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Washington Offered Brandon Scherff Top Guard Salary; Sides Likely To Part Ways?

Brandon Scherff became the second Washington player in five years to go through two franchise-tagged seasons, following Kirk Cousins. Like the former Washington starting quarterback, the team’s Pro Bowl guard appears headed elsewhere in free agency.

No significant movement between the Commanders and Scherff has taken place toward a long-term extension, John Keim of ESPN.com notes, adding the signs point to Scherff leaving soon. A third tag is not feasible for Washington, given that it would be a 44% markup from Scherff’s already-lofty $18MM salary last season.

Washington did try to lock down Scherff last year, however, with Keim adding the team made the veteran blocker an offer to become the league’s highest-paid guard. Scherff instead opted to play the 2021 season on the tag. Particulars of Washington’s proposal are not known, only that the deal would have pushed Scherff past Joe Thuney‘s $16MM-AAV guard pact. Thuney and Joel Bitonio are the NFL’s highest-paid…

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