JACKSONVILLE – Senior writer John Oehser each week during the 2022 regular season will speak with a writer or media member covering the Jaguars’ opponent.
Zach Selby of the Washington Commanders on the Commanders’ matchup with the Jaguars at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., Sunday at 1 p.m.
Q: The Commanders finished 7-10 last season in Ron Rivera’s second season as head coach. What’s the outlook entering 2022?
A: This team has a lot of high expectations for what it has on the roster for 2022. Rivera made it very clear even before last season ended that he expects this team to take a big jump in his third season. That’s a little to be expected. That’s what teams do in the third seasons of a tenure. But he has backed it up in just about every way. He made a point to say, ‘We want to go get a quarterback. We want to find an answer there.’ They went out and traded for [quarterback] Carson Wentz from the Indianapolis Colts. They wanted to give him (Wentz) more weapons and brought in first-round [wide receiver] Jahan Dotson and fifth-round tight end Cole Turner. They feel they’re primed to make some moves. Are they a 12- or 13-win team? That remains to be seen, but you can definitely expect them to improve upon the 7-10 record they had last season.
Q: Trading for Wentz was the franchise’s high-profile offseason move. How has that gone so far?
A: I think it has been everything they expected it would be. One of the first things they made clear to Wentz as soon as he walked in the doors was that he is wanted here. They want him and his talents to help lead the offense. You hear a lot about Wentz, the good and the bad, but the good has really shown through a lot these past few months. He has been a really good leader. He established relationships with teammates and receivers from the start. He has been a guy players have been able to rally around. You have to look at preseason with a grain of salt, but he completed 72 percent of his passes for 138 yards in the few series he…
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