As has been typical of the organization through the years, the Washington Commanders continue to get hit by injuries. And head coach Dan Quinn is hanging by a thread. But here is the Commanders’ Week 8 injury report with fantasy football options in the wake of wide receiver Terry McLaurin’s absence.

Washington sits at a pitiful 1-4-1 while the Eagles are equally mediocre at 2-5. Neither team is going anywhere. Playoff hopes because of a weak division are silly.

But there is still fantasy football to be played. So let’s look at the options for the beat-up receiver group.

What has happened to the Commanders WR group?

First, Adam Peters failed the organization. The general manager should be cut loose by Commanders ownership. He banked an entire offensive season on an aging wide receiver. The Commanders had already overpaid McLaurin a couple of years ago, but Peters decision to ride with him as WR1 at age 31 is inexcusable. McLaurin lasted five games. And his production during that stretch was arguably the worst of his career.

Behind McLaurin, they brought in Stefon Diggs. He will soon be 33. He has played five games. Yardage high this season? 55. Great free agent signing, Peters.

So who will be on the field from a fantasy football perspective against the Eagles on Sunday Night Football?

Diggs is expected to be WR1 for this game. Quarterback Jayden Daniels should pepper him with targets. But will that play out into fantasy points?

Probably. The Eagles’ defense looked like a practice squad unit against the Cowboys. The players showed almost zero toughness. It’s obvious they won’t play for Nick Sirianni when adversity hits. Even star defensive lineman Jalen Carter looked like a no-show.

The Eagles are banged up everywhere. Diggs could get 80 yards easily. And he might even get into the end zone twice because the Eagles won’t even be able to cover him with double attention.

Treylon Burks could be WR2, but there’s a catch

And it’s not the catch you would want from a wide receiver. He’s hurt, too. He got downgraded to DNP on Thursday. It doesn’t look good when that happens late in the week after being limited on Wednesday.

Plus, Burks has been injury prone throughout his career. This setback with the foot seems very problematic. There’s no scenario where a fantasy manager should feel comfortable using him.

Burks' possible absence puts rookie Antonio Williams into the spotlight. The Commanders hyped him up this summer. Here are his catch totals this season: 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3. Wonderfully average.

Perhaps out of necessity, the Commanders will give Williams more of a chance against the Eagles. But he hasn’t really shown much of anything special this season. So from a fantasy perspective, maybe look the other way.

At least he got a positive review from Commanders offensive coordinator David Blough, according to Commanders.com.

“He's been very consistent since he's been here,” Blough said earlier this season. “We saw it on the tape. You see some of the ball skills that show up in the game. And so, as we continue to grow here, we're excited about his progression as we go down the road here.”

And Williams said he’s working hard.

“I'm going to put my head down every day and put in all the work and be the best version of myself, and hopefully that's more than they expect from me,” Williams said.

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Plus, Quinn said Monday, “Antonio is one that you'd see getting more targets to go.”

The Commanders will likely have a mixed bag of unappealing things for fantasy managers on Sunday night.

Can the Commanders get anything to go right this year?

Quinn is grasping at straws to fix things. He has threatened to bench players who repeatedly commit penalties, according to Commanders.com.

“First, the ones that are prior to the snap,” Quinn said. “Those are ones that, man, this should not happen. But the ones of an illegal shift or a false start, cadence and discipline to go through those. Those are critical in every way. You want to play smart. You want to play physical in that way. But let’s make sure they are at the same plane and by eliminating some of the pre-snap ones for sure. That’s a big step forward.

“The next step after that is if there is one specific violator to say, ‘Okay, that’s the person that comes and has a seat on the bench until that gets organized.’ We’ve been a little mix-and-match of whom and when, and so for us, what can we shorten? What type of communication can be better? Cadences, communication in the huddle, and that part. We’re going to work really hard to get right.”

So let's see. The Commanders, a bad football team, are going to bench poor players for even worse players? Sounds like a typical Washington solution.