{"id":99852,"date":"2025-09-28T12:05:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T12:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=99852"},"modified":"2025-09-28T12:05:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T12:05:45","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8commanders-trouble-major-issues-continue-to-follow-the-former-no-2-overall-pick-of-the-commanders-raising-concerns-among-fans-and-analysts-about-his-performance-consistency-and-long-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=99852","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8COMMANDERS TROUBLE: Major issues continue to follow the former No. 2 overall pick of the Commanders, raising concerns among fans and analysts about his performance, consistency, and long-term impact on the team\u2019s success."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236617744-e1758997177331.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236617744-e1758997177331.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236617744-e1758997177331.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236617744-e1758997177331.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Major 'Issues' Continue to Follow Former Commanders No. 2 Overall Pick\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans Saints edge rusher Chase Young.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More than a few eyebrows were raised when the New Orleans Saints decided to drop a bag on edge rusher Chase Young this offseason with a 3-year, $51 million free agent contract.<\/p>\n<p>Young, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft by the Washington Commanders, received a significant raise over the 1-year, $13 million contract he played on with the Saints in 2024 and did so by being pretty average with 31 tackles, 5.5 sacks and 8 TFL but did have a career high 21 QB hits.<\/p>\n<p>What Young has given back to the Saints in return to this point seems more on brand with how the rest of his career has gone \u2014 he was set to miss a fourth consecutive game with a calf injury for the winless Saints in Week 4 and has yet to play this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever the best case scenario for the Saints and what they expected (from Young), it ain\u2019t that,\u201d Locked On Saints host Ross Jackson said on his official X account. \u201d \u2026 When you are the top paid edge rusher and the biggest, best player on defense and you\u2019re expected to be out there and you\u2019re not that\u2019s going to cause some frustration and going to cause some issues. So I don\u2019t play anybody for being frustrated about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Young\u2019s entire career has been a study in frustration, beginning with his time with the Commanders\/<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Young Seemed Like Future of Franchise at One Point<\/h2>\n<p>The Commanders thought they\u2019d drafted a generational talent when they took Young with the No. 2 overall pick in 2020. There\u2019s some irony in that he was taken behind quarterback Joe Burrow to the Cincinnati Bengals at No. 1 overall \u2014 2 players who have seen their careers defined by injury more than anything else.<\/p>\n<p>Young started off his NFL career like a Man on Fire with a career highs in tackles (44), sacks (7.5), TFL (10), forced fumbles (4), fumble recoveries (3) and pass deflections (4) as a rookie. That year, he was selected to the Pro Bowl, won NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year honors and even led the Commanders to a rare playoff berth.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">Following a torn ACL suffered in Week 10 of the 2021 regular season, Young missed 22 of the next 25 regular-season games, including all but 3 games in 2022.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">Young revamped his career in 2023 with 7.5 sacks while playing for both the Commanders and the\u00a0San Francisco 49ers\u00a0after a midseason trade and was a role player as the 49ers made it to the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">Saints Called Out For Paying Young Big Money<\/h2>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">Bleacher Report\u2019s Kristopher Knox\u00a0put Young\u2019s new deal at the top of his list of the NFL\u2019s \u201cBiggest Contract Blunders\u201d in the 2025 offseason.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">In 5 seasons, Young has never finished in the Top 25 in the NFL in sacks.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">\u201ct was strange to see Young get that sort of deal this offseason following another good-not-great season,\u201d Knox wrote on July 21. \u201cWhat made this a poor decision by New Orleans, though, was its cap situation \u2026 Given Young\u2019s injury history and the state of the Saints franchise, his extension represented a very unnecessary risk. Young is only 26 years old and still has the potential to develop into a dependable starter, but New Orleans\u2019 money would have been better spent elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tony Adame covers the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Commanders, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos. A veteran sports writer and editor since 2004, his work has been featured at Stadium Talk, Yardbarker, NW Florida Daily News and Pensacola News Journal. 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