Command The Commute

Send us Fan Mail WEEK 5: Washington’s Giant Game The Command the Commute crew is back on the road for another rainy game day, heading to Northwest Stadium for a huge NFC East matchup between Washington and New York. Bob and Mike recap the rough London loss to Indianapolis, including the quarterback chaos, penalties, Jonathan Taylor damage, and what went wrong once Marcus Mariota went down. Then th...

Send us Fan Mail 🏈 WEEK 4: HAIL ACROSS THE POND 🇬🇧 The Commanders are crossing the Atlantic — but first, we’ve gotta talk about one of the wildest home openers we’ve ever experienced. Washington gets the HUGE win over Seattle, Marcus Mariota delivers, the defense creates chaos… and somehow Bob goes from sitting in the upper deck to standing TEN FEET from Terry McLaurin as he catches a touchdown....

Send us Fan Mail WEEK 3: SEASON STARTS AT HOME The wait is over. Command the Commute is finally back where it belongs — in the car, on the way to the game. Bob and Mike hit record at 7:30 AM and head south toward Northwest Stadium for Washington’s home opener against Seattle. The coffee is dangerously hot, the rain is coming down, the optimism levels inside the vehicle are wildly different, and af...

Send us Fan Mail Philly is filed, and Dallas week starts now! Bob and Mike are back to recap the Commanders’ 24–22 loss to the Eagles and decide what actually matters coming out of Week 1. Was it a bad loss, an encouraging loss, or somewhere in the middle? The guys talk through the offensive line, JD5, Terry’s targets, Antonio Williams’ breakout moment, the two-point conversion call, the blocked e...

Send us Fan Mail Football is finally back, and Bob & Mike are kicking off Season 2 with a full Week 1 ride into enemy territory as the Washington Commanders get ready to face the Philadelphia Eagles. In this episode, we hit the biggest NFL storylines from opening week, including Seahawks-Patriots, 49ers-Rams in Australia, AJ Brown, Sam Darnold, Deebo Samuel, and the weird new world of needing...

Send us Fan Mail Washington Commanders 2026 season predictions are officially on the record. In this Week 0 episode of the Command the Commute podcast, Bob, Mike, and Pops go game by game through the full Washington Commanders schedule and make their official win-loss predictions for the 2026 NFL season. We break down every matchup, including the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, Seattle Seahaw...

Send us Fan Mail COMMANDERS CUT DAY Bob and Mike react to Washington’s final preseason game, roster cuts, waiver-wire fallout, and the 53-man roster heading into Week 1. We hit Instant Replay to see where we were right — and wrong — on last week’s predictions, break down the WR room, QB3, Sam Hartman, the secondary, and the biggest concern of all: that offensive line. Plus: Cut Day winners and sur...

Send us Fan Mail The Good, The Bad & The Bubble Two preseason games down. One left. And the Commanders’ 53-man roster is starting to take shape. Bob and Mike are back in the home studio to break down what they’ve seen through Washington’s first two preseason games — from Robert Henry Jr. and Kaytron Allen making noise in the backfield , to Amik Robertson and Quan Martin flashing on defense , a...

Send us Fan Mail The offseason is over, the commute is back, and Bob and Mike are headed to Northwest Stadium for the Commanders’ preseason opener against Miami. On the drive, the guys get into the Jayden Daniels vs. LSU No. 5 drama , debate whether Stefon Diggs should be wearing Joe Theismann’s No. 7, and break down what Diggs means for a crowded Washington wide receiver room. Then it’s time for...

Send us Fan Mail Bob and Mike are back in the home office for one final offseason episode before Command the Commute returns to the road. The guys toast one year of the podcast, break down the newly released Commanders uniform schedule, look ahead to training camp and the preseason opener against Miami, and begin planning their first game-day trip of Season 2. They also discuss the latest stadium...

Send us Fan Mail Command the Commute is back and the Commanders are  “Taking Shape” as Bob and Mike break down what the 2026 Washington Commanders are starting to become. This episode kicks off with the debut of Instant Replay , where the guys correct last episode’s questionable takes, including preseason ticket prices, Jahan Dotson, Antonio Williams vs. Jaylin Lane, Ravens bandwagon slander, and...

Send us Fan Mail The 2026 Washington Commanders schedule is officially out, and Bob and Mike are breaking down the road ahead. From opening the season with back-to-back NFC East road games against the Eagles and Cowboys, to the home opener against the defending champion Seahawks, the London matchup with the Colts, primetime games, the early bye week, and the stretch that could define Dan Quinn’s s...

