<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/new-orleans-saints/saints-bring-back-chase-young-on-shocking-51-million-deal');   ga('set', 'title', 'Saints bring back Chase Young on shocking $51 million deal');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Saints-news-New-Orleans-bring-back-Chase-Young-on-eye-opening-51-million-contract.jpg"></figure><h1>Saints bring back Chase Young on shocking $51 million deal</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-10T18:47:07-07:00">March 10th, 6:47pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-10T18:47:07-07:00">March 10th, 6:47pm</time><address><a>Lorenzo J Reyna</a>Lorenzo J Reyna has joined ClutchPoints as Associate Editor of NFL &amp; NCAA Football. He's equipped with past experience for both realms through his recent stops at Pro Football Network and Heavy while also writing for 247Sports. His Twitter/X handle is @LJ_Reyna and his Instagram is @lj_zo_rey.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">New Orleans Saints</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New Orleans Saints joined the big spenders party on Monday for NFL free agency week. But their Chase Young deal emerged as a stunner.</p><p>Young and the Saints agreed to a shocking three-year deal worth $51 million, with NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport <a href="https://x.com/RapSheet/status/1899267307492237822" rel="noopener">conforming the move.</a> But there’s more to this deal as Rapoport adds.</p><p>“It’s a three-year, $51 million deal with a chance to get to $57 million, source says. And back at the table at 28,” Rapoport shared.</p><p>Young could earn a major bonus through New Orleans per these words. That means he could draw close to $60 million. Young’s deal<a href="https://x.com/Kat_Terrell/status/1899268327014383674" rel="noopener"> received further context </a>from ESPN Saints reporter Katherine Terrell.</p><p>“Chase Young was going to count at least $9 million against the salary cap if his contract voided on Wednesday. The Saints avoid the dead money with this signing,” Terrell shared on X.</p><p>Young not long ago looked like an underachieving defender. Plus rose as a midseason trade contender for the second time in his career. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/detroit-lions/nfl-3-best-chase-young-destinations-ahead-trade-deadline">The Detroit Lions looked like a possible fit for Young</a> before the trade deadline passed. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/philadelphia-eagles/eagles-2025-nfl-free-agency-targets-after-super-bowl-59-win">Young even surfaced as a possible new Philadelphia Eagles addition</a> after their Super Bowl LIX win. But he’s now wealthier than ever thanks to the Saints.</p><h2><b>Saints’ Chase Young move is stunning reward</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/New-Orleans-Saints-DE-Chase-Young.jpg"><figcaption>Stephen Lew-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Young has shown flashes of his past potential from his epic rookie season. But he’s delivered too many hot-and-cold moments. All the more reason many across the NFL will believe the Saints overpaid for Young.</p><p>Although he’s coming off one of his best campaigns since his 2020 season while with the Washington Commanders. Young grabbed 31 total tackles, 21 solo stops, forced his first fumble since the 2021 season, and delivered 5.5 sacks. The latter stat represents his second-highest total of his NFL career.</p><p>But he also showed he can stuff opponents behind the line of scrimmage more than five times. Young snatched eight tackles for a loss — his best mark since his Pro Bowl rookie year.</p><p>This move speaks to the new Saints regime believing Young will become a big part of their edge rush future. Especially as longtime veteran Cam Jordan continues to age.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Saints bring back Chase Young on shocking $51 million deal

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl-3-best-chase-young-destinations-ahead-trade-deadline');   ga('set', 'title', '3 best Chase Young destinations ahead of trade deadline');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Best-Chase-Young-destination-ahead-of-trade-deadline.jpg"></figure><h1>3 best Chase Young destinations ahead of trade deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-05T04:15:32-08:00">November 5th, 4:15am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-05T08:59:34-08:00">November 5th, 8:59am</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a multifaceted writer who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Lions</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the 2024 NFL Trade deadline rapidly approaching, one of the hottest names on the open market is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-draft-news-redskins-select-chase-young-with-no-2-overall-pick" rel="noopener">Chase Young, the former second-overall pick</a> of the Washington Commanders back in 2020.</p><p>On paper, the interest makes all the sense in the world; Young is a big name, has an incredible pedigree, and has been a very productive player at the NFL level, even if he doesn’t do so in the ways that make your usual edge rusher into a household name.