Mar 02, 2026
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The Commanders have told cornerback Marson Lattimore they intend to release him before the start of the new league season next week, sources told Adam Schefter on Monday.
Sources told Adam Schefter that a move has been expected since Lattimore suffered an injury ending the season in November.
The new year of the league starts at 16:00.ET on March 11.They currently have the fifth most available cap space.Washington is expected to be aggressive in the free agent market, especially at corner, according to league sources.
They have two potential starters under contract: Trey Amos, a starter as a rookie last before breaking his leg in Week 10, and Mike Sainristil, a 2024 second-round pick who has started for the past two seasons.
Lattimore, 29, tore the ACL in his left knee in Week 9 and missed the rest of the seasonHe played in every game up until that point
Washington acquired him from the New Orleans Saints at the 2024 trade deadline, sending the Saints three picks (third, fourth and sixth) in last year's draft and playing in the fifth round.But he missed a total of eight games that season with a knee injury, including six with the Chiefs.He played in all three of Washington's postseason games.
A first-round pick out of New Orleans in 2017, Lattimore made four Pro Bowls in his first five seasons.But since 2021 he has been plagued by several injuries - a damaged kidney and two broken ribs in '22;an ankle injury in '23 and hamstring problems the following season.He did not play more than 10 games in a season during that time.
Off the field, he was arrested Jan. 7 in Lakewood, Ohio, and charged with improper use of a firearm in a motor vehicle.
