Sources: Commanders to release CB Marshon Lattimore, save $18.5M

Washington Commanders informed cornerback marshon latimore Sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that he would be released before the league year begins next week, a move that had been expected since Lattimore suffered a season-ending injury in November.

The new league year begins on March 11 at 4 PM ET. Commanders will save $18.5 million in salary cap space; Currently they have the fifth highest number of places available. According to league sources, Washington is expected to be aggressive on the free agent market, especially at cornerback.

They have two potential starters under contract: trey amosa starter as a rookie before breaking his leg in Week 10, and mike senristilA 2024 second-round pick who has been a rookie for the past two seasons.

The 29-year-old Lattimore tore the ACL in his left knee in Week 9 and missed the remainder of the season. He had played in every game up to that point.

Washington got him New Orleans Saints At the trade deadline in 2024, sending three picks (third, fourth and sixth) to the Saints in last year’s draft, while compensating for a fifth-rounder. But a hamstring injury caused him to miss a combined eight games that season, including six games with the Commanders. He played in all three of Washington’s postseason games.

Lattimore, a first-round pick by New Orleans in 2017, made four Pro Bowls in his first five seasons. But since 2021 he has suffered a series of injuries – a damaged kidney and two broken ribs in ’22; An ankle injury in ’23 and hamstring problems the following season. He has not played more than 10 games in a season during that period.

Off the field, he was arrested on January 7 in Lakewood, Ohio and charged with improper handling of a gun in a vehicle.