</p><p>Considering his New Orleans Saints just fired their head coach after losing to the Carolina Panthers in Week 9 – continuing a losing streak that began in Week 3 – and he’s only on a one-year deal to begin with, Young feels like the perfect trade target for a team in need of an edge rusher, which, according to Tom Pelissero on the <i>Rich Eisen Show</i>, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/eagles-news-bryce-huff-mentioned-trade-candidate-2024-deadline" rel="noopener">is about half the league</a>. But which teams made the most sense for Young specifically, considering his ups and downs and unique playing quirks?</p><p>Well, while most teams could probably find a spot for Young, much like other journeyman rushers with sky-high draft pedigree like Jadeveon Clowney, these three teams specifically might just be worth keeping a special eye on, as they each have a unique need that he could fill in 2024 and maybe beyond.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Chase-Young-against-the-Lions.jpg"><figcaption>Raj Mehta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Chase Young could be traded to the Lions</b></h2><p>When Aidan Hutcheson went down with an almost certainly season-ending injury, fracturing both his tibia and fibula in Week 6 against the Dallas Cowboys, it left fans in Detroit desperate for additional help coming off the edge.</p><p>Granted, the Lions have remained very productive even without their defensive lynchpin, winning every game they’ve played in while amassing 20 total sacks on the season – 7.5 of which belonged to Hutchinson. But their pass rush just hasn’t been the same with the pride of Michigan leading the way, and they can’t simply hope he returns in time for the Super Bowl to get back on track.</p><p>On one hand, the Lions have been linked pretty extensively to Za’Darius Smith of the Cleveland Browns, but what if he isn’t ultimately available? What if the Browns opt to trade him elsewhere, the price becomes too high, or worse, if Cleveland simply opts to keep Smith around for the remainder of the season? Well, if that happens, the team would need to pivot to Plan B, especially as rushers like Baron Browning rapidly come off the board.</p><p>Enter Young, who could serve as an ideal stopgap edge capable of holding things down against the pass and especially the run until Hutcheson returns to the field in time for the Super Bowl, if not a week or two sooner.</p><p>Originally drafted first overall all the way back in 2020 – <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/Y/YounCh04.htm" rel="noopener">despite still only being 25</a> – Young has appeared in 52 games with 32 starts over his professional career. While he seemingly topped out as a rookie in terms of overall production, winning Defensive Rookie of the Year while earning a Pro Bowl nod, Young has proven himself a solid enough base end who can remain on the field on pass-rushing downs, even if he isn’t a sack specialist. Place him on a defense that is already very good, and Young should be able to shine much like his run in San Francisco, where he feasted without having to be the defensive focal point of the Lions’ rush.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Chase-Young-against-the-Eagles.jpg"><figcaption>Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Chase Young would make sense for the Eagles</b></h2><p>If the Saints are willing to keep Young in the NFC but want to ship him back home to the NFL East, where his career originally began, the Philadelphia Eagles are a team in big need of a defensive end and may be interested in seeing if they can put the OSU product back on track to NFL greatness.</p><p>Facing off against the Eagles <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/chase-young-vs-eagles" rel="noopener">six times as a pro</a>, four as a member of Washington, one with the 49ers, and one more with the Saints in 2024, Young has amassed eight tackles, 3.5 sacks, and a forced fumble largely as a member of the now-Commanders. While the Commanders were never going to trade him to Philadelphia for obvious reasons, as they would never want to feel the way the New York Giants do now if he turned into the next Julius Peppers – the player Lance Zierlein <a href="https://www.nfl.com/prospects/chase-young/3200594f-5514-6550-d662-263c81d981b1" rel="noopener">compared him to before the draft in 2020</a> – the Saints hold no such issue and have even been very open to making deals with Howie Roseman in the past.</p><p>Now granted, Young isn’t the easiest fit on the Eagles’ roster in 2024, as much like Bryce Huff, he is largely used to playing defensive end as opposed to 3-4 outside linebacker. If the Birds want to focus on adding a proven 3-4 rusher instead of projecting a career 4-3 defensive end into a different scheme, then maybe Young isn’t for him. But over the last five years, Young has proven himself one of the better defensive ends in the NFL at stopping the run off the edge, and if that’s what’s keeping Huff in a part-time role, hand position may be a moot point.</p><p>Is Young a certified sack specialist? No, the last five years have more or less proven he isn’t that guy. But Huff came to Philadelphia as a pass-rushing specialist, and that didn’t work at all, so maybe adding a player like Young, who can absolutely play on rushing downs and still be effective as a rusher, could make him an ideal rotational end with Nolan Smith, Josh Sweat, and Brandon Graham.