Persevering with to maneuver on from veteran contracts, the Commanders might be with out Logan Thomas in 2024. Washington is releasing the skilled tight finish, NFL Community’s Mike Garafolo studies. The transfer is now official, per a staff announcement.
Already getting into Friday positioned within the prime three in cap area, the Commanders are liberating up extra room. Absent any post-June 1 maneuvers, the staff will choose up almost $14M between the Thomas and Charles Leno cuts. Thomas was resulting from make $5.34M in his contract 12 months.
Thomas, 32, accomplished a novel comeback in Washington. Ron Rivera gave the previous quarterback an opportunity to vie for the beginning tight finish job. Thomas accomplished that process, producing a career-best season in 2020. That finally produced a big increase. Thomas signed a three-year, $24M extension throughout the 2021 offseason. Accidents intervened on this contract, which had one season remaining. Tight finish will be added to the Commanders’ want areas going into Adam Peters‘ first free company in cost.
In 2020, Thomas caught 72 passes for 670 yards and 6 touchdowns. Every mark stays a profession excessive, with a significant harm — an ACL tear sustained in December of that 12 months — impacting him going ahead. Whereas Chase Younger was unable to start the 2022 season on time, Thomas did. However he struggled to point out the identical type. The previous QB was higher final season, totaling 55 receptions for 496 yards. As a brand new regime is available in, nonetheless, extra Rivera-era components might be stripped.
Set to show 33 in July, Thomas was due a $500K roster bonus on March 17, ProFootballNetwork.com’s Adam Caplan tweets. That’s not a big quantity, however with Dan Quinn and Kliff Kingsbury coming in, maintaining an getting older tight finish on an $8.29M cap quantity appeared like a tricky ask.
Amongst Washington tight ends, John Bates caught the second-most passes (19) final season. However it’s protected to anticipate Peters to focus on a brand new starter. In any case, the staff can have upwards of $80M in cap area to search out one. Dalton Schultz represents a reputation to look at right here, contemplating his Cowboys tenure overlapped with Quinn’s. Hunter Henry, Noah Fant, Mike Gesicki, Zach Ertz and the not too long ago launched Jonnu Smith are different notable names out there.
