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Washington Commanders The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) E ...

are a professional

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franchise based in the

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. They are members of the

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division in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the

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(NFL). The Commanders were founded in as the

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Braves, named after the local baseball franchise. The franchise changed its name the following year to the Redskins and moved to

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in . In , the team retired the Redskins name after longstanding controversies surrounding it and briefly became the Washington Football Team, before choosing the Washington Commanders as their permanent name in . This article details statistics relating to the franchise.

Passing

Yardage

Completions

Touchdowns

Receiving

Receptions

Receiving yards

Receiving touchdowns

Rushing

Rushes

Rushing yards

Touchdowns

Kick and punt returning

Kick Return Yards

Yards per return

Return touchdowns

References

External links

Pro Football Reference
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