Commanders Trade Scenario Gets Jayden Daniels 4-Time 1,000-yd WR
Equipping Jayden Daniels with more talent at wide receiver is the best way for the Washington Commanders to maximize their rookie quarterback’s talents, no matter the cost, and trading for Ja’Marr Chase would be worth giving up two first-round draft picks.
It’s a scenario mapped out by Sports Illustrated’s Matt Verderame. He has the Commanders sending first-round choices in the 2025 and 2026 NFL drafts to the Cincinnati Bengals. The AFC North franchise would also get second- and fifth-round selections in 2025 and a third-rounder a year later.
That’s a hefty haul, but Chase makes for a worthy prize. The 24-year-old is a former NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year with three Pro-Bowl berths and four 1,000-yard campaigns on his CV.
Giving up a wideout as talented as Chase would likely see the Bengals “ridiculed as cheap. They’ll be called lost. They’ll be ripped from coast to coast,” according to Verderame. Yet he also thinks if the Bengals “nail their draft picks, they’ll also be right” to deal Chase.
The Commanders would be fine either way because they’d get a bluechip pass-catcher to partner Terry McLaurin and accelerate Daniels’ already impressive development.