Get all the details on the 2025 Washington Commanders’ training camp, including key dates, preseason schedule, and rookie draft picks.

Welcome to The Athletic's live coverage as NFL training camps kicked off this week. Our reporters are scattered across the league providing the latest news, notes, happenings and more as preparations for the 2025 season continue.

The start of the NFL season is officially upon us, as all 32 teams report to training camp around the league this week. Thus begins the six-month grind as each team believes it can compete for a Super Bowl title.

Washington’s NFL franchise used to be in the news all the time for reasons other than football. That seemed to have changed under new team ownership, but President Donald Trump’s remarks about the team name and possibly holding up a stadium deal are making waves just as training camp opens.

With NFL training camp season upon us, Jeremy Bergman provides a refresher on the Washington Commanders' roster changes, position battles and notable subplots.

The defensive lineman has been busy before heading to Ashburn as he and his mother, Tasha Holmes-Parker, give back to the Hampton Roads community through Vaughn’s Way.

Smith played well for the Lions last season after being traded there from the Cleveland Browns, and it just makes too much sense for these two sides to get back together for the 2025 season. The Lions are trying to push for a Super Bowl, and Smith is the perfect rotational piece for a contending defensive line.