Tress Way is (again) signed on a seldom used type of contract that saves the Commanders over $1.5m in cap space in ‘26

In any League Year, a Club may sign a maximum of two 4-Year Qualifying Players to Four-Year Qualifying Contracts; provided, however, that the combined amount by which the players’ respective Paragraph 5 Salaries may exceed the players’ respective minimum Active/Inactive List salaries or, in the case of a split contract, the players’ respective minimum nonActive/Inactive List salaries, shall be limited to a total of $1.55 million [in 2026 & 2027].