It’s easy to forget how long Chris Paul has been in the building.

He’s not one of the new faces of Dan Quinn’s retooled Washington Commanders, nor is he one of the early-round cornerstones added since the new staff took over in 2024. He’s not the shiny draft pick or the veteran free agent who made headlines in the offseason, either.

But through seven weeks of the 2025 season, Paul—a 6-foot-4, 325-pound seventh-rounder from Tulsa selected all the way back in 2022 — has quietly become one of the most reliable players on the roster.

For a guy who, entering this fall, had never played more than 67 offensive snaps in a single season, for most of his career, Paul was buried on the depth chart —first under a revolving door of coaches and then behind draft pedigree. He was a carryover from the

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