Ravens Ravage Commanders 41-3 in Final Exhibition Game

RAVENS RAVAGE COMMANDERS 41-3 IN FINAL EXHIBITION GAME

Let’s hope the last two exhibition games are not an indication of how this season is going to play out for the Washington Commanders.

From the opening kickoff until the game clock struck 00:00, the Baltimore Ravens dominated our home town boys. For the 2nd consecutive week the Commanders lost both sides of the line of scrimmage.

It took the Ravens just 8 plays to score a touchdown on their first possession. Backup Quarterback Tyler Huntley engineered a 69-yard opening drive in his only series of the game, culminating in a 25 yd TD pass to Wide Receiver Chris Moore. That was the beginning of an Offensive onslaught by the Defending AFC North Division Champions.

7 – 0 RAVENS

The start got worse for the Commanders‼️ On their first play from scrimmage, following the Ravens touchdown, Commanders running back Katron Allen fumbled, and the Ravens recovered the fumble at the Commanders 30 yard line. 7 plays later Ravens QB3 Joe Fagnano snuck into the end zone from 1yd out for a touchdown, doubling their lead.

14 -0 RAVENS

The Commanders started rookie QB Athan Kaliakmanis in this 3rd, and final exhibition game. He and Sam Hartman are competing for the third quarterback position on the depth chart.

Kaliakmanis has played well and has demonstrated the ability to throw the ball down field accurately; unfortunately, in this game, his receivers were unreliable.

In the Commander’s 2nd possession his receivers dropped 2 catchable passes. This is how it played out in the first half, and for the entire game, the Commanders Offense and Defense were dominated.

The Ravens took a 24 -0 lead into halftime. Scoring 3 touchdowns and a field goal on their 5 possessions --the only possession not ending in points was a 58 yd missed FG by their place kicker Tyler Loop.

The Commanders First half Offensive stats were horrifying; 46 yds passing – 6 yds rushing for a grand total of 51 total yds -- 4 dropped passes and 5 penalties totaled 0 first half points ‼️

It’s important to keep in mind that this game was played by a majority of players who will not be on the active 53 man roster on opening day, and the Ravens have a talented deep roster, and they demonstrated it again in the second half scoring 17 points with 2 touchdowns and a FG.

Safety Quindell Johnson provided the sole highlight of the game for the Commanders when he intercepted a pass, deep in Ravens territory, that led to their only points of the game when Place Kicker Drew Stevens converted a 39 yd FG for their only 3points.

Final score: RAVENS – 41 COMMANDERS – 3

Key Stats

Key Stats for Commanders-- 16 – 27 passing for 102 yds

22 carries for 75 yds rushing 177 total yards of Offense

7 First Downs 1 for 12 on 3rd down

0 for 2 on 4th down 9 penalties for 93 total yds

Key Stats for Ravens – 26 – 39 passing for 261 yds

30 carries for 195 yds rushing 456 total yards on Offense

26 First Downs

In summary, the Commanders exhibition games (1 – 2) unveiled the lack of depth on their roster. If they can keep their starters healthy and protect QB Jayden Daniels they will be competitive, if not, they will struggle to win games.

Next Game -- 2026 opening day Commanders @ Eagles

Sunday Sept. 13 at 4:25 EST

LET’s GO COMMANDERS

NICK’s NUGGETS –

RB JEREMY McNichols will start the season on the Injured Reserve list and miss the first 4 games of this season.

OT Laremy Tunsil has been delegated to the Injured reserve list and is out for the season.

QB Athan Kaliakmanis is on the active 53 man roster and will be QB3. QB Sam Hartman is on Practice squad.

The Commanders did not sign a single player that was released by 31 other teams on Sunday (nearly 1200 players total) AND not a single player they released got signed by another team – that’s interesting to say the least.

NICK MATTOS