Send us Fan Mail The clock is ticking… and Season 2 is officially ON. Bob and Mike are back in the home office to launch Season 2 of Command the Commute with a full-throttle breakdown of the Commanders’ offseason. The NFL Draft is in the books, and the guys are diving into every pick—starting with the monster at #7, Sonny Styles. Is he the playmaking defensive weapon Washington has been missing? T...

Send us Fan Mail Thirty episodes. One rollercoaster season. And we’re wrapping up Season One the only way we know how. In this finale, we break down the Super Bowl — the defensive battle, the halftime show debate, the commercials (or lack of memorable ones), and yes… the streaker. Then we reflect on what this first season of Command the Commute has meant to us and to the growing community listenin...

Send us Fan Mail The season’s over… but we’re not done. This is the pre–Super Bowl finale of Command the Commute — where Bob and Mike try to survive the offseason and make sense of what the hell Washington is building. We open with the new DC hire: Daronte Jones. Bob lays out the path, the coaching tree influence, and why Washington’s defense has to take a step forward after a year that felt like...

Send us Fan Mail Snow’s coming, pizza’s here, and the playoff picture is chaos — so Bob drags a half-blind Mike through a rapid-fire rundown of everything from Land Man (Billy Bob still undefeated) to last week’s NFL playoff madness (including that Rams/Bears OT rollercoaster and the Bills’ heartbreak). Then it’s coaching-carousel season: DC still vacant in Washington, the David Blough OC hire get...

Send us Fan Mail We’re officially in the offseason… but we’re not wasting any time. 🚗🎙️ On this episode of Command the Commute, Bob and Mike break down the newly released “New RFK” stadium renderings — 65–70K seats, a translucent roof, climate control, and a full entertainment district… with a price tag hovering around $4B. Bob even turns it into a hilarious real-estate listing for the “next inve...

Send us Fan Mail Bob and Mike kick off the postseason from the couch after Washington finishes the year 5–12, recapping the final week, the full 2025 season whiplash, and what it means heading into a massive offseason. They react to early coaching and coordinator fallout, debate who’s really calling the shots in Washington (AP vs. DQ vs. ownership), and talk through what the team has to fix to avo...

Send us Fan Mail Bob and Mike fire up the mics one last time in the regular season to unpack a brutal Christmas loss to the Cowboys, complete with prime rib, Netflix gripes, and the familiar feeling of trailing all game. From there, they dive into one of their favorite topics: player incentives. The guys break down what’s on the line in Week 18 for names like Deebo Samuel, Sam Darnold, Saquon Bark...

Send us Fan Mail Bob and Mike stay home for the holidays and record from the home office to bring you a festive NFC East–filled episode. The guys break down the highs and lows from last week’s home matchup against the Eagles, explain why Philly definitely doesn’t deserve Santa, and hand out their NFC East Beast & Least — with a holiday twist featuring Santa’s reindeer. They wrap things up by p...

Send us Fan Mail Bob and Mike hit the road to Northwest Stadium for a massive NFC East showdown against the Eagles. On the drive, they break down last week’s win over the Giants, roll through all the Week 16 games and picks, and get the pulse of the rivalry with a surprise Eagles fan calling into the pod to talk NFC East trash, tension, and reality. Rivalry week, road vibes, and real fan perspecti...

Send us Fan Mail Mike and Bob are back in the home office after another brutal loss — this time breaking down what went wrong against the Vikings and why it felt uglier than the score. The guys briefly react to RG3’s comments comparing Jayden Daniels to his early days in Washington, and then pivot to the most unexpected headline of the week: Philip Rivers coming out of retirement. As always, the N...

Send us Fan Mail Mike and Bob are back on the road, recapping last week’s game and trying to make sense of another wild chapter in this Commanders season. We roll into our Week 14 Can’t Lose Locks, followed by another round of NFC East: Beast & Least — where both of us made some surprisingly bold picks. Then we break down what Washington needs to do to conquer the Minnesota Vikings and keep ho...

Send us Fan Mail In Week 13, Bob and Mike are headed back to Northwest Stadium for Sunday Night Football as the Commanders take on the Denver Broncos. The episode kicks off with a Thanksgiving recap — from the food to the football — before diving straight into this week’s Can’t Lose Locks and all the chaos that comes with their picks. The guys roll into NFC EAST: BEAST & LEAST, where Bob names...

Send us Fan Mail Bob and Mike are back in the home studio for the Week 12 bye, and there’s plenty to unpack. The guys kick things off by recapping Washington’s rough trip to Madrid and the sPAINful loss to the Miami Dolphins. Mike updates the official Tailgate Food Power Rankings — and yes, a new contender makes a surprising jump. Then it’s time for the weekly wagers in “Can’t Loose Locks”, where...