Washington Football: WFT should monitor Michael Thomas’ situation with Saints

The Washington Football Team is hopeful that the addition of Ryan Fitzpatrick will breathe new life into an offense that ranked 30th in total yards per game last season.

As far as passing stats are concerned, the Football Team ranked ranked near the bottom of the league in yards per attempt (6.32), touchdowns (16) and passer rating (80.1).

Other than Fitzpatrick, the continued development of Terry McLaurin, who’s on the verge of becoming a household name in the NFL, and the investments in Logan Thomas, Curtis Samuel, and Adam Humphries should go a long way towards helping the cause.

Though it has tremendous upside, Washington’s pass-catching arsenal might rank third in the division behind Dallas and New York, which added Kenny Golladay and Kadarius Toney to a unit that already flaunted talents like Darius Slayton, Sterling Shepard and Evan Engram.

If the Football Team wants to keep pace with their division rivals, they should keep tabs on Michael Thomas’ situation with the Saints. Per the latest reports, Thomas ignored calls from the team and trainers for three months following the 2020 season.

The Football Team should monitor Michael Thomas’ relationship with the Saints.

You have to think that only further strained their relationship, no? We just get the feeling that Thomas blames the organization for his ankle injury, which occurred in garbage time of a blowout win over the Buccaneers in Week 1 last year and limited him to just seven games.

Ever since then, Thomas has acted like a player who wants out. Later that season, he was suspended by the Saints after he punched a teammate at practice…though reports ultimately clarified the suspension came as a result of Thomas “refusing counsel” by coaches.

Either way, it was a terrible look for Thomas, who had a squeaky-clean track record off the field before 2020, and really sparked speculation of his future in the Big Easy.

As if that wasn’t enough, Thomas put off his ankle surgery until June! Given that the operation didn’t happen until late in the offseason, the superstar WR landed on the physically unable to perform list (PUP) before camp and is expected to miss the first six weeks of the year.

Head coach Sean Payton and GM Mickey Loomis weren’t thrilled about that, and rightly so. To throw more gasoline on the fire, however, Thomas unleashed a tweet early Monday morning claiming that Saints “tried to damage” his reputation.”

Thomas has to be telling us something, no? Throw in the fact that Drew Brees retired and the Saints’ quarterback options, Jameis Winston and Taysom Hill, leave a lot to be desired, and it’s easy to draw the conclusion that he wants out of New Orleans.

There’s literally a paper trail of evidence, and Washington should be waiting to pick up the pieces in the event Thomas demands a trade…whether it be before the deadline or next offseason. His trade value has never been lower, and WFT has the requisite draft capital to make a deal work.

Something to think about down the road if the passing game struggles out of the gates.

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