{"id":667974,"date":"2026-05-13T10:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/667974\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:09:09","slug":"full-list-of-quarterbacks-commanders-will-face-on-2026-nfl-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/667974\/","title":{"rendered":"Full list of quarterbacks Commanders will face on 2026 NFL schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you had to reduce the strength of an NFL schedule to one factor, what would you choose?<\/p>\n

Would it be the win\/loss record from the previous season? Might it be the number of starters’ games missed in a season? It is, of course, impossible to reduce the difficulty of an NFL schedule down to only one factor. In addition, that would be so reductionistic to propose that you could do such a thing.<\/p>\n

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However, there is one factor that I have found “helpful” in determining the strength of a schedule. Notice that “helpful” is not the sole factor in determining how strong\/weak a schedule is. “Who is the opponent’s starting quarterback? Or asked another way, “How good were the starting quarterbacks a team faced in a particular season?”<\/p>\n

2020 comes to mind immediately. The Washington Commanders<\/a> (then Football Team) went 7-9 in a year when the NFC East was down because of injuries to starting quarterbacks in Philadelphia<\/a> and Dallas<\/a>. But another reason Washington won seven games was the lack of quality in the quarterbacks they faced that season. In their seven wins the opposing quarterbacks were: Carson Wentz<\/a>, Andy Dalton<\/a>, Joe Burrow<\/a> (injured and replaced by Ryan Finley<\/a>), Andy Dalton, Ben Rothlisberger, Nick Mullens<\/a>, Jalen Hurts<\/a> (rookie, replaced by Nate Sudfeld<\/a>). Why did we all conclude Washington was a good 7-9 team?<\/p>\n

Again in 2024, the Commanders<\/a> were 7-5, before winning their final five consecutive games, finishing 12-5. The quarterbacks Washington faced during those five wins? Will Levis<\/a> (Titans), Jake Haener<\/a> replaced by Spencer Rattler<\/a> (Saints), Jalen Hurts replaced by Kenny Pickett<\/a> (Eagles), Michael Penix<\/a> making his first start (Falcons) and Trey Lance<\/a> (Cowboys).<\/p>\n

I think you get the point. So, who are the starting quarterbacks the Commanders will face in the upcoming 2026 season?<\/p>\n

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NFC EAST (6 Games)<\/p>\n

Dak Prescott<\/a> (Cowboys), Jalen Hurts (Eagles), Jaxson Dart<\/a> (NY Giants<\/a>)<\/p>\n

NFC WEST (4 Games)<\/p>\n

Matthew Stafford<\/a> (Rams<\/a>), Brock Purdy<\/a> (49ers), Jacoby Brissett<\/a> (Cardinals<\/a>), Sam Darnold<\/a> (Seahawks)<\/p>\n

AFC SOUTH (4 Games)<\/p>\n

Cam Ward<\/a> (Titans), Daniel Jones<\/a> (Colts), Trevor Lawrence<\/a> (Jaguars), C.J. Stroud<\/a> (Texans)<\/p>\n

Third Place Opponents (3 Games)<\/p>\n

Joe Burrow (Bengals), Michael Penix or Tua Tagovailoa<\/a> (Falcons), J.J. McCarthy<\/a> or Kyler Murray<\/a> (Vikings)<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: Washington Commanders: Every quarterback on their 2026 NFL schedule<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you had to reduce the strength of an NFL schedule to one factor, what would you choose?…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[138937,64,63,6583,5377,5372,55565,1273,6167,1277,1282,55564,40057,6579,1274,629,1264,5380,6588,107871,69145,593,113742,5136,73299,294731,1269,40054,85,6578,30523,5379,1272,14532],"class_list":["post-667974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-andy-dalton","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brock-purdy","tag-c-j-stroud","tag-cam-ward","tag-carson-wentz","tag-dak-prescott","tag-dallas","tag-daniel-jones","tag-j-j-mccarthy","tag-jacoby-brissett","tag-jake-haener","tag-jalen-hurts","tag-jaxson-dart","tag-joe-burrow","tag-kenny-pickett","tag-kyler-murray","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-michael-penix","tag-nate-sudfeld","tag-nfl","tag-nick-mullens","tag-philadelphia","tag-quarterbacks","tag-ryan-finley","tag-sam-darnold","tag-spencer-rattler","tag-sports","tag-trevor-lawrence","tag-trey-lance","tag-tua-tagovailoa","tag-washington-commanders","tag-will-levis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}