Another starting quality center is set to hit free agency as the Commanders plan to release starting center Tyler Biadasz. Biadasz started 31 games for the Commanders over the last two years and has played in at least 80% of the offensive snaps in every season since 2021. His salary cap number for the year was $10.985 million while his salary was $8.3 million. Those numbers ranked 5th and 7th in the NFL. He will carry a dead money charge of $8.1 million so the Commanders will only save $2.8 million in cap room.

Biadasz signed a three year, $30 million contract with the Commanders in free agency back in 2024 with $20.7 million in guarantees. His play had declined last year, but I would have thought that the Commanders, with over $70 million in cap room and the 6th lowest payroll in the NFL, would have retained him even if it meant trying to come to terms on a pay cut. This case is another one where it makes it hard to value centers as teams are sometimes hesitant to pay ones and very quick to cut some of those they do pay.