The Washington Redskins are reportedly close to getting a deal done with Trent Williams, bringing him back to the team for the 2020 season. Redskins coach Ron Rivera said earlier this week that he had met face-to-face with Williams, and felt good about where things stood.
According to NFL Network, there is still some work to be done before the two sides can reach an agreement, however, as Williams desires a new contract before he will agree to anything. He reportedly has told the team that he would either like a new contract or to be traded.
This isn’t anything that we haven’t heard from Williams before. In 2019, he requested to be traded from the team after the relationship with the medical staff, as well as Bruce Allen, had gotten to a point where it was unfixable. This came after he had reportedly been negotiating on a new contract with the Redskins — one in which he would be playing for guaranteed money.
When healthy, Williams is one of the most talented left tackles in all of football, and he hopes to get paid as such. It may be a risk for the Redskins to do so, seeing as he has now gone over a year without playing, but its a risk that they’ll have to take if they hope to get the seven-time Pro-Bowler back in the locker room.
