Pass-rushers Montez Sweat and Chase Young, players the organization once viewed as potential long-term pillars, were the main topics for trade partners. Other veterans with expiring contracts were also under consideration to be dealt.
But the boss would have to weigh in before any moves occurred, and no one at Commanders Park knew exactly what that boss — a little more than three months into his tenure — was thinking. New owner Josh Harris, meeting remotely with his football brain trust, faced his first big football decision since he’d been approved as owner on July 20. Harris emphasized he was open to acquiring future draft capital on the trade market, particularly with Sweat and Young, according to front-office and team sources.