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2023 Washington Commanders season

The 2023 season was the Washington Commanders' 92nd season in the National Football League (NFL) and their fourth and final under head coach Ron Rivera. It was the first season under owner Josh Harris, who headed a group in the offseason that bought the franchise from Daniel Snyder for $6.05 billion.

The team replaced offensive coordinator Scott Turner, who joined the team in 2020, with former Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, who was also named assistant head coach. Defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio and defensive backs coach Brent Vieselmeyer were fired following a 10–45 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving.

The team failed to improve or match their 8–8–1 record after a Week 13 loss to the Miami Dolphins, resulting in their seventh straight non-winning season, and were eliminated from playoff contention for the third straight year following a Week 15 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Despite starting off with a 2–0 record for the first time since 2011, the team imploded thereafter, allowing the most points by any team that year (518) and having the worst point differential in the league (−189), in conjunction with having the ninth-worst ranked offense of the year. These problems resulted in the team going 2–13 the rest of the way, which included them being swept by the division for the first time since 2019 and a devastating eight-game losing streak to close off the year. Following the regular season's conclusion, Harris announced that Rivera had been dismissed.

Ownership change

Daniel Snyder, whose ownership had been mired in controversy amid a lack of on-field success since buying the franchise in 1999, sold the team to a group headed by Josh Harris, co-founder of Apollo Global Management and owner of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers and NHL's New Jersey Devils, for $6.05 billion. The group has 20 limited partners worth a combined $100 billion, the most in the NFL, which includes Danaher and Glenstone founder Mitchell Rales, Hall of Fame basketball player Magic Johnson, 76ers and Devils co-owner David Blitzer, D.C. entrepreneur Mark Ein, Maverick Capital founder Lee Ainslie, former Magic Johnson Enterprises president Eric Holoman, Blue Owl Capital founders Marc Lipschultz and Doug Ostrover, the Santo Domingo family, ProShares founder Michael Sapir, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and Cambridge Information Group CEO Andy Snyder. The deal was the highest price ever paid for a sports team and was unanimously approved by the NFL on July 20, 2023.

Draft

Staff

Roster

Schedule

Preseason

Regular season

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals

Week 2: at Denver Broncos

Week 3: vs. Buffalo Bills

Week 4: at Philadelphia Eagles

Week 5: vs. Chicago Bears

Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons

Week 7: at New York Giants

Week 8: vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Week 9: at New England Patriots

Week 10: at Seattle Seahawks

Week 11: vs. New York Giants

The Commanders' offense committed six turnovers throughout the game. With a chance to win the game, Isaiah Simmons intercepted Sam Howell for a touchdown that put the game away. The Commanders fall to 4–7.

Week 12: at Dallas Cowboys

Thanksgiving Day games

With the blowout loss, the Commanders were eliminated from NFC East contention. After the game, the team fired defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio and defensive backs coach Brent Vieselmeyer.