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Heading into the final year of his contract, Allen probably wants more money than the team thinks he is worth at this point in his career, coming off kind of a down year, with injuries, etc. After testing the waters around the league, hopefully he'll wind up signing a reasonable contract with the Commanders.
Also, they kinda drafted Newton to replace one of him or Payne, and while Allen is probably a better player than Payne, he's also less durable, older, and his contract comes up sooner.
I think these last two posts cover the range of possibilities. Allen wants an extension and Washington isn't necessarily wanting to give him one because of age & injury history. I'm not a Washington fan, but I live in the area, am inundated with Commanders talk, and this doesn't seem like a Mexican Standoff to me. It sounds like Washington is saying "Jon, you find a team willing to extend and we'll do our best to accommodate you". Allen wants one more payday and I don't blame him after what he had to go through with the previous regime. I don't see this as a contentious issue at all. Washington is trying to ease him out of the door and letting him try to find a landing spot.
They also got a 3rd (!!!!) back for trading Dotson.
Yeah - I had high hopes for Dotson after his hot start his rookie year. I was a big fan of his at PSU. Thought he was going to be great in the NFL, but it never translated. Some Eagles fans liked to talk about how they "won" the Dotson trade after he almost scored a TD in the Super Bowl. I don't think anybody would trade a 3rd for 19 catches and 216 regular-season yards.
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I hate to see Allen go but I understand the team's logic regarding an expensive, older, possibly declining player. Now watch him go have an amazing back half of his career with another team like Trent Williams did with the Niners.
As a Dotson dynasty owner in more leagues than I want to admit, that would be great...but as a Washington fan, I hope that never happens
Yeah, he had a good year and resigned for only $1 million more than last year. He looks slow to me when he plays but he's around the ball a lot, and his leadership in the locker room is huge. He and Daniels have an ongoing friendly habit of giving each other ****, for fun.
I wonder what's a better draft for Washington's first 3 rounds.
I really want them to end up with one of the 3 but I agree with your reservations about Bosa getting injured a lot. Our defense sucked horribly last year and badly needs a stronger defensive line. Hendrickson is really, really good.
If I were Washington, I wouldn't want any parts of Bosa. They need several more playmakers on defense, and they need playmakers who can stay on the field. I'd rather give up more for the other two mentioned above. Plus, I'm a Ravens fan and I want both of them out of the AFCN
Also, a good resigning with Wagner. He's worth a lot more than his foot-speed on the field to that team.
I think Peters is taking the long view. He knows they're going to end up paying Daniels $65 million per year. He'll pick his spots, but won't mortgage everything down the line in an attempt to "win now".
I'm good with this move for depth but ideally Rodriquez doesn't see the field this year and I'm really hoping the Commanders upgrade the backfield in a major way this offseason. If Hampton or Jeanty fall to the bottom of the first, or if Henderson or Judkins are available when we select later in the draft, I think we should pull the trigger and get a stud to power the running game and maybe take some pressure off Daniels. So much incredible RB talent this year - hoping we at least select someone late if possible. Or if we could trade for Breece Hall without selling the farm, I'd support that too.
Dylan Sampson would be a fun fit there. Personally, I think he's better than Henderson but is mocked about 40+ picks later. He's basically a James Cook clone.
I'd probably fire that scout if I were an owner. Those thoughts are archaic.
Thanks for the tip - I hadn't seen much of Sampson until today - Henderson jumps off the screen every time I watch him but Sampson looks like he has the juice too - I'll add him to the list! It only cements my belief that the Commanders need to draft an RB this year.
I was wrong about Ertz last year. I thought he was washed up before the season started. Glad he re-signed.
Since you mentioned Ekeler, that's a guy I'm worried about. That concussion he had last year put him in the hospital and he missed multiple weeks, and I worry that he's one more concussion away from being unable to play (or worse). It's not Jordan Reed level of worry yet but close to it.
I thought Ekeler looked pretty good when he played last year but I agree with your assessment and I hope he retires - brain injuries are no joke.
I'm guessing they're thinking "good player will respond to good coaching on a good team" since Peters drafted him.
