The Washington Commanders’ receiver room already looks different than it did a month ago, and the first two weeks have given a clearer picture of who’s producing and who still has work to do.
Stefon Diggs has been the busiest and most productive target in the group so far. He’s been thrown to 15 times, catching nine passes for 102 yards.
That leads the team in receiving yards, and he’s also pacing Washington in touchdown catches with three. Diggs is averaging 4.5 receptions per game, giving the Commanders the steady production they were hoping for after adding the four-time Pro Bowl wideout last month.
Terry McLaurin, the top receiver entering the season, has had a quieter start. He’s been targeted 13 times but has only four catches for 64 yards.
His longest grab has gone for 26 yards, and his success rate sits at 30.8%. The numbers don’t match his usual standard, even if the downfield ability is still showing up in flashes.
Rookie Antonio Williams has been one of the brighter spots. He’s only seen seven targets, but he’s turned all seven into catches for 88 yards.
Five of those receptions have moved the chains, which is the second-most on the team. For a rookie in his first two games, that kind of reliability stands out.
Dyami Brown has gotten chances too, and the staff’s confidence in him has shown in the inactive decisions around him. Treylon Burks and Luke McCaffrey were both inactive in Week 1, and McCaffrey was inactive again in Week 2.
Brown has only 21 receiving yards through two weeks, though his output could look different if not for the touchdown he was denied against Dallas. The play was initially ruled incomplete, but replay showed Brown’s knee was down in the end zone, and Dean Blandino said the officials got it wrong.
That should have gone down as a 29-yard touchdown, which would have lifted Brown from 21 receiving yards to 50.
Treylon Burks has barely been used, with just one target so far. That lone chance came against Dallas, when Jayden Daniels overthrew him on what should have been an easy touchdown. Burks had beaten his defender by five yards, and Washington was trailing 17-10 when Daniels sent the ball deep for what could have been a 55-yard score.
Jaylin Lane has one catch for no yards on his lone target. He’s also had trouble on kickoff returns, bobbling three of them last week.
He’s viewed as the better punt return option, but he hasn’t shown the same value on kickoff returns that Luke McCaffrey has. That leaves a Week 3 question hanging over the roster: could Washington activate McCaffrey for kickoff duty, and if so, who comes out?
Lane? And if McCaffrey is active, would he also handle punts?
On the practice squad, the Commanders have veteran Van Jefferson and rookie Jaden Bradley waiting in the wings.
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