Young back with Commanders; no timeline for on-field return

Chase Young doesn't know exactly what he needs to see or feel to know he's ready to play football again.

"I’m just going to have to feel it," he said.

Young isn't there yet, though the star pass rusher has returned to the Washington Commanders practice facility to continue rehabbing a torn ACL in his right knee. The 2020 Defensive Rookie of the Year did not take part in on-field workouts and remains on track in his recovery plan, but it's too soon to know when he'll be back on the practice field and fully healthy.

“I wouldn’t put a timetable on it,” Young said Wednesday. "Obviously I want to be back there as fast as I can, but right now I’m just taking it one day at a time and I’m getting better fast. I know that. Just taking it one day at a time. I can’t rush it.”

There's no real rush since the season opener against Jacksonville is still three months away. The Jaguars game marks roughly 11 months since Young injured his knee and just short of that since he had ACL reconstruction surgery, which included grafting part of the patellar tendon from his left knee to fix the tear.

Young brushed off concern about needing to rebuild trust in two legs instead of one, though the more complicated surgery could explain why he, trainers, surgeon Dr. James Andrews and team doctors are taking a cautious approach.

“Everything is going as planned,” Young said. "I’m happy where I’m at, and I’m confident on everything I’m doing going forward.”

Young missed the first week of voluntary organized team activities while working out at a facility in Colorado, which the 23-year-old Ohio State product said was also part of the plan because of “tools and gadgets” there designed to get him back fast.

“As long as he is getting his rehab done, I think