The Washington Commanders might have already established that even though they have an elite group of wide receivers on the roster, counting on all of them to be healthy at the same time isn’t very practical.
With that in mind, the Commanders might be making a move to bring in extra help at the position with a former first round pick looking for a fresh start for his career.
“After a visit to the Broncos today, source says Treylon Burks is visiting the Commanders tomorrow,” NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport wrote on his official X account on October 14. “An interesting potential addition.”
Burks was a 2022 first round pick (No. 18 overall) by the Tennessee Titans, who have waived him twice in the last 3 months. They put him on injured reserve and waived him after he broke his collarbone on July 26, re-signed him to the practice squad then waived him again on October 7.
The Commanders are without NFL All-Pro wide receiver Terry McLaurin with a quad injury/hip flexor that has cost him the last 2 games. Another veteran wide receiver, Noah Brown, has missed the last 4 games.
Burks One Part of All-Time Bad NFL Trade
In his first 3 seasons, Burks missed 24 games due to injuries and has career totals of 53 receptions, 699 yards and just 1 touchdown — a touchdown that came after he recovered a fumble by former Titans running back Derrick Henry in the end zone.
Burks’ career has become more notable for being the “worst” part of one of the worst NFL trades of all time when the Titans traded wide receiver A.J. Brown to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a first round pick they used on Burks.
Since the trade, Brown has been a 3-time NFL All-Pro, played in 47 games with 261 receptions, 4,031 yards and 25 touchdown. He’s also played in 2 Super Bowls, winning one after the 2024 regular season.
In 12 career postseason games, Brown has 41 receptions for 598 yards and 5 touchdowns.
Burks Could Use Career Fresh Start
Burks, 6-foot-2 and 225 pounds, might just need a fresh start in another city to make good on the talent he displayed at the University of Arkansas, where he was a 3-time All-SEC pick in 3 seasons from 2019 to 2021.
In his final year with the Razorbacks, Burks had career highs in games (12), receptions (66), yards (1,104) and touchdowns (12) while following that up by running the 40-yard dash in 4.51 seconds at the NFL scouting combine.
Burks could still be a really good wide receiver if he’s healthy and he’s outside of the toxic environment that’s been the Titans since the Brown trade.
The Titans were already the first team to fire their head coach in 2025, with Brian Callahan getting the axe on October 14 after a 1-5 start — that’s after going 4-13 in 2024 and getting Miami quarterback Cam Ward with the No. 1 overall pick.
“A.J. Brown finishing with more Super Bowl appearances in Philly than Treylon Burks had career touchdowns in Tennessee is truly remarkable,” X user Brenden Dreeg wrote on his official account.
“I have nothing against Treylon Burks the person,” X user Zander Mercury wrote. “I just loathe the path he took to become a Titan. It’s not his fault and I hold no blame against him. It’s solely on (former general manager) Jon Robinson for being a (expletive).”
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