The Take Command podcast hosted by Craig Hoffman and former NFL Tight End Logan Paulsen is your must have place for Washington Commanders news, talk, analysis and debate.

Grant Paulsen and Logan Paulsen dive into the East-West Shrine Bowl & Senior Bowl Breakdown. The Commanders continue to move through the offseason and we have officially entered NFL Draft Showcase Game season... so the boys are back to breakdown what happens at the East-West Shrine Bowl and the Senior Bowl, why they are so important, who stood out early on at the Senior Bowl, who Logan looks forward to seeing more of, and finish off, with who stood out at the East-West Shrine Bowl. Find out all that and more on this episode of Take Command!

***Third Segment*** The Commanders continue to move through the offseason and we have officially entered NFL Draft Showcase Game season... Logan and Grant breakdown who stood out at the East-West Shrine Bowl, some behind-the-scenes stories, and more To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***Second Segment*** The Commanders continue to move through the offseason and we have officially entered NFL Draft Showcase Game season... Logan and Grant breakdown who has stood out early on at the Senior Bowl, who Logan looks forward to seeing more of, and more To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***First Segment*** The Commanders continue to move through the offseason and we have officially entered NFL Draft Showcase Game season... Logan and Grant breakdown what happens at the East-West Shrine Bowl and the Senior Bowl, why they are so important, and more To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grant Paulsen and Logan Paulsen dive into the Emergency Pod: Commanders Hire Daronte Jones As Their New Defensive Coordinator in an action-packed episode of the pod. News broke Monday that the Commanders have hired Vikings Defensive Pass Game Coordinator Daronte Jones to become their new defensive coordinator... so the boys are back to breakdown how this went down, why he was their choice, the targets they should look at in Free Agency and the Draft, the scheme he ran in Minnesota, and more. Find out all that and more on this episode of Take Command!

***Second Segment*** News broke Monday that the Commanders have hired Vikings Defensive Pass Game Coordinator Daronte Jones to become their new defensive coordinator... Logan and Grant breakdown who Commanders should look at in the draft and free agency, the scheme that Jones runs, and more! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***First Segment*** News broke Monday that the Commanders have hired Vikings Defensive Pass Game Coordinator Daronte Jones to become their new defensive coordinator... Logan and Grant breakdown how this went down, why he was their choice, and more! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grant Paulsen and Logan Paulsen dive into the East-West Shrine Bowl Preview & Al Harris Enters The DC Candidate Conversation. The Commanders continue to move through the offseason looking hire a DC prior to the combine when draft season truly heats up... so the boys are back to breakdown the Commanders latest interviewee, Bears DB Coach Al Harris, some notable players to keep an eye on in the upcoming East-West Shrine Bowl, and then give quick picks and predictions for this weekend's conference championship game. Find out all that and more on this episode of Take Command!

***Third Segment*** The Commanders continue to move through the offseason looking hire a DC prior to the combine when draft season truly heats up... Logan and Grant breakdown the conference championship game matchups, the Broncos versus the Patriots for the AFC crown and the Rams versus the Seahawks for the NFC crown To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***Second Segment*** The Commanders continue to move through the offseason looking hire a DC prior to the combine when draft season truly heats up... Logan and Grant breakdown some notable players to keep an eye on in the upcoming East-West Shrine Bowl To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***First Segment*** The Commanders continue to move through the offseason looking hire a DC prior to the combine when draft season truly heats up... Logan and Grant breakdown the Commanders latest interviewee, Bears DB Coach Al Harris and what he brings to the table To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grant Paulsen and Logan Paulsen dive into the Commanders Hire New Position Coaches & Brian Flores Enters The DC Candidate Conversation in an action-packed episode of the pod. The Commanders are beginning to put together their coaching staff for 2026... so the boys are back to breakdown the Commanders new hires at QB Coach, OL Coach, look at the newest interviewees on the defensive coordinator front, and then give a quick lookahead to the East-West Shrine Bowl. Find out all that and more on this episode of Take Command!

