It appears that Washington Redskins left tackle Trent Williams is getting a bit fed up with there being no action on the trade front, according to his agent.
In a Twitter post on Tuesday morning, Vincent Taylor said that it was time for the Redskins to either release or trade the seven-time Pro-Bowler, as he thought that they had not been acting in good faith to the soon to be 32-year-old.
“Although Trent Williams will always love and respect Dan Snyder, his teammates, and the Washington Redskins fans, he wants to be traded or released,” Taylor wrote. “It’s time for the organization to act in a manner that is in both Willliams’ and the team’s best interest.”
The agent went on to claim that the team has been unable or unwilling to trade Williams, though they gave him the chance to negotiate his own trade with other teams.
“Williams’ representatives provided the team with trading options, but the Redskins have shown no interest in negotiating in good faith, and, in fact, have given inconsistent demands on what it wants in return for a trade,” Taylor wrote.
It’s pretty easy to see both sides of the argument here. Williams is tired of being “strung out” by the Redskins and wishes to find a new team, but that team isn’t willing to give the Redskins a high enough draft pick in compensation for the LT, on top of a contract extension that they’ll have to give Williams. You can’t blame the Redskins for lowering their asking price for Williams, when Williams could just as well lower his asking price.
At this point, what we have is a two-year-long staring contest, and neither side appears to be ready to blink.
