Would Washington trade Chase Young for Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson?

Even before the end of the 2021 NFL season, Washington Commanders head coach Ron Rivera said his team needed to "take that big step forward" this offseason, and Rivera remarked after Week 18 that "nothing is out of the question" as it pertains to the club's quarterback situation. 

Washington will likely move on from veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick when the new league year opens next month and is at the very least in the market for an upgrade over Taylor Heinicke. In a mailbag published Friday, The Athletic's Ben Standig wrote that anybody currently on the Commanders roster, including 2020 Defensive Rookie of the Year Chase Young, could be traded this winter or spring if the right signal-caller became available. 

"In Young’s case, that would mean the Aaron Rodgers or Russell Wilson level," Standig noted. 

Young suffered a torn ACL in November but, per Bryan Manning of Washington Wire/USA Today, recently said he's working toward being ready for Week 1 this coming September. 

As for the quarterbacks, Wilson has been linked with a trade from the Seattle Seahawks to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a team that (maybe?) lost Tom Brady to retirement. Meanwhile, a report surfaced Thursday that Rodgers has still "not informed" the Green Bay Packers "about his plans for the 2022 season — whether to return to Green Bay, request a trade or retire." 

Before last weekend's Super Bowl, Washington was mentioned as a potential suitor for Jimmy Garoppolo of the San Francisco 49ers. The Commanders almost certainly wouldn't include Young in a trade package for Garoppolo or be asked to do so at this stage of Jimmy G's career.