2026 Commanders Free Agency

[AnonEmouse]

I think everyone in and around the NFL is waiting on Aiyuk being released and expecting him to come to DC. SF are hoping for a trade offer, but with that contract it ain't happening. Not that they care, they'll just hang on to him until it's most cost effective to them to release him and least benefit to the player, i.e. post draft or even June 1st. But for us that means we have to seriously consider WR in the draft, even at #7 (which for us is a mistake unless one of the top 2 slide). Lemon is not forecast in the top 10, let alone 7, so he'd be bad value and a mistake if someone like Downs is still there.

I'm not 100% comfortable with Aiyuk if we can swing it, but a 1 year prove it/behave yourself deal makes sense, not least because we don't know if he'll be 100% healthy. But I still think we have to draft a WR, probably rd 3, that we think can start. If nothing else we have to plan for a) JD5 contract coming up and b) Terry leaving.