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Chase-Young-playing-for-Washington.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Should Chase Young be traded back to the Commanders?</b></h2><p>And last but not least, how cool would it be to see Young return to the Commanders now that the team has seemingly turned a corner and become a certified free agent destination? The prodigal son back in the burgundy and gold after roughly a year out in the wilderness split between the 49ers and the Saints, ready to prove he can still be a force in the nation’s capital.</p><p>And the best part? <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/commanders-news-washington-roasted-chase-young-trade-49ers">Young probably won’t cost a third-round pick</a> to acquire, which was the asking price in 2023.</p><p>While the Commanders still have a few players in place from the final Ron Rivera defense Young played in, including Daron Payne and Jonathan Allen, who is currently on IR, the former number two overall pick would instantly become Washington’s top edge rusher, leapfrogging Clelin Ferrell, Dorance Armstrong, and Dante Fowler as a near full-time defensive player. If he can be had for a Day 3 draft pick, which will probably be the going rate if Young is moved, bringing him back to Washington would create a really interesting dynamic that would be fascinating for fans of the Commanders and beyond.</p><p>The only real issue is that Ferrell already has the number 99 that Young made famous in DC. Then again, having to pick a new number – or shipping Ferrell back to New Orleans – is a minor issue for one of the more interesting comeback stories the 2024 NFL season could offer up to the general football-watching audience.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

3 best Chase Young destinations ahead of trade deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/saints-news-chase-young-not-guaranteed-starting-1st-depth-chart');   ga('set', 'title', 'Chase Young not guaranteed starting job on Saints’ 1st depth chart');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Chase-Young-not-guaranteed-starting-job-on-1st-depth-chart_16x9.jpg"></figure><h1>Chase Young not guaranteed starting job on Saints’ 1st depth chart</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-06T04:33:07-07:00">August 6th, 4:33am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-06T04:33:07-07:00">August 6th, 4:33am</time><address><a>Michael Aaron Gomez</a>Michael Aaron Gomez is a creative writer and longtime NBA fan. He has been a fan of the Lakers since the three-peat but believes LeBron James is the greatest player of all time.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Though the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chase-young-lands-with-saints-after-49ers-stint">New Orleans Saints signed Chase Young</a> to a one-year deal in the offseason, the team has not guaranteed the 2020 Defensive Rookie of the Year a starting spot on the defensive line. Per the recently released 1st depth chart, Young shares starting duties with Carl Granderson. After neck surgery, Young should be eager to prove that he can still contribute to winning. The Saints are Chase Young’s third team in two years, as well, which should also push him to show teams why they need him around for the long term.</p><p>On Monday, the Saints released their first unofficial depth chart leading to the new season. On the chart, Chase Young sits in the <a href="https://x.com/nick_underhill/status/1820597498341446096" rel="noopener">same starting spot</a> as Granderson, per Nick Underhill on X, formerly Twitter.</p><h2><b>Chase Young’s spot on the Saints</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Chase-Young-not-guaranteed-starting-job-on-1st-depth-chart_v2_16x9.jpg"><figcaption>© Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>As a former <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-draft-news-redskins-select-chase-young-with-no-2-overall-pick">No.2 overall pick, Chase Young</a> was poised for a strong career right off the bat. However, he has struggled to find any consistency, partly due to injuries, and the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/commanders-news-washington-roasted-chase-young-trade-49ers">Washington Commanders traded him</a> to the San Francisco 49ers. Since then, he has played nine games for the 49ers before he signed with the Saints as a free agent. When Young gets it going, though, he looks like an absolute stud on the field, which was why the Saints took an interest in him. Maybe having him share a starting position was the Saints sprinkling caution into their confidence.</p><h2><b>What’s next for the Saints?</b></h2><p>Last season, the Saints posted a 9-8 record, and they aimed to fill in their defensive needs in the offseason. Their previous linebacker Zack Baun played effective snaps throughout the season, but he decided to take his services to the Philadelphia Eagles in free agency.</p><p>Besides Young, the Saints also focused on tooling up on defense by signing Granderson, Payton Turner, Cameron Jordan, Isaiah Foskey, Tanoh Kpassagnon, and Niko Lalos. Moreover, Young’s one-year contract worth $13 million is a prove-it deal, and his first chance to do so would be to earn a full-time starting job.