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Washington Commanders: Edge Rusher

To beat the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles (and any other elite team in the NFC), the young Commanders need help rushing the passer. The only edge rusher on the team last season with more than 200 pass-rush snaps and a pressure rate above 20% was Dorance Armstrong, and having only one isn’t going to cut it this season.

Washington found ways to attack the quarterback with the 12th-best pressure rate at 42.5% and the seventh-best sack rate at 7.2%. But in free agency, the Commanders have lost their best pure edge rusher, Dante Fowler Jr., and best interior pass rusher, Jonathan Allen.

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