***Third Segment*** The Commanders are beginning to put together their coaching staff for 2026... Logan and Grant lookahead to the upcoming East-West Shrine Bowl that Logan will be attending along with giving their thoughts on the controversial Brandin Cooks catch/interception play To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***Second Segment*** The Commanders are beginning to put together their coaching staff for 2026... Logan and Grant breakdown the National Championship performance from Indiana and Fernando Mendoza and look at the newest interviewees on the defensive coordinator front To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***First Segment*** The Commanders are beginning to put together their coaching staff for 2026... Logan and Grant breakdown the Commanders hires at QB coach, OL coach, assistant OL coach, and how the inexperience of these hires could be a positive and a negative To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grant Paulsen and Logan Paulsen dive into the Commanders DC Interviewees Breakdown & Defensive Personnel Sharpie, Pen, Or Pencil? in an action-packed episode of the pod. The Commanders continue to search for their new defensive coordinator... so the boys are back to breakdown the appeal of this defense, who to keep no matter what, who to consider depending on scheme and contract, and who to wave goodbye to. Then, they breakdown the interviewees for the Commanders DC job including Jonathan Gannon, Patrick Graham, Dennard Wilson, and more. Find out all that and more on this episode of Take Command!

***Third Segment*** The Commanders continue to search for their new defensive coordinator... Logan and Grant breakdown the appeal of Patrick Graham and Dennard Wilson as candidates, their strengths and weaknesses, and more! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***Second Segment*** The Commanders continue to search for their new defensive coordinator... Logan and Grant breakdown the appeal of Jonathan Gannon as a candidate, his strength and weaknesses, and more! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***First Segment*** The Commanders continue to search for their new defensive coordinator... Logan and Grant breakdown the appeal of this defense, who to keep no matter what, who to consider depending on scheme and contract, and who to wave goodbye to To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grant Paulsen and Logan Paulsen dive into the Emergency Pod: Commanders Hire David Blough As Their New Offensive Coordinator in an action-packed episode of the pod. News broke Friday that the Commanders have promoted/hired David Blough to become their new offensive coordinator... so the boys are back to breakdown how this went down, why it happened so quickly, why they didn't wait on Mike McDaniel, and the difficulties that he'll face as a first-time OC. Then, they quickly hit on the names that have been interviewed for the Commanders open DC job, and more. Find out all that and more on this episode of Take Command!

***Third Segment*** With David Blough officially locked in as the Commanders new OC... Logan and Grant take a look and react to the initial names that have been interviewed for the Commanders open DC job To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***Second Segment*** News broke Friday that the Commanders have promoted/hired David Blough to become their new offensive coordinator... Logan and Grant breakdown the main difficulties new OC David Blough will run into including building a new offense, play-calling, and building out the offensive staff around him as a first-time OC To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***First Segment*** News broke Friday that the Commanders have promoted/hired David Blough to become their new offensive coordinator... Logan and Grant breakdown how this went down, why it happened so quickly, why they didn't wait on Mike McDaniel, and more! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grant Paulsen and Logan Paulsen dive into the Emergency Pod: Kliff Kingsbury And Commanders Mutually Agree To Part Ways in an action-packed episode of the pod. News broke yesterday that the Commanders and OC Kliff Kingsbury decided to part ways along with firing DC Joe Whitt ...... so the boys are back to breakdown the biggest changes in the offense that caused Kingsbury's firing, dive into which names they would pursue as the next Commanders OC, discuss the Whitt firing, whether they would hire a play calling DC or just allow DQ to call the plays himself, and more. Find out all that and more on this episode of Take Command!

***Third Segment*** News broke yesterday that the Commanders fired DC Joe Whitt Jr... Logan and Grant breakdown the Whitt firing along with whether to hire a play calling DC or just allow DQ to call the plays himself To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***Second Segment*** News broke yesterday that the Commanders and OC Kliff Kingsbury decided to part ways... Logan and Grant breakdown the biggest successes and shortcomings of Kingsbury and dive into which names they would pursue as the next Commanders OC To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***First Segment*** News broke yesterday that the Commanders and OC Kliff Kingsbury decided to part ways... Logan and Grant breakdown the biggest changes in the offense that caused this move, if they would've made this move, and more! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grant Paulsen and Logan Paulsen dive into the Week 18 Win Over Eagles Film Review & Biggest Question Marks Headed Into The Offseason in an action-packed episode of the pod. The season from hell is officially in the rearview mirror with the Commanders finishing at 5-12... so the boys are back to breakdown Kliff Kingsbury's performance as OC in 2025 with an injury ravaged offense, Dan Quinn's performance as defensive play caller after taking over mid-season, what to make of the performances of Bobby Wagner, Jeremy Reaves, Von Miller, Daron Payne, Deebo Samuel, Bill, Treylon Burks, and more. Find out all that and more on this episode of Take Command!

