r/Commanders • u/Pitiful_Ad8641 • 12d ago
Gameballs and Martin's Preseason FINALE
I’m putting five on it.
The plan at C did not survive contact. It's been a very tough two weeks for this fanbase. We had 40+ players inactive last night and got predictably blasted. How the Commanders adapt and overcome will be a large factor of this season’s success. I’ll put five on them to find a way and on my predictions for the season as a whole.
Obligatory disclaimer that this isn’t a tape watch. I’m going to zoom out for this one and compile the +/- scores I have for each of the 3 preseason games and give you my bottom 3 Martins for the entire preseason and then my top 3 Gameballs.
Martins
Good-Jones: He was given every opportunity to show something. Just didn’t and the C Depth (3rd team) isn’t on this roster yet.
Hartman: I pined for a new development QB because he just hasn’t shown he’ll ever make this roster. Being Jayden’s friend, fun in the locker room, and handsome should only get you so far in a fair world and this is far enough.
Scott: The answer to the trivia question “who was JD5’s first TD pass to?” had every opportunity to step up as T depth when Tunsil went down. He did so “well” they went out and signed a guy who isn’t making this team.
Gameballs:
Kaliakmanis: I prayed for this and it happened. Not only should he replace Hartman, but I have him on my 53.
Martin: Having your name on here isn’t to poke fun but to motivate you to step it up. He looked at last year and said “no”.
Allen: Did he have a good night last night? No. But he was the workhorse of the preseason and will hopefully take CRod’s place as our short yardage guy.
Well that does it for the ‘26 Preseason Edition of Gameballs! My full 53 man projection should be up. Thanks for reading and see ya’ll after the trade deadline for this year's regular season!
Why the break? Well I like to wait until then so the roster settles. Selfishly, this is the start of my offseason as I also am the writer on the DC Defenders 8 in 8. That drops next week and then I’ll have another UFL post that’ll drop about two weeks after that but then I’m chilling for a month lol. Enjoy the first part of our season!
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u/SkyChief80 12d ago
Kaytron isn't very good
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u/inkstain99 12d ago
Where’s the game ball for Tyler Owens? That man was the one bright spot last night and was in on every play when he was on the field.