{"id":196280,"date":"2024-10-24T12:30:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T16:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=196280"},"modified":"2024-10-24T00:54:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T04:54:15","slug":"chase-young-trade-ravens-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/10\/24\/chase-young-trade-ravens-panthers\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Commanders Pass Rusher Could Find New Home in Trade &#8211; Ravens, Panthers Possible Fits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Commanders pass rusher <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/06\/23\/why-chase-young-to-the-bears-makes-sense\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Chase Young<\/a> could find a new team in a trade this season, and the Ravens and Panthers are probably the best fits. <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/10140316-2024-nfl-trade-block-big-board-entering-week-8\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to a report<\/a>, Bleacher Report has Young on their recent trade board since the Saints are likely tanking this year, especially coming off a blowout loss against Denver. New Orleans could be rebuilding despite having a promising 2-0 start but the campaign has been derailing with injuries. They barely survive with a thin roster even after<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/41930445\/source-saints-reach-deal-wr-marquez-valdes-scantling\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> signing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2020\/11\/07\/marquez-valdes-scantling-roller-coaster-play\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Marquez Valdes-Scantling<\/a> to help new starting rookie Spencer Rattler.<\/p>\n<p>However, trading Young will likely just be relieving for draft capital rather than salary cap. Originally selected in the 2020 NFL Draft, the defensive rookie of the year was off to a promising career before injuries hindered his performance. The Commanders traded Young to the 49ers midway through last season&#8217;s campaign since he wasn&#8217;t able to fulfill a long-term promise in Washington. However, he had a new chance with the Saints but it&#8217;s been average at best after just tallying 1.5 sacks and 13 quarterback pressures.<\/p>\n<p>To no fault of his, Young is better off heading to a roster for either a championship run or a fresh start. He may not be the same pass rusher in the league anymore but he&#8217;s still young and could return to the promising rookie he once was in Washington. Young may still be a capable disruptor to getting after the quarterback and a trade to the Ravens or Panthers may be suitable.<\/p>\n<h2>Former Commanders Pass Rusher Chase Young Could Find New Home in Trade<\/h2>\n<h3>A New Superbowl Run?<\/h3>\n<p>One source<a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballrumors.com\/2024\/10\/ravens-expected-to-explore-trade-for-pass-rusher\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> believes<\/a> Baltimore is exploring the idea of trading for a pass rusher. The Ravens still perform at a high level defensively after recording 60 sacks last season but the team is still that same roster this campaign. However, the losses of Jadeveon Clowney and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2020\/04\/09\/patrick-queen-2020-nfl-draft-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Patrick Queen<\/a> have been revealed since David Ojabo and Odafe Oweh took over. They&#8217;re going through some growing pains to adjust to a full-time role so no one expected them to be on the same elite level as a veteran.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoreravens.com\/news\/yannick-ngakoue-to-sign-53-man-roster-week-7-ravens\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> brought in<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/08\/04\/bears-ngakoue-answer-critics-eberflus-lewis\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Yannick Ngakoue<\/a> back for another run so it&#8217;s obvious they&#8217;ll still look to add more talent. Since the Ravens were compelled to sign him back, they may start exploring for a cheap trade before this year&#8217;s deadline. The team could easily bring in Young to help give Oweh and Ojabo some balance opposite of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/08\/15\/baltimore-ravens-roquan-smith-looks-to-take-over-where-ray-lewis-left-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Roquan Smith<\/a>. Young doesn&#8217;t need to be in a full-time role but he could produce better numbers behind one of the best defenses in the league.<\/p>\n<h3>A Fresh Start<\/h3>\n<p>The Panther&#8217;s roster for this 2024 campaign is probably one of the worst even after a disastrous season last year. After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.panthers.com\/news\/derrick-brown-placed-on-injured-reserve\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">losing Derrick Brown<\/a> and Shaq Thompson, the defense continues to take blows just like the performances they&#8217;ve been putting up. However, Carolina isn&#8217;t a sinking ship just on defense but after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/bryce-young-to-start-on-sunday-vs-broncos-with-andy-dalton-dealing-with-thumb-sprain-from-car-crash#:~:text=Bryce%20Young%20will%20start%20for,Dave%20Canales%20announced%20on%20Wednesday.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bringing back Bryce Young<\/a> in the starting role, he&#8217;s most likely campaigning a possible trade for the upcoming game. The Panthers will probably trade him and it might take a few trial-and-error seasons before this team is on a playoff roster again.<\/p>\n<p>This doesn&#8217;t mean Carolina can&#8217;t start their building blocks this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/09\/08\/panthers-seek-more-defensive-pressure-help-jadeveon-clowney-searching-gain-greater-edge\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Jadeveon Clowney<\/a> might be going off with a new team since rumors are spiraling that a trade could be imminent. Young could be a nice consolidation prize for the next couple of years to establish as a reliable starting pass rusher. Even though they have one of the worst defensive units, the Panthers could bring him in to be a diamond in the rough and give them some breathing room for the 2025 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being on a crumbling team, pass rusher Chase Young may find himself out on a trade involving the Ravens or Panthers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4795,"featured_media":196281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,10,30,28,8896],"tags":[5718,1473,7661,6191,7638,3627,7659,817],"class_list":["post-196280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-ravens","category-panthers","category-saints","category-washington-commanders","tag-chase-young","tag-jadeveon-clowney","tag-panthers-featured","tag-patrick-queen","tag-ravens-featured","tag-roquan-smith","tag-saints-featured","tag-yannick-ngakoue"],"modified_by":"Anthony Palacios","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}