Expect Commanders to go big in free agency this offseason

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Washington Commanders’ free agency period will feature a lot of what they’ve sought in the past: solid players starting to ascend, depth pieces and veterans on one-year deals. They also want something they haven’t found enough of in general manager Adam Peters’ first two free-agent classes. “There’s going to be difference-makers that will be part of this class,” Commanders coach Dan Quinn said. Translation: The Commanders will spend on players in a way they haven’t in the past. It won’t be a return to the early years of former owner Dan Snyder’s stewardship, when they’d pursue big names regardless of fit. That often left them saddled with big-money players whose play did...