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Washington Commanders Defense vs Wide Receivers (2025)

In 2025, the Washington Commanders allowed 162.7 receiving yards per game to wide receivers — #27 of 32 (1 = stingiest). Our persistence testing says single-season ranks like this mostly do NOT carry over year to year — use with that in mind.

Everything they allowed to wide receivers, per game

Metric	Season	Last 4	Last 2
Targets allowed	18.6	23.0	23.0
Receptions allowed	12.1	13.2	12.5
Rec yds allowed	162.7	161.8	193.0
Rec TD allowed	1.0	0.8	0.5
Yards per target	8.8	7.0	8.4
Explosive receptions (20+)	2.0	1.2	2.0

Last 4 = weeks 15–18; last 2 = weeks 17–18. 2025 regular season.

Upcoming: week 1 vs Philadelphia Eagles

Wide Receivers they'll face first: DeVonta Smith, Marquise Brown.

all 32 vs WR · WAS defense by quarter · WAS offense by quarter

Methodology: computed from nflverse play-by-play; a quarter's yards are the yards gained on plays snapped in that quarter. Averages use each player's games played, not team games. Updated 2026-07-28.

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