For the first time ever, the Washington Commanders will be part of HBO's popular "Hard Knocks" docuseries.
HBO and the NFL announced on Wednesday that the NFC East will be focus of the in-season version of "Hard Knocks," which will debut in December. It is the second year that HBO and the NFL have featured an entire division, with the AFC North being the main attraction in 2024.
New episodes featuring the Commanders, Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants will stream on HBO Max every Tuesday in December and continue into the playoffs in 2026.
The Buffalo Bills will be the focus for this year's training camp edition of "Hard Knocks."
"We are thrilled to provide 'Hard Knocks' fans a summer with the Bills and winter with the Cowboys, Giants, Commanders and Eagles in the first year of our exciting new deal with NFL Films," said Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller, co-executive vice presidents HBO Documentary and Family Programming, and Bentley Weiner, senior vice president HBO Sports Documentaries, via press release. "There will be no shortage of star power."
Prior to the announcement, the Commanders were one of seven teams to not be featured on "Hard Knocks," which began in 2001 with the Baltimore Ravens. It will be the first appearance for the Eagles, who are still fresh off their Super Bowl win over the Kansas City Chiefs. The Cowboys have been on "Hard Knocks" three times, the most recent coming in 2021. The Giants have never been part of the training camp edition of the show but were featured on the offseason edition in 2024.
The decision by the NFL and HBO to feature the NFC East, which has not had a repeat winner since 2004, is the latest example of the Commanders getting more room in the national spotlight. They were given eight standalone games for the 2025 season, including matchups on Christmas Day and in the first-ever game to be played in Spain. They also have five primetime games, which is tied for the second-most in the league this year.
All that attention is a credit to the combination of Jayden Daniels, who broke a slew of records en route to being named the Offensive Rookie of the Year, as well as the work head coach Dan Quinn and general manager Adam Peters have done to rework the Commanders' roster and culture. Over the course of a year, the Commanders went from 4-13 to 12-5 and earned an appearance in the NFC Championship for the first time since 1991.
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