Throughout the 2019 season and up until the very last minute of the trade deadline, many Cleveland Browns fans ached for the chance to trade for Washington Redskins left tackle Trent Williams. The veteran Pro Bowler was holding out in a bitter dispute with the team over both his contract and how they handled a cancer diagnosis.
Though then-Browns GM John Dorsey tried, the Redskins ultimately held onto Williams. Now that the season has ended, Washington’s new management and coaching regime have decided to allow Williams to seek out a trade after all. And with the Browns need at left tackle even more alarming now, plus former Skins coach Bill Callahan now coaching the OL in Cleveland, those are very easy dots to connect. Callahan was his position coach for three seasons.
It is not known what exactly Washington will ask in return for Williams. Now 31, he made the Pro Bowl every season from 2012-2018, the last time he played. He has battled injury issues for several years; Williams last played 16 games in 2013.
Williams has one year left on his contract and is due a $12.5 million salary. He turns 32 in July.