Chase Young trade completed after Commanders lowered asking price،
The 49ers went big game hunting at the NFL trade deadline, checking the availability of Broncos cornerback Pat Surtain II, Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson and Kansas City Commanders defensive end. the Montez Sweat era, among others, sources told ESPN.
The cost of all three players ultimately proved too high for the 49ers, who believed they would not be able to complete a deal to improve their team with just hours before the 4 p.m. ET deadline on October 31 .
The Commanders, however, lowered their asking price for defensive end Chase Young after some teams expressed medical concerns about him, according to sources.
Washington was initially seeking second- and fifth-round picks in exchange for Young, according to sources. But when teams expressed concerns about Young’s medicals, the Commanders lowered the price in favor of the 49ers, who ended up sending a third-round compensatory pick to Washington for the former Ohio State star.
The 49ers were very pleased with what they saw from Young in practice last week and plan to play him “a lot” on Sunday in his Niners debut against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
“He’s been great,” a Niners team official told ESPN.
The 49ers will reunite Young with former Ohio State teammate Nick Bosa; the two spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons together in Columbus. This is the first time in NFL history that two former Defensive Rookies of the Year who played college football together will be teammates in the NFL.
San Francisco has as much defensive talent up front as any team in the league, with five defensive linemen – Young, Bosa, Arik Armstead, Javon Kinlaw and Clelin Ferrell – who were first-round picks and two others – Drake Jackson and Randy Gregory – who were second-round picks. The Niners also have defensive tackle Javon Hargrave, who signed a four-year, $84 million contract last offseason.
But despite their depth on the defensive line, the price of landing Young was one the 49ers couldn’t ignore. Rather than trading multiple picks, the Niners simply had to trade the third-round compensatory pick they received for losing Ran Carthon to the Titans and DeMeco Ryans to the Texans.
In return, San Francisco landed the No. 2 pick in the 2020 draft, who is having the best year of his career after missing 22 games over the past two seasons. Young has recorded five sacks in seven games this season with Washington.
Young, 24, has an expiring contract, will be an unrestricted free agent after this season and if he leaves San Francisco for a lucrative deal elsewhere, the 49ers could pick up another compensatory pick in exchange.