***Third Segment*** The season from hell is officially in the rearview mirror with the Commanders finishing at 5-12... Logan and Grant breakdown what to make of the Dan Quinn's performance as defensive play caller mid-season and the performances of Bill, Deebo Samuel, Treylon Burks, and others when evaluating this offense To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***Second Segment*** The season from hell is officially in the rearview mirror with the Commanders finishing at 5-12... Logan and Grant breakdown what to make of the performances of Bobby Wagner, Jeremy Reaves, Von Miller, Daron Payne, and others when evaluating this defense To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***First Segment*** The season from hell is officially in the rearview mirror with the Commanders finishing at 5-12... Logan and Grant breakdown what to make of Kliff Kingsbury's performance as OC in 2025 with an injury ravaged offense To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grant Paulsen and Logan Paulsen dive into the Commanders Versus Eagles Week 18 Game Preview & Who To Watch For In CFP in an action-packed episode of the pod. The time has come, the finale of the Commanders lost season against the Eagles... so the boys are back to breakdown who to watch for on the Eagles offense and defense, look to the future and get Logan's initial take on the top NFL Draft prospects currently playing in the College Football Playoff including David Bailey, Caleb Downs, Arvell Reese, who eats, and more. Find out all that and more on this episode of Take Command!

***Third Segment*** The time has come, the finale of the Commanders lost season against the Eagles... Logan and Grant give their FINAL "Who Eats?" picks of the Commanders season To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***Second Segment*** The time has come, the finale of the Commanders lost season against the Eagles... Therefore, Logan and Grant look to the future and get Logan's initial take on the top NFL Draft prospects currently playing in the College Football Playoff including David Bailey, Caleb Downs, Arvell Reese, and more! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***First Segment*** The time has come, the finale of the Commanders lost season against the Eagles... Logan and Grant breakdown who and what to watch for as the Commanders try to get revenge and mess with their division rival's seed To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grant Paulsen and Logan Paulsen dive into the Commanders End Of Year Rookie Report in an action-packed episode of the pod. The Commanders are finally in the home stretch of the 2025 season... so the boys are back to give their final reviews of the Commanders Rookie Class including Josh Conerly, Jaylin Lane, Bill, Trey Amos & Kain Medrano, along with the Commanders likely Draft Pick spot this year and how Dante Moore's decision can impact it. Find out all that and more on this episode of Take Command!

***Third Segment*** The Commanders are finally in the home stretch of the 2025 season ... Therefore, Logan and Grant take this time to quickly look at where the Commanders 2026 Draft pick might land and how Dante Moore's decision can impact their draft strategy To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***Second Segment*** The Commanders are finally in the home stretch of the 2025 season ... Therefore, Logan and Grant take this time to give their final reviews of the Commanders Rookie Class, continuing with Bill, Trey Amos & Kain Medrano To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***First Segment*** The Commanders are finally in the home stretch of the 2025 season ... Therefore, Logan and Grant take this time to give their final reviews of the Commanders Rookie Class, starting with Josh Conerly & Jaylin Lane To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grant Paulsen and Logan Paulsen dive into the Week 17 Film Review: Commanders Fall To The Cowboys Again 30-23 To Move To 4-12 in an action-packed episode of the pod. The Commanders season continued to go downhill as they lose another against the Cowboys, this time 30-23... so the boys are back to breakdown their biggest offensive, defensive, and special teams takeaways from the Commanders Week 17 performance on film, who underperformed, and more. Find out all that and more on this episode of Take Command!

***Third Segment*** The Commanders season continued to go downhill as they lose another against the Cowboys, this time 30-23... Logan and Grant breakdown their biggest defensive takeaways from the Commanders Week 17 performance on film, who underperformed, and more To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***Second Segment*** The Commanders season continued to go downhill as they lose another against the Cowboys, this time 30-23... Logan and Grant continue to breakdown their biggest offensive takeaways from the Commanders Week 17 performance on film, who underperformed, and more To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices