{"id":6808,"date":"2025-10-19T22:34:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T22:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=6808"},"modified":"2025-10-19T22:34:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T22:34:26","slug":"is-luke-mccaffrey-playing-today-why-commanders-wr-is-off-to-quiet-start-vs-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=6808","title":{"rendered":"Is Luke McCaffrey playing today? Why Commanders WR is off to quiet start vs. Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/washington-commanders\/news\/luke-mccaffrey-playing-today-why-commanders-quiet-start-vs-cowboys\/f8f3505a2c3dd82e871ac817?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Is Luke McCaffrey playing today? Why Commanders WR is off to quiet start vs. Cowboys;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Is Luke McCaffrey playing today? Why Commanders WR is off to quiet start vs. Cowboys<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/washington-commanders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Washington Commanders;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Washington Commanders<\/a> needed wide receiver Luke McCaffrey to step up in the Week 7 game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dallas Cowboys;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because the Commanders were missing their top three receivers in Terry McLaurin, Deebo Samuel and Noah Brown, all of whom are injured.<\/p>\n<p>However, McCaffrey has not stepped up the way the Commanders were hoping he would early on in the Week 7 game against the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a closer look at what&#8217;s going on.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Is Luke McCaffrey playing today?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes, McCaffrey is active and has even been targeted, he just hasn&#8217;t connected with quarterback Jayden Daniels yet.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Daniels has connected with six different receivers as of this writing. We&#8217;ll see if McCaffrey can get going soon.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">NFL trade rumors<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/luke-mccaffrey-playing-today-why-215947468.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Luke McCaffrey playing today? Why Commanders WR is off to quiet start vs. Cowboys originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Washington Commanders needed wide receiver Luke McCaffrey to step up in the Week 7 game against the Dallas Cowboys. Advertisement That&#8217;s because &#8230; <a title=\"Is Luke McCaffrey playing today? Why Commanders WR is off to quiet start vs. Cowboys\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=6808\" aria-label=\"Read more about Is Luke McCaffrey playing today? 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