The Washington Commanders made a lot of moves this offseason. Many of those moves were on defense. With one of the NFL’s worst defenses in 2025, the Commanders needed an overhaul. Last season, Washington struggled to defend the pass, stop the run, get off the field on third down, force turnovers, pressure opposing passers, and much more.
The Commanders will have several new starters in 2026, with edge rushers Odafe Oweh, K’Lavon Chaisson, defensive tackle Tim Settle, linebackers Sonny Styles and Leo Chenal, cornerback Amik Robertson and safety Nick Cross all expected to start or play a significant role.
One of Washington’s returning defensive starters, defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw, spoke with the media on the first day of the Commanders’ OTAs on Wednesday and was asked about some of the new additions. To say Kinlaw is impressed would be an understatement. Kinlaw unleashed the quote of the year when discussing Washington’s defense.
“We got some motherf—–s now,” Kinlaw said. “Excuse my language. Sh-t, Oweh, he can go. Sh-t, Charles Omenihu, he can go. Sh-t, K’Lavon can go. Sh-t, Tim Settle can go. Sh-t, we got D-Wise (Deatrich) back, you know he can go. Sh-t, we got DA (Dorance Armstrong) back, he can go. Sh-t, Jer’Zhan (Newton) can go. I mean, sh-t, D-Payne (Daron) can go. It’s going to be exciting.”
It’s only May, but Javon Kinlaw might have delivered the best soundbite of the year.
I asked JK about the new pieces/faces on defense.
He told me, “We got some motherf******.”
Amazing. pic.twitter.com/s6Tn4kXbCv
— Scott Abraham (@Scott7news) May 27, 2026
So, if you weren’t excited about Washington’s offseason defensive additions, you should be now.
This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: Washington Commanders: Javon Kinlaw had NSFW response on new additions