Throughout the 2025 NFL season, SB Nation’s Doug Farrar will write about the game’s Secret Superstars — those players whose performances might slip under the radar for whatever reasons. In this installment, it’s time to focus on Commanders pass-rusher Dorance Armstrong, who’s been one of Dan Quinn’s favorite players going back to their days with the Dallas Cowboys. Now, Armstrong is repaying Quinn’s belief with performances that mark him as the NFL’s best pass-rusher nobody is talking about.

Once in a while as an analyst, you get these things right, and that’s a pretty good feeling.

Back in May, when intrepid editor Jeanna Kelley asked me to put together a series of “Hidden Gems” for every NFL team — one underrated veteran, one underrated free-agent acquisition, and one underrated draft

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