Chase Young, Saints Agree to a 1-Year, $13M Contract After 49ers Stint.
It appears that Chase Young will soon find a new home with the New Orleans Saints.
NFL insider Jordan Schultz reports that the Saints anticipate reaching an agreement with Young.
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Young will get $13 million, which is guaranteed in full for a year.
Nick is a resident of New Orleans. Young’s visit with the Saints was reportedly rescheduled from last week, according to Football.
Since taking home the Defensive Rookie of the Year award in 2020, Young’s season has been his best. In 16 games against the San Francisco 49ers and the Washington Commanders, he tied his career high of 7.5 sacks and set a new one with 15 quarterback hits.
After two injury-plagued seasons in 2021 and 2022, Young was a rookie, and the Commanders decided not to exercise his fifth-year option.
The 49ers acquired Young on November 1st in exchange for a 2024 third-round draft pick after the Washington front office decided to sell before the trade deadline.
San Francisco mostly used Young as a rotational player. During the team’s nine regular-season games, he did not start; in Week 18, he played less than 70% of defensive snaps while the majority of regulars were rested.
During the 49ers’ postseason run, Young recorded two tackles for loss, two quarterback hits, and one sack. In the Super Bowl, he was sacking quarterback Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Young has not lived up to the expectations placed on him as the second overall pick, but when his body has permitted him to play, he has been a productive pass rusher.
In the two seasons he played in ten or more games, he had 7.5 sacks.
Young missed 13 months of the 2022 season due to a torn ACL and patellar tendon that he sustained halfway through the season. He made his comeback for the final three games of the season.
There is some risk involved in this deal, even though Young is still relatively young in his career, and it is extremely rare to find an edge-rusher of his caliber. At twenty-five, he will participate in all of the 2024 season.
New Orleans has reason to believe that Young can step it up a notch now that he seems fully recovered from that injury.
It is not shocking to see the Saints try to get Young to play to his full potential because they are always pushing for a postseason berth.
The absence of a dominant pass rusher was one of the main reasons New Orleans missed the playoffs the previous season, though there were other factors as well.
The Saints were 31st in the NFL in terms of pass-rush win rate, according to ESPN’s stats. It was just the Atlanta Falcons that they were ahead of.
Demario Davis and Carl Granderson were the only defensive players with more than five sacks.
Though he was selected No. 2 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft, Young has not lived up to the high expectations placed on him. His upside on the defensive line is greater than that of any other player for the Saints.
The Saints will have added one of the best free-agent finds of the offseason if defensive coordinator Joe Woods can capitalize on Young’s innate talent and turn it into a reliable performance.
The New Orleans Saints are signing Chase Young, according to NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport.
Chase Young, who was traded to the San Francisco 49ers in midseason, is a new prospect for the Washington Commanders and the former No. 2 overall pick.
Despite giving up a day-two pick to acquire the defensive end, San Francisco, which was a dominant team this NFL season and had secured the No. 1 seed in the NFC after acquiring Young at the trade deadline, was unable to win the Super Bowl.
