2023 Washington Commanders season
The 2023 season was the Washington Commanders' 92nd season in the National Football League 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 45–10 loss to the [2023 2023 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys] on Thanksgiving.
Despite a 2–0 start for the first time since 2011, the Commanders finished 4–13, failing to improve upon their 2022 record of 8–8–1. The team allowed the most points in the league and had the worst point differential. They also allowed 30 points per game on average, their worst since the 1954 season. It was the Commanders' seventh straight non-winning season and third straight missing the playoffs, with the team also going winless in the division for the first time since 2019 and for the third time since 2009. Rivera and his staff were fired following the season's end. This also marked the first season since 1993 where none of the team's players were selected for the Pro Bowl. This was the Commanders' seventh consecutive season with a new quarterback starting on opening week, as Carson Wentz left to go to the Los Angeles Rams. Quarterback Sam Howell became the first quarterback to throw 21 or more interceptions in a season since Baker Mayfield and Jameis Winston threw 21 and 30 interceptions in 2019, respectively.
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 at the time and was unanimously approved by the NFL on July 20, 2023.Draft
| Player | Position | College |
| Kazmeir Allen | WR | UCLA |
| Zion Bowens | WR | Hawaii |
| Mason Brooks | OL | Ole Miss |
| Tim DeMorat | QB | Fordham |
| Xavier Henderson | S | Michigan State |
| Joshua Pryor | DE | Bowie State |
| Jalen Sample | WR | Minnesota State |
| Kendall Smith | S | Illinois |
| DJ Stirgus | CB | Missouri Western |
| Mitchell Tinsley | WR | Penn State |
| Brycen Tremayne | WR | Stanford |
| Nick Whiteside | CB | Saginaw Valley State |
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Schedule
Regular season
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.Game summaries
Week 8: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
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 gamesWith 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.