The Washington Commanders wasted no time in remaking their offensive line upon the beginning of free agency Monday as the team reached agreements with veterans Nick Gates and Andrew Wylie.
will have to determine whether to play Wylie at tackle or right guard. The Commanders struggled to fill both spots last season as the team rotated a bevy of players at right guard and alternated between Sam Cosmi and Cornelius Lucas at right tackle. Like Wylie, Cosmi, a 2021 second-round pick, has played both guard and tackle — and Rivera has said that the team still needs to decide what position Cosmi will primarily play next season.
Gates also brings positional flexibility. Last season with the New York Giants, the 27-year-old played 258 of his 390 offensive line snaps last year at left guard and the other 132 at center, according to Pro Football Focus. Gates, entering his fifth year after spending the first four in New York, now joins a team that he, coincidentally, suffered a major injury against in 2021.in Week 2 of 2021. He rehabbed and was able to play in 10 games for the Giants last year.
Gates will likely compete to start at either left guard or center. The Commanders still have starters Andrew Norwell and Chase Roullier on the roster, though both veterans have contracts that could make them cap casualties in the weeks to come. The Commanders would save nearly $2.3 million by cutting Norwell and $4.7 million by parting with Roullier.
Roullier, in particular, has had his season cut short in consecutive years with a pair of injuries. He played in just two games last year, and Rivera mentioned addressing the center position as a priority this offseason.
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