The Washington Commanders entered the 2025 offseason with a significant need at edge rusher. Even if they brought back Dante Fowler Jr., Washington needed a versatile edge defender who could rush the passer and not be a liability against the run.

The Commanders allowed Fowler to walk, despite him leading the team with 10.5 sacks last season. He signed with the Dallas Cowboys, where he played for two seasons prior to spending the 2024 season in Washington.

So, head coach Dan Quinn, having spent three seasons as defensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys, had a replacement in mind: DeMarcus Lawrence.

Lawrence, 33, spent 11 seasons with the Cowboys, finishing with 61.5 sacks and going to the Pro Bowl four times. However, instead of signing with Washington, Lawrence ended up signing a three-year $42 million deal with the Seattle Seahawks. Just before training camp opened, the Commanders added future Hall of Famer Von Miller to boost their pass rush in 2025.

Lawrence, as a guest on The Pivot, told Ryan Clark why he didn’t sign with Washington.

“I had an opportunity to sign with Washington, and it’s like, ‘Yeah, that’s a championship-contending team,’ and it’s like, me personally, I’m not no bandwagon guy,” Lawrence said. “You know, I’m not gonna sit here and jump on a team because y’all have a good opportunity to go to the championship, it’s more of like, what am I needed for? If y’all already got that type of team, y’all don’t need me. So, it’s all about me bringing my attitude and my personality to a team to help us get to where we need to be.”

Wait, what did he say?

That made zero sense. Look, if Lawrence felt bad about signing with Washington after spending 11 seasons with Dallas, that would make some sense. Don’t veteran players want to win championships? Didn’t Von Miller cite that as one of the primary reasons why he signed with the Commanders?

Let’s be honest here: the Seahawks offered more money than the Commanders.

This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: Former Cowboys DE has crazy reason why he didn’t sign with Commanders