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Allen is due $17 million in cash for the 2025 season as part of the last year of his player contract.
Allen requesting a trade would logically mean that Washington is not willing to extend his current contract or that the two sides cannot agree on the numbers for an extension. Any team that trades for Allen should be prepared to complete a contract extension immediately after the trade is completed.
Most teams will likely wait for Washington to release Allen, and then attempt to sign him to a favorable contract as a street free agent. This path will lead to a lower-value contract.
With an incoming strong draft class of defensive linemen, Allen may have difficulty finding a trade partner for Washington.
Taking a look at some defensive ends that the Washington Commanders could potentially target in free agency
High Profile: Josh Sweat, 27
The top pass rusher on the market is Eagles defensive end Josh Sweat. Sweat has quietly developed into a very effective pass rusher in Philadelphia after being drafted there in the fourth round back in 2018. He has been overshadowed there by the sheer depth of that defensive line and the stars like Jalen Carter, but Sweat is a strong rusher in his own right. He offers great speed, explosiveness and bend around the edge and combines that with good hands to make him a threat to any tackle he faces.
Despite being a good athlete, Sweat isn’t a one-dimensional rusher. Lots of rushers with his explosiveness rely on that to win on the edge and don’t add enough variety to their game. The use of the cross chop move from that play suggests he does have more to his game, but study him for any length of time and you’ll see a rusher with multiple ways to win.
Here, Sweat works against Ravens left tackle Ronnie Stanley. Initially, he looks to use a similar rush we just saw him use against Coleman, rushing with speed to the edge and attempting to clear Stanley’s hands by chopping the outside hand down with his own outside hand. However, Stanley takes the chop and keeps his outside hand on Sweat to cut off his path to the edge, so Sweat has to transition to plan B.
Sweat manages to get his inside hand placed on Stanley’s chest, so once his path to the edge us cut off, Sweat transitions from an outside rush into a long-arm rush. He extends his inside arm and begins to shift his weight inside to drive Stanley back. Once Stanley opens up to try and adjust, Sweat attacks the open space and gets inside to pressure the quarterback.
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