ASHBURN, Va. -- Washington Commanders coach Ron Rivera said defensive end Chase Young understands why the team failed to pick up his fifth-year option.
Rivera said he hopes Young responds the same way Daron Payne did last season.
Young was eligible for an extension that would have paid him $17.452 million. But Rivera had said earlier in the offseason that he wondered if not picking it up would motivate Young, the No. 2 pick in the 2020 draft. Young suffered a torn right ACL and a ruptured patellar tendon in 2021.