Thomas (knee) is expected to play in Sunday's season opener against the Jaguars, despite being listed as questionable for the contest, John Keim of ESPN.com reports.
Official confirmation of the tight end's Week 1 status, either way, is slated to arrive once the Commanders' inactives are posted 90 minutes in advance of Sunday's 1 p.m. ET kickoff. If Thomas suits up, he'll provide new quarterback Carson Wentz with another viable option in the passing game. That said, it's unclear how much of a workload Thomas will handle while he makes his return from surgery to repair a torn ACL, a procedure he underwent Dec. 17. After Thomas, the Commanders have John Bates, Armani Rogers and Cole Turner (hamstring) as their other options at tight end.