The 2026 Free Agency Thread

Dlts20 said:
Man im not really trying to trade Payne in a contract year with Jones here, especially if we end up drafting someone like Styles who may change Jones defensive base to more of a 4-3 scheme. I see Payne being dominant in the 4-3 but I will probably trade him on draft night if we don't draft Styles.
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I’d love to trade him, personally.
 
Dlts20 said:
I'm definitely not against it but I still think that Whitt had a lot of our guys looking way worse than they are. I wouldn't be shocked if Payne, Mikey, and Luvu bounced back, especially with more talent around them.
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I don’t think Whitt was the biggest problem for us. I think talent and effort may have been.

But with Payne, if he blows up, he’s going to want a big payday. I don’t view him as individually being the difference in winning the Lombardi or not and this is very likely his last season in Washington unless he has a great year and takes less money.

I’d rather get something for him than nothing.

I actually don’t hate Payne. He’s a bit up and down, but he’s been overall solid for us. I just don’t know that he is here beyond this season.
 
I reckon most GMs would be moving Payne on this offseason.
 
One thing to consider about trading Payne for anything less than a 3rd this year is the potential for a 3rd comp pick next year when he walks.
 
Higskin said:
One thing to consider about trading Payne for anything less than a 3rd this year is the potential for a 3rd comp pick next year when he walks.
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If we can use him to get BTJ (I don’t think that is realistic), pardon my French, fuck the comp pick.
 
KDawg said:
I don’t think Whitt was the biggest problem for us. I think talent and effort may have been.

But with Payne, if he blows up, he’s going to want a big payday. I don’t view him as individually being the difference in winning the Lombardi or not and this is very likely his last season in Washington unless he has a great year and takes less money.

I’d rather get something for him than nothing.

I actually don’t hate Payne. He’s a bit up and down, but he’s been overall solid for us. I just don’t know that he is here beyond this season.
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I don't want to lose him for nothing either but I actually do feel like the trenches can play a huge part in winning the title or not. If we will be in the 3-4 though, I would trade him. I also want to see more of Newton which would be the one reason why I would let him go.

However, I feel like the trade market for Payne will be a lot better at the deadline after he's playing well
 
Higskin said:
One thing to consider about trading Payne for anything less than a 3rd this year is the potential for a 3rd comp pick next year when he walks.
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That's true HigSkin only if we don't spend a lot on FA next year too. :)
 
heisenberg said:
I like the thought of bringing in guys Jayden has a rapport with but surrounding him with 3 of his old college teammates feels like something that has a chance to backfire.

Don't ask me why it just feels like a chemistry experiment that has as much chance of turning into plutonium as it does something sweet.

If we did bring in aiyuk, white and BTJ in one offseason it better work or the criticisms will write themselves.
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The only reason I feel a little "ick" about it is because that was what Spurrier attempted and backfired so spectacularly. At least the players we're talking about here have had a greater degree of NFL success.
 
Higskin said:
One thing to consider about trading Payne for anything less than a 3rd this year is the potential for a 3rd comp pick next year when he walks.
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50% of our roster is going to turn over again after this season, so is it really realistic that we’re ready to not sign outside FA’s in order to play the comp pick game? I don’t think we’re there yet unless we have a gangbusters 2026 draft and some less-expected 2024/2025 players really break out.

To get a comp pick for Payne, we’ve gotta basically restrain ourselves to only signing other teams’ cuts and late FA stragglers.

I really don’t think we’re there yet, with the amount of 1-year deals we’re still signing and how much roster turnover we’re still due to have. So I wouldn’t plan anything around it.

Plus I’m not sure I believe he’ll end up earning a 3rd round comp pick-eligible sized contract anyways. So even more risk there.
 
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re the Reaves quote, I remember that video where Rivera brought Jeremy into his office and let him know he made the Probowl. It was a really sincere awesome moment so I'm not 100% sure this statement is fair to previous staffs. Still, it's nice to hear.
 
burgold said:
re the Reaves quote, I remember that video where Rivera brought Jeremy into his office and let him know he made the Probowl. It was a really sincere awesome moment so I'm not 100% sure this statement is fair to previous staffs. Still, it's nice to hear.
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Its a little weird too considering he's spent 99.9 percent of his career here but yes, it is nice to hear players talk about much they want to be here.
 
heisenberg said:
I like the thought of bringing in guys Jayden has a rapport with but surrounding him with 3 of his old college teammates feels like something that has a chance to backfire.

Don't ask me why it just feels like a chemistry experiment that has as much chance of turning into plutonium as it does something sweet.

If we did bring in aiyuk, white and BTJ in one offseason it better work or the criticisms will write themselves.
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While I agree the problem is it appears that 60% of the players in the NFL are former college teammates of Jayden Daniels.
 
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