Training Camp – Week 5 Summary

Posted on August 31, 2026 by Noone

August 31, 2026

By Noonefromtampa

Roster Moves

August 25^th

Signed OLB Boogie Basham, S Joshuah Bledsoe and S Quindell Johnson.

Released S Will Harris, S Malik Spencer and OT Foster Sarell.

Placed OLB Drake Jackson on injured reserve.

August 26^th

Signed T D.J. Humphries.

Placed S Malik Spencer on injured reserve after he cleared waivers.

Day 19 – Sunday, August 23^rd

Injuries

None reported

Day 20 – Monday, August 24^th

Unscheduled Practice held

Dan Quinn says Tim Settle and Rachaad White should be back on the field today. Seems like Nick Allegretti is not back pic.twitter.com/ahFyqzy9E8

— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) August 24, 2026

Jayden Daniels worked with both Matt Gulbin and Julian Good-Jones at center today. Would be good to see Gulbin get good reps vs the Ravens’ starters in the joint practice. See what he can do.

— John Keim (@john_keim) August 24, 2026

Dan Quinn says he feels “comfortable system wise” with Julian Good-Jones and Matt Gulbin making protection calls. “With Nick being injured we will work him back in when we can.”

— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) August 24, 2026

Laremy Tunsil, who is recovering from triceps surgery, sent over food trucks for the Commanders today. He did it last year too.

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) August 24, 2026

Injuries

Malik Spencer – undisclosed injury

Drake Jackson – hamstring injury

Jacory Croskey-Merritt – lower body issue

Day 21 – Tuesday, August 25^th

Official last day of training camp

Quinn said S Quan Martin has had a really good camp. “Felt an intensity and urgency about him.” Also likes his play on special teams.

— John Keim (@john_keim) August 25, 2026

Commanders planned to have Brandon Coleman participate in only the individual period today. Not injury related. More to keep him fresh since starters will get a lot of work tomorrow in Baltimore.

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) August 25, 2026

To keep in mind about the offense today: As mentioned earlier, Cosmi was out. Jayden Daniels played with a front five that featured a lot of Matt Gulbin at center, some of Julian Good-Jones at center, and mostly Good-Jones and Tanoa Togiai at right guard. https://t.co/CYPhaGaGoj

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) August 26, 2026

Jayden ended the day with a beauty to Antonio Williams. Threw it off his back foot right before absorbing would-be sacks.

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) August 26, 2026

5 made the trip. pic.twitter.com/9P3deEeFaK

— Ben Standig (@BenStandig) August 26, 2026

Injuries

Nick Allegretti – calf injury still bothersome.

Day 22 – Wednesday, August 26^th

Joint practice with Baltimore Ravens.

RG Sam Cosmi is sick and will not participate in the Commanders’ joint practice with the Ravens.

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) August 26, 2026

D.J. Humphries: pic.twitter.com/PGRASvQaAB

— John Keim (@john_keim) August 26, 2026

On offense: Some issues with snaps; a false start; one explosive (to McLaurin); run game struggled. Just a rough showing — Brandon Coleman said the OL has to be the ones to push it and it was "up and down."
Baltimore has an excellent D. Has given its own O fits this summer.

— John Keim (@john_keim) August 26, 2026

JJB and Cross with the pressure 😶‍🌫️ pic.twitter.com/9mslo5Y0G0

— Full Command (@FullCommandShow) August 26, 2026

Injuries

No injuries reported.

Day 23 – Thursday, August 27^th

No practice, game walkthrough

Injuries

No injuries reported.

Day 24 – Friday, August 28^th

Preseason game in Baltimore against the Ravens.

Quinn has preached competition since the spring. These are backups and players who will be cut. But it has been non-competitive from the jump. Baltimore using the same level of players. Last two weeks have not been the finest for Washington.

— John Keim (@john_keim) August 29, 2026

#Commanders stock watch after the Ravens preseason game

STOCK UP

Tyler Owens📈📈📈
Tim Settle📈
Craig Reynolds📈

STOCK DOWN
Trent Scott📉📉📉📉📉📉
Julian Good-Jones📉📉📉📉
Dan Quinn 📉📉
Kaytron Allen📉📉📉
Luke McCaffrey📉
Darius Rush📉📉
Kain Medrano📉📉📉
Ale Kaho📉📉… https://t.co/aRZi5YZENi

— Full Command (@FullCommandShow) August 29, 2026

Dan Quinn said tonight simply “was not good enough…. It wasn’t up to our standards.”

— John Keim (@john_keim) August 29, 2026

Not the best opening drive by either side for Washington. D gave up an eight-play scoring drive, capped by a 25-yard TD by former Commander Chris Moore, then rookie RB Kaytron Allen fumbled on Washington's first offensive snap.

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) August 28, 2026

Injuries

No injuries reported.

Notes

The only positive thing I saw about the blowout loss to the Ravens was the special teams punt coverage unit looked good. Maybe that will come in handy if the team plays this poorly in the regular season.

The Washington backups looked woefully inadequate against the Baltimore backups. The lack of effort, poor tackling and blocking just showcased the differences between the two organizations.

The fans are left to puzzle going into week 1 was it poor preparation or lack of roster talent. Plus, how will this affect the team going into a tough game in Philadelphia against the Eagles.

Sunday Roster Moves

The Washington Commanders have released the following players:

LB Krys Barnes

OLB Boogie Basham

S Joshuah Bledsoe

WR Jaden Bradley

G/T Daniel Brunskill

TE Lawrence Cager

DT Byron Cowart

CB Fred Davis II

C/G Julian Good-Jones

CB Antonio Hamilton Sr.