Editing Washington Commanders (section)

==== Baltimore Ravens ====
Though the two teams play each other infrequently as they are in different conferences, the Commanders have taken part in a minor geographic rivalry with the [[Baltimore Ravens]] as both stadiums are approximately 40 miles apart.<ref name="f867">{{cite web | title=Are The Ravens and Redskins Really Rivals? | website=FOX Sports | date=June 30, 2017 | url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/are-the-ravens-and-redskins-really-rivals | access-date=August 10, 2024}}</ref><ref name="v213">{{cite magazine | last=Zimmerlee | first=Connor | title=Commanders' Sale Spawns Rivalry With Ravens? | magazine=Sports Illustrated | date=July 21, 2023 | url=https://www.si.com/nfl/ravens/news/baltimore-ravens-washington-commanders-sale-dan-snyder-training-camp | access-date=August 10, 2024}}</ref> The Commanders particularly had long blocked the return of an NFL team to Baltimore since the [[Baltimore Colts|Colts franchise]] relocated to Indianapolis in 1984. Former owner [[Jack Kent Cooke]] had been accused in multiple instances of orchestrating any means to prevent the city from receiving a new franchise until the Cleveland Browns relocated to Baltimore in 1996, prompting Cooke to put the Redskins' then-new stadium in Landover, Maryland.<ref name="o660">{{cite news | last1=Shapiro | first1=Leonard | last2=Maske | first2=Mark | title=BALTIMORE NFL BACKERS SAY COOKE UNDERCUT EFFORTS TO LAND TEAM | newspaper=Washington Post | date=December 8, 1993 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1993/12/08/baltimore-nfl-backers-say-cooke-undercut-efforts-to-land-team/bceec396-7548-446b-a32e-cd766f9ebec7/ | access-date=August 10, 2024}}</ref><ref name="e613">{{cite web | last=Howard | first=Johnette | title=Howard: Cleveland, Baltimore football history could have changed at meeting | website=ESPN.com | date=January 31, 2013 | url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/2012/story/_/id/8901484/cleveland-baltimore-football-history-changed-meeting | access-date=August 10, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://russellstreetreport.com/2015/07/31/flashbackfridays/tagliabue-couldnt-stop-baltimore/|title=Tagliabue Couldn't Stop Baltimore!|date=July 31, 2015 }}</ref> The two teams play each other annually during the preseason.<ref name="a809">{{cite web | last=Bumbaca | first=Chris | title=Baltimore Ravens' preseason win streak ends vs. Washington Commanders | website=USA TODAY | date=August 22, 2023 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2023/08/21/baltimore-ravens-preseason-win-streak-ends-vs-washington-commanders/70647160007/ | access-date=August 10, 2024}}</ref> The Ravens lead the all-time series {{Win-loss record|w=5|l=3}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Matchups, Washington Commanders vs. Baltimore Ravens |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_query.cgi?tm1=was&tm2=rav&yr=all |access-date=October 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en}}</ref>