After making a big splash in the first eight hours of legal tampering, the Commanders continued to make a splash late night and early Tuesday morning, coming to terms with OG Nick Allegretti, K Brandon McManus, and DE Clelin Ferrell.
Ferrell was the most recent addition, getting a one-year deal after one year in San Francisco, as confirmed by Nicki Jhabvala. He was the No. 4 overall pick in 2019 and spent his first four years with the Raiders before moving to the Niners, wher he started all 17 games opposite Nick Bosa and 3.5 sacks. He is more of a true pass rusher, as he lined up on the edge on 95 percent of his snaps (and earned a poor 47.4 run grade from PFF), and he and Dorance Armstrong now give the Commanders a pair of rushers familiar with the new staff – Armstrong having played for Dan Quinn in Dallas and Ferrell knowing Adam Peters from San Fran.
McManus also got a one-year deal worth $3.6 million to replace Joey Slye. This is McManus’ third team in three years, as he played for the Jaguars in 2023 after nine seasons in Denver, and the 32-year-old made 30-of-37 field goal tries and all 35 of his PATs. He has a career 81.4 field goal percentage, his 2014 rookie year the only one he was under 75, and has 70 percent touchback percentage.
The biggest haul went to Allegretti, who got a three-year, $16 million deal that Houston NFL reporter Aaron Wilson and our Grant Paulsen report breaks down like this: $9.02mm guaranteed with a $5.89 million signing bonus and salaries of $1.13mm (guaranteed), $2mm, and $5.5mm, plus a $20K per game active roster bonus (up to $340K annually) and an annual $150K workout bonus.
Allegretti has won two consecutive Super Bowls in Kansas City – playing most of Super Bowl LVIII with a torn UCL – and allowed just two sacks and 12 QB pressures in 160 pass-blocking snaps in 2023, earning a 65.7 overall PFF grade. He is likely to start at left guard and finishes a remake of the interior of a Commanders line that includes holdover Sam Cosmi and new center Tyler Biadasz.