Are the Commanders a few or a lot of moves away from contention?
The Kevin Sheehan Show
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🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | ESPN.com today looking at the 18 teams that did not make the playoffs and putting them into |
| 0:06.8 | tiers. Tier one is really no need to panic. The Ravens, Lions, and Chiefs are in that tier. |
| 0:14.9 | A few moves away, Cincinnati, Dallas, Indie, Minnesota, and Tampa Bay is in that tier. |
| 0:22.2 | And then there was this sneaky, good trajectory, Atlanta, New Orleans, and the Giants |
| 0:26.7 | were in that tier. And then Jeremy Fowler put somewhere between contention and reset |
| 0:31.4 | Washington into that tier, saying, you know, Jaden is a top 10 quarterback and they were really injured |
| 0:38.9 | and they've got a lot of cap space. So that's the case for contention. But, you know, they were |
| 0:44.9 | a hard team to evaluate because they have a lot of needs, especially on defense. And then he |
| 0:51.4 | writes tight end and running back as well. |
| 0:54.5 | So I'm not going to use the category that he had somewhere between contention and reset |
| 1:00.3 | as an option. It's actually a little bit confusing. |
| 1:03.0 | The three options here are, right now the three options are no need to panic, |
| 1:10.0 | a few moves away, or many moves away from contention. |
| 1:15.4 | And contention would be for the playoffs and a chance to maybe make some hay in the playoffs. |
| 1:22.2 | I'm not talking about a certified Super Bowl contender, |
| 1:25.0 | but I'm talking about a team that wins 10 games or more and |
| 1:29.4 | qualifies for the postseason. That's contention. Which tier would you put our team in? And why? |
| 1:36.6 | No need to panic, a few moves away or many moves away. For me, I think it's a few moves away |
| 1:43.0 | from contention, that kind of contention. |
| 1:46.3 | I mean, they won 12 games with a bad defense two years ago. Maybe they can't replicate that |
| 1:51.1 | because of, you know, everything that went their way. But if they're healthy next year and |
| 1:55.9 | Jaden plays 17 games and plays at a high level, I put them in contention just based on that. And a few |
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