</p><p>Asked about <a href="https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/new-orleans-saints-reel-in-big-one-in-defensive-end-chase-young" rel="noopener">his potential contribution</a> to the Saints defense, Young said, “My goal is just go be the best Chase Young I can be. I definitely plan to add a good piece to be a part of this defense.”</p><p>The OSU standout had torn his ACL and patellar tendon on his right knee on Week 10 of the 2021 season. In 2022, he returned to the field for three games before playing for 16 games last season. He also played in three playoff games as the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-fans-explode-miracle-comeback-win-lions-patrick-mahomes-chiefs-super-bowl">49ers advanced to the Super Bowl</a>. He had a sack and two quarterback hits as they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs, 25-22.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Chase Young not guaranteed starting job on Saints’ 1st depth chart

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/saints-news-dennis-allen-excited-for-chase-youngs-disruption');   ga('set', 'title', 'Saints HC Dennis Allen excited for Chase Young’s ‘disruption’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Saints-news-Dennis-Allen-excited-for-Chase-Youngs-disruption.jpg"></figure><h1>Saints HC Dennis Allen excited for Chase Young’s ‘disruption’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-03T14:12:32-07:00">August 3rd, 2:12pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-03T14:14:24-07:00">August 3rd, 2:14pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a multifaceted writer who specializes in WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, Fansided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With all 32 NFL teams officially in training camp, there are storylines abound, from big ones regarding holdouts and smaller stories like a recovering former first-overall pick looking to find some success on his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chase-young-lands-with-saints-after-49ers-stint">third team in two years in Chase Young</a>, who landed with the New Orleans Saints after a quiet end to the season in San Francisco.</p><p>Now, when Young was signed, Saints fans were cautiously optimistic, as at times, Young has looked like a true star for the Commanders, Football Team, and even the 49ers, but outside of his rookie season, where he truly looked like an elite playmaker, he’s been more up-and-down than consitant, so much so that the team that drafted him traded him away instead of extending him into the future.</p><p>Could Young, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/saints-news-chase-young-training-camp-neck-surgery-update">coming off neck surgery</a>, finally put it all together and become a legit difference maker? Well, in Dennis Allen’s opinion, Young is off to a great start, as he told Jeremy Fowler of ESPN that he <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/40638514/2024-nfl-training-camp-latest-updates-buzz-notes-news-fantasy-football" rel="noopener">loves what he’s seen</a> from the Saints’ newest defensive weapon so far.</p><p>“He’s disruptive – he’s big, he’s physical, he’s fast, he’s motivated,” coach Dennis Allen told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. “You feel disruption when he’s on the field. Now, he may not make every play and he may not work the fundamentals and technique exactly how we want it yet. But he’s causing disruption. And he’s having production that may not show up on the stat sheet every time. And the thing I’ve been most impressed about, he’s come in here, he’s done everything we’ve asked him to do, working hard.”</p><p>On one hand, it’s training camp, so any major complements have to be taken with a grain of salt, but it’s certainly better to hear positive things from a recovering edge rusher than to see him on the sideline with trainers or sitting out snaps for one reason or another. If Young can bring his disruptive tendencies to the preseason and then to the regular season, he might just be able to add a few more sacks to his playoff resume at the end of the year, too.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Chase-Young-at-the-combine.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h2><b>This isn’t the first time Dennis Allen complimented Chase Young</b></h2><p>After securing Young’s services on a one-year, prove-it deal worth $13 million deal, fans were eager to see how the former OSU product would look in a Saints uniform.</p><p>Would he be able to recapture his former glory, the sort of production that caused him to go first overall and win Defensive Rookie of the Year? Or would he remain a perennial underachiever, if largely because of his injuries?