According to Josina Anderson, there is a healthy market out there for both Commanders DEs Chase Young and Montez Sweat ahead of the trade deadline.
She says there are multiple teams who are willing to both pay a significant trade cost for either pass rusher and subsequently sign them to a long-term deal.
Both players are in the final year of their contract and Washington can only use the franchise tag to ensure they keep one this coming offseason.
There’s a lot of intrigue about how the Commanders will handle next week’s trade deadline after losing to the Giants to fall to 3-4 on the season. So far, the team has been patient and not made a final determination one way or the other.
Should Washington decide to become sellers, it’s possible they could flip one of their star pass rushers for a significant package that would better set up the team for the future.
Young, 24, was a two-year starter at Ohio State and was a first-team All-American when Washington used the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft on him. He was later named the NFL’s Defensive Rookie of the Year for the 2020 season.
Young signed a four-year, $34,563,594 rookie contract that included a $22,697,160 signing bonus. The contract included a fifth year for Washington to pick up for the 2024 season, which they opted to decline.
In 2023, Young has appeared in five games for the Commanders and recorded 11 total tackles, three tackles for loss, three sacks and one pass deflection.
Sweat, 27, is a former first-round pick of Washington back in 2019. He was entering the fourth year of his four-year rookie contract when Washington picked up the fifth-year option on Sweat worth $10.892 million fully guaranteed for the 2023 season.
In 2023, Sweat has appeared in six games for Washington and recorded 20 total tackles, six tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and one pass deflection.
We’ll have more on Young and Sweat as the news is available.
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