The Washington Commanders' facility probably looks a little different to Preston Smith from the last time he played for them.

In many ways, the Commanders are not the same team that Smith, a second-round draft pick by the franchise, left back in 2018. For starters, they have a new name and head coach, but the facilities themselves, from the locker room to the meeting spaces, have had a significant upgrade in the last two years. Now that he has signed with the team once again, he joins just four other players who have memories of what the team used to be seven years ago.

But the aesthetics aren't the only things that have improved in Smith's absence. The franchise is heading in a new, exciting direction, and that's what enticed him to rejoin the Burgundy & Gold.

"I was ecstatic," Smith s

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