</p><p>Well, on July 31st, Allen gave Saints fans the first of many positive Young anecdotes from camp, explicitly<a href="https://www.nfl.com/news/chase-young-drawing-rave-reviews-from-saints-training-camp" rel="noopener"> shouting him out for how he handles his business</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Saints HC Dennis Allen excited for Chase Young’s ‘disruption’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/former-commanders-coach-ron-rivera-reveals-qb-he-preferred-in-2020-nfl-draft-over-chase-young');   ga('set', 'title', 'Former Commanders coach Ron Rivera reveals QB he preferred in 2020 NFL Draft over Chase Young');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Commanders-news-Ron-Rivera-reveals-QB-he-preferred-in-2020-NFL-Draft-instead-of-Chase-Young.jpg"></figure><h1>Former Commanders coach Ron Rivera reveals QB he preferred in 2020 NFL Draft over Chase Young</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-23T11:49:38-07:00">July 23rd, 11:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-23T11:49:38-07:00">July 23rd, 11:49am</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/bingeable">Sonny Giuliano</a>Sonny Giuliano is an experienced sports writer for ClutchPoints who has been covering the NFL, NCAA Football, NBA, and NCAA Basketball for well over a decade. Originally from the small town of Elba, New York, Sonny received his degree from Florida Gulf Coast University and currently resides in Naples, Florida</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It’s fair to say that in Ron Rivera’s four years as the head coach in Washington, the Commanders’ quarterback situation was far from ideal. Case in point, in the 67 games that Rivera coached in D.C., the following eight quarterbacks got starts: Alex Smith, Dwayne Haskins, Kyle Allen, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Taylor Heinicke, Garrett Gilbert, Carson Wentz, and Sam Howell. Not exactly a murderer’s row of signal callers, and as longtime fans of franchises who <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/the-chicago-bears-quarterback-rundown-caleb-williams-savior">haven’t had sustained QB success</a> could tell you, if you don’t have that position figured out, you’re in deep trouble. However, according to Ron Rivera, there’s an alternate reality where the Commanders <i>could’ve</i> nabbed their eventual franchise quarterback in the NFL Draft.</p><p>Washington entered the 2020 NFL Draft with both the 2nd overall pick and the knowledge that LSU quarterback Joe Burrow would be the 1st overall selection of the Cincinnati Bengals. For all intents and purposes, that meant that Washington would be on the clock for multiple months attempting to determine whether the first 1st Round pick in the Ron Rivera era — hey, that rhymes! — would be a quarterback, or whether it would be Ohio State edge rusher Chase Young. In the end, the pick ended up being Young, who Rivera said that Washington believed would be an impact player. However, the former Commanders head coach didn’t dance around an answer when ESPN’s Adam Schefter asked if he could go back in time and select a quarterback, who it would’ve been.</p><p>“I think we felt pretty good about Justin Herbert as someone we liked looking at,” Rivera said during his appearance on the <i><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-training-camp-storylines-keep-coming/id1190094109?i=1000663096155" rel="noopener">Adam Schefter Podcast</a>. </i>“You know hindsight is easy because it is an opportunity to look back and say we could’ve done that, and we really could’ve, but who knows.”</p><p>Of course, had Washington selected Justin Herbert instead of Chase Young, things would be much different in both D.C. and in LA. That’s not to say that Rivera would still be coaching the Commanders if they had decided to pull the trigger on Herbert — the lack of weapons that Washington has had on their roster over the last four years in comparison to what Herbert had to work with in Los Angeles is significant — but the fact that they didn’t was just the first death blow in what would ultimately be an unsuccessful tenure in Washington.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Jayden-Daniels-during-Washington-Commanders-training-camp-1024x684.jpg"><figcaption>© Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Have the Commanders found their franchise QB in Jayden Daniels? </b></h2><p>Until Jayden Daniels <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/meet-jayden-daniels-commanders-no-2-pick-2024-nfl-draft">takes the field</a> for the first time, we won’t have a definitive answer to this question, but for the first time in over a decade, there is legitimate reason for Commanders fans to be excited about their quarterback situation. Daniels — much like Robert Griffin III did in 2012 — arrives in Washington on the heels of a Heisman Trophy winning season with plenty of fanfare and high expectations, and Rivera, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/commanders-news-washington-fires-ron-rivera-4-seasons">who was fired</a> by the Commanders way back in early January, considers himself a fan of the quarterback he anticipated drafting, had he kept the job.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Former Commanders HC Ron Rivera believes that, if he had stayed in Washington, he would have used the No. 2 overall pick on Jayden Daniels, whom he already had begun studying last season.</p><p>🎧 <a href="https://t.co/gJ7Otpavvw">https://t.co/gJ7Otpavvw</a> <a href="https://t.co/FLsPNRuA7q">pic.twitter.com/FLsPNRuA7q</a></p><p>— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1815794043416174642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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