Dan Quinn: Full participation in practice today; trending in right direction for Week 1

Dan Quinn is back for his weekly Tell the Truth Mondays" as the team begins their official Week 1 preparations. The season opener is in Philadelphia this year, and they're visiting last season's NFC East Champion Eagles. They are big underdogs, and follow that up with another road division game against the Cowboys. Quinn said everyone participated in practice today, including OLB Odafe Oweh who is dealing with a calf injury. Today was only a walkthrough, but Quinn said everyone is trending towards being available for Week 1.

Quinn likes the energy he's seen from the team so far, and also the leadership. He named five season-long captains, a change from the weekly captains he's done the previous years. He will still name one additional captain weekly, but Jayden Daniels, Terry McLaurin, Frankie Luvu, Jeremy Reaves, and Tress Way are clear leaders in the locker room. Daniels only played one series in the preseason again, but Quinn insisted that he has gotten more reps in training camp and during joint practices that prepared him for his third season in the NFL. Training camp has been more intense than Quinn's first two in Washington, another part of the plan to not have a repeat of last year's disappointing 5-12 record.

Roster Moves:

We have made the following roster moves:
- Signed WR Van Jefferson to the practice squad
- Released TE Joshua Simon from the practice squad

- Washington Commanders (@Commanders) September 7, 2026

Team Captains:

This year: five season long captains + one weekly captain pic.twitter.com/StBAxuKZ73

- Washington Commanders (@Commanders) September 7, 2026

Leading the charge this season@NWFCU | #RaiseHailpic.twitter.com/WUxkoAL1kq

- Washington Commanders (@Commanders) September 7, 2026

The #Commanders will have season long captains.

Offense: Jayden Daniels & Terry McLaurin
Defense: Frankie Luvu & Jeremy Reaves
ST: Tress Way

One game captain will be named on Friday's each week.

- CWallSports (@cwallse) September 7, 2026

Odafe Oweh at practice today:

Dan Quinn said everybody, including Odafe Oweh, participated in practice today. Quinn added that everyone is trending in the right direction to be ready for Week 1

- Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWC) September 7, 2026

Team energy:

Dan Quinn: "I like the energy of our team"

- JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) September 7, 2026

Jayden Daniels' preparation for the season:

Dan Quinn on Jayden Daniels' preparation: He took more reps than he ever has. I thought that was most important to get those hours in the bank with the new offense

- JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) September 7, 2026

More reps in camp this year:

Quinn on the difference this offseason compared to the past two: "Going into it, I knew I wanted to really push more reps, more minutes, more time in the practice, and we were able to do that."

- Martenzie Johnson (@10zJohnson) September 7, 2026