the NFL probably places more value on him than this.

Me, I'd rather pay him. It's this defensive line that allows us to even consider going with a ball-control offense.

My Top 5 - These guys are starters for any team in the league.
1: Allen
1B: Payne
3: McLaurin
4: Sweat
5: Way
6: Reeves - What a year for this guy!

Honorable Mention:
7: Heinicke - 5-3-1 as a starter. This is a playoff team if he plays 17 games in spite of having the worst OC in the league. This is a 4 win team with Wentz starting 17 game.
8: Gibson - Career was over in preseason when he lost a fumble, dude bounced back and ran hard
9: Dotson - Showed flashes of being a very good compliment to Terry.
10: Robinson - Did you guys know he got shot? I don't think the news mentioned that /S. Solid talent and pushed Gibson to be better.

My Top 5 - These guys are starters for any team in the league.
1: Allen
1B: Payne
3: McLaurin
4: Sweat
5: Way
6: Reeves - What a year for this guy!

Honorable Mention:
7: Heinicke - 5-3-1 as a starter. This is a playoff team if he plays 17 games in spite of having the worst OC in the league. This is a 4 win team with Wentz starting 17 game.
8: Gibson - Career was over in preseason when he lost a fumble, dude bounced back and ran hard
9: Dotson - Showed flashes of being a very good compliment to Terry.
10: Robinson - Did you guys know he got shot? I don't think the news mentioned that /S. Solid talent and pushed Gibson to be better.

My guy likes skill positions and QB sacks and that's about it lol

Stole this idea from someone else, who were your top 10 players of this season?

My list would be

10. Dotson - impactful even with missing some time, showed he was worthy of a first round pick and his future looks very bright.

9. Forrest - seemingly came out of nowhere, playmaker, big hitter, smart, our safety group looks rock solid now. Led the team with 4 INTs.

8. Way - just another super solid season from Tress Way.

7. Gibson - no lost fumbles this year, over 900 yards rushing/receiving.

6. Curl - the QB of the defense, his loss is felt when he's not out there.

5. Robinson Jr. - nice rookie season, tough runner especially after contact, future looks bright.

4. Sweat - 8 sacks and plenty of impactful plays, still hasn't hit his ceiling IMO.

3. McLaurin - another very productive season despite musical chairs at QB. Also a leader on and off the field.

2. Payne - just a monster year with 11.5 sacks and 18 TFL, dude is about to get paid. Really hope we can retain him.

1. Allen - you can make the case that Payne had the better year at least statistically, but taking into account his leadership as well I'm giving the nod to Jon Allen as our best player of 2022. 7.5 sacks, 16 TFL, 17 QB pressures, he's a dawg.


Its hard to argue this list, I would put Terry at 1 and Allen at 3 but thats about it

1. Allen
2. Payne-Kind of a technicality but he has been amazing playing out of position on his DT tech
3. Terry
4. Way-ST is very underrated
5. BRob-Offense really started clicking when he came back
6. Sweat-Beginning of season he was being hung in effigy on this board
7. Curl
8. Forrest
9. Fuller
10. Dotson

10 Fuller
9 Way
8 Robinson

7 Ridgeway : the others don't need any comment, but I do put the Vanilla Gorilla in there, I thought he had an unexpectedly productive and impactful season, and I don't think he deserves as blame as he got for his 2 infamous penalties. The stunt on the FG was a ticky tacky call, I thought it was a coaching mistake, but I've paid more attention to FG and PAT by other teams throughout the year, and a lot of teams do stunt, do touch the long snapper, and never get called. The suplex on the RB was stupid, but it kinda naturally happened with the position of the RB, he's a rookie, and it was still an amazing play, TFL with an OL on his back.

6 Sweat
5 Forrest
4 Dotson
3 Payne
2 McLaurin
1 Allen

Terry
Allen
Payne
Sweat
Brob
Dotson
Bates (outstanding blocking)
Curl
Davis
Forrest

#11 Way

10 Fuller
9 Way
8 Robinson

7 Ridgeway : the others don't need any comment, but I do put the Vanilla Gorilla in there, I thought he had an unexpectedly productive and impactful season, and I don't think he deserves as blame as he got for his 2 infamous penalties. The stunt on the FG was a ticky tacky call, I thought it was a coaching mistake, but I've paid more attention to FG and PAT by other teams throughout the year, and a lot of teams do stunt, do touch the long snapper, and never get called. The suplex on the RB was stupid, but it kinda naturally happened with the position of the RB, he's a rookie, and it was still an amazing play, TFL with an OL on his back.
6 Sweat
5 Forrest
4 Dotson
3 Payne
2 McLaurin
1 Allen

The Dallas game, he was eating people, they could not run the ball because of him. Then he tore his pectoral muscle and missed the second half. That was by far his best game and showed he's a beast. Big fan of the Gorilla, watch of the video from this link, it shows how dominant he was.

https://commanderswire.usatoday.com/2023/01/10/washington-commanders-defensive-tackle-john-ridgeway-tore-a-pec-in-win-over-dallas-cowboys/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook

BR
PAYNE
ALLEN
WAY
MCLAURIN
DOTSON
DAVIS
JOHNSON
REAVES
FORREST

RIDGEWAY
KURL
SWEAT

last 3 are honorable mention