The Washington Commanders might not be a team their fans recognize in 2026 — which is a really good thing considering they just went 5-12 in the regular season.
While the Commanders can say their strongest position group is the offensive line, there will still be some move on that front, and The Athletic’s Nicki Jhabvala predicts that could lead to the team parting ways with veteran and 3-time Super Bowl champion Nick Allegretti.
Allegretti signed a 3-year, $16 million contract with the Commanders before the 2024 season after he spent the first 5 seasons of his career with the Kansas City Chiefs, where he played in 4 Super Bowls and won 3 of them.
In his first season with the Commanders in 2024, Allegretti started all 17 games at guard as his team went 12-5 in the regular season and advanced to the NFC Championship Game for the first time since 1991.
It was Allegretti’s only season as a full-time starter. He regressed and only made 4 starts in 16 games in 2025, including being pressed into action at center.
“Allegretti lost his starting job after Week 2, then stepped in at center after Tyler Biadasz got hurt late in the season and struggled with high snaps,” Jhabvala wrote. “Cutting him would save roughly $3.6 million in cap space.”
Preseason Writing on the Wall for Allegretti
The Commanders made what were relatively seismic moves on the offensive line in the offseason.
At left offensive tackle, the Commanders made a trade for 4-time Pro Bowler Laremy Tunsil to block for Daniels’ blind side. In the first round of the 2025 NFL draft, Washington selected Oregon offensive tackle Josh Conerly Jr. at No. 29 overall.
Even with those 2 moves, another under-the-radar move might be just as important — when Commanders head coach Dan Quinn announced Coleman was being moved inside to left guard.
That move spelled the beginning of the end for Allegretti, who only started 13 regular season games in 5 seasons with the Chiefs.
“This is where Coleman’s skills are best suited,” Riggo’s Rag’s Dean Jones wrote on June 11. “He manned left tackle duties valiantly as a rookie, but Tunsil represents the biggest upgrade imaginable. The Commanders’ placing him inside could be bad news for Nick Allegretti, who signed in free agency last year but struggled to find the consistency needed.”
Commanders Seemed Eager to Replace Allegretti
This isn’t the first time Allegretti has found himself in the middle of rumors about his ouster.
“This is Football” host Kevin Clark predicted Conerly would replace Allegretti at left guard before Coleman’s position switch.
“I loved Washington’s draft … I think with Conerly you play guard right away,” Clark said. “They have Andrew Wylie at right tackle, they have Nick Allegretti at left guard, Sam Cosmi at right guard and I think (Conerly) could push Allegretti out, who I think is a really good swing interior lineman. I wouldn’t be surprised if we end up with a Laremy Tunsil/Conerly left side.”
If anyone on the Commanders’ roster cashes in this offseason, it’s likely to be Tunsil, who could land a lucrative extension after he showed he’s still one of the NFL’s elite left offensive tackles in 2025.
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