Jonathan Allen expressed gratitude towards the Commanders for their respectful handling of his release before the legal tampering window, which allowed him to sign with the Minnesota Vikings for a lucrative three-year deal worth $51 million. Despite acknowledging that he had fallen out of favor in Washington, Allen highlighted the professionalism of the current front office compared to previous management. His remarks during an interview underscore the positive shift in organizational culture that is being recognized under the new regime.
I mean, in the NFL, it's very hard to play your entire career on one team. The new regime came in, they had a path that they wanted to follow and I wasn't a part of that. You've got to give them a lot of credit for doing me a favor by releasing me when they did, but things just didn't work out for whatever reason. Super, super excited to be on a new team and reunite with coach [Kevin] O'Connell.
This was the right way to handle things. It's another example of the raised professionalism in the Commanders' front office these days. Had this been the previous regime under the previous owner, things (probably) would have been different.
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