We’re getting closer and closer to the official start of the 2024 NFL season. The new league year is a mere two weeks away, and when it rolls around, teams will get their chance to start gearing up to dethrone the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
As we get ready for free agency, we are taking a look at the positional markets, gauging the best available, how much they could command and where they might end up. In the space below, we are going to focus on the edge rushers.
This is an important position, as getting after the quarterback is one of the most important roles in all of football. And there’s a pretty good group of edges available this offseason, starting with a pair of stars about to hit their prime, but also including a bunch of rotational players who could prove highly useful.
Here’s our top 10, listed in reverse order (10-1).
Luckily for us, Spotrac has contract projections for all 10 of these players, ranging from Clowney (one year, $7.2 million) to Allen (five years, $119.9 million, $23.9 million AAV). The remaining players all fall in between those two poles, with salaries and deal terms varying depending on their age and productivity to date.
Players like Young (one year, $13 million), Floyd (two years, $16.2 million, $8.1 million AAV), Uche (two years, $16.7 million, $8.3 million AAV) and Smith (two years, $24.9 million, $12.4 million AAV) are projected for short-term deals reflecting either age (Floyd and Smith) or their limited track record (Young) or role (Uche, who is basically a pass-down specialist). Meanwhile, 26-year-old Huff, who has been productive in a rotational role, gets four years, $36.8 million, $9.2 million AAV, and Greenard, who is coming off a breakout season with 12.5 sacks, gets four years, $53.8 million, $13.4 million AAV.
And the star trio gets projected near the top of the market. It’s three years, $60 million…
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Author : Jared Dubin
Publish date : 2024-02-28 13:51:21
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