{"id":110661,"date":"2025-06-07T07:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T07:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/110661\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T07:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T07:41:12","slug":"nfl-writer-proposes-washington-commanders-blockbuster-trade-to-address-key-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/110661\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL writer proposes Washington Commanders blockbuster trade to address key need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Dan Quinn and Jayden Daniels leading the way, the Washington Commanders are expected to return as top contenders in the NFC. They already reached the NFC Conference Championship last year, but the goals are even higher heading into their second year together.<\/p>\n<p>Though, we\u2019ve seen several instances where teams come so close to their goals one year, only to fall off the map and fall short of expectations the next season. The Commanders want to ensure that doesn\u2019t happen to them.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/trey-hendrickson-to-eagles-tyreek-hill-to-patriots-seven-trades-we-d-like-to-see-during-nfl-offseason\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NFL.com columnist Jeffrey Chadiha;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NFL.com columnist Jeffrey Chadiha<\/a> suggested the Commanders should try swinging a trade for disgruntled Cincinnati Bengals pass-rusher Trey Hendrickson.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL\u2019s reigning sack leader wants a pay raise over the $21 million he\u2019s set to make in 2025, so any team interested in making a trade better be prepared to offer him a new contract too. Could that team be the Commanders, who benefit from having Daniels on an inexpensive rookie contract?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis situation seems to be worsening by the day, which is a great reason why the Bengals should move Hendrickson before the season. He clearly could supply tremendous value to another team \u2014 since he led the league with 17.5 sacks last year \u2014 and Cincinnati needs to change a downward trajectory after missing the last two postseasons. Washington is a contender that could desperately use the pass-rush help and has the cap space to make this move happen with QB Jayden Daniels on a rookie deal. It\u2019s also apparent Cincy isn\u2019t willing to pay Hendrickson what he wants in a hyper-inflated edge rusher market. The Bengals thought they could appease him, Ja\u2019Marr Chase and Tee Higgins with new deals when the offseason began. Two out of three ain\u2019t bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NFL.com\u2019s Jeffrey Chadiha on Commanders trading for Trey Hendrickson<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt that Hendrickson would provide an immediate boost to the Commanders\u2019 defense, but at what cost? Myles Garrett is the NFL\u2019s highest-paid defender at $40 million per season. Hendrickson, who\u2019s 30 years old, may not quite rake in that kind of cash.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, teams would have to part with likely at least a second-day draft pick plus a boatload of cash to add him to their roster. For a contender who feels like they may be just a piece or two away like the Commanders, it may be a price they\u2019re willing to pay.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/5-best-trey-hendrickson-trade-130000671.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:5 best Trey Hendrickson trade landing spots from Cincinnati Bengals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">5 best Trey Hendrickson trade landing spots from Cincinnati Bengals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Dan Quinn and Jayden Daniels leading the way, the Washington Commanders are expected to return as top&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2069],"tags":[256,427,7,734,27958,1304,27957,6,2978,1503,855,111,2480],"class_list":{"0":"post-110661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-commanders","8":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","9":"tag-commanders","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-jayden-daniels","12":"tag-jeffrey-chadiha","13":"tag-myles-garrett","14":"tag-nfc-conference-championship","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-tee-higgins","17":"tag-trey-hendrickson","18":"tag-washington","19":"tag-washington-commanders","20":"tag-washingtoncommanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114640957458208919","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}