Commanders Listening On OLs Nick Allegretti, Andrew Wylie

The Commanders dropped to 3-6 after a one-sided Sunday-night loss, and they are facing an extended period — perhaps the rest of the season — without star quarterback Jayden Daniels. Suddenly, seller’s trades are logical for the 2024 NFC runner-up.

Washington also is well stocked at a position teams frequently covet at the trade deadline, rostering three backup O-linemen with notable starting experience. While 2024 third-round pick Brandon Coleman is not likely to be moved in a trade, veteran insider Jordan Schultz notes the Commanders are listening on Andrew Wylie and Nick Allegretti.

Allegretti lost his starting two games into the season, with Wylie entering the lineup in Week 3. The Commanders drafted Josh Conerly Jr. in Round 1, stationing him at right tackle, and initially had Wylie playing in place of Sam Cosmi at right guard. Wylie ceded the RG gig to the high-priced starter in Week 7 and has worked as a backup since.

Wylie followed Eric Bieniemy over from Kansas City in 2023, while Allegretti came a year later — despite the longtime Chiefs assistant being a Commanders one-and-done — in free agency. Both players likely do not factor into Washington’s post-2025 plans, and neither figure to be too pricey to acquire before Tuesday’s 3pm CT deadline. Barely $1MM remains on Wylie’s 2025 salary, a figure the Commanders reduced via an offseason pay cut, while Allegretti is due less than $1MM the rest of the way.

While Allegretti functioned as a Chiefs guard backup prior to his three-year, $16MM Commanders deal in 2024, Wylie has played extensively at both guard and tackle. The 31-year-old blocker operated as a Chiefs guard starter from 2018-20 and then primarily played tackle from 2021-22. The Chiefs kept Wylie at tackle despite a poor showing in Super Bowl LV, where he needed to kick outside due to starter injuries, and he parlayed a gig as the Super Bowl LVII-winning squad’s RT into a three-year, $24MM Washington pact.

These two reside as reside as interesting pieces heading into the deadline crunch, as both could be on the move. The Commanders have been using 2022 seventh-round pick Chris Paul as their left guard starter. With Paul in a contract year, Coleman could land another opportunity in the not-too-distant future. But neither Allegretti (17 2024 starts at LG) nor Wylie are likely coming back. That makes them clear targets to monitor for OL-needy teams this week.