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Commanders GM says non-football topics such as President Trump's comments don't reach him
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Washington Commanders general manager Adam Peters, right, speaks as head coach Dan Quinn, left, looks on during a news conference at the NFL football team's training camp in Ashburn, Va., Tuesday, July 22, 2025. - photo by AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Washington’s NFL franchise used to be in the news all the time for reasons other than football. That seemed to have changed under new team ownership, but President Donald Trump’s remarks about the team name and possibly holding up a stadium deal are making waves just as training camp opens. Still, Commanders general manager Adam Peters made clear Tuesday — at a news conference with coach Dan Quinn a day before the team’s first training camp practice — that he doesn't expect any of that sort of outside conversation to interfere with their real jobs.