CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- One by one, Haason Reddick watched the top edge rushers in free agency get long-term, big-money deals.
Bud Dupree (eight sacks in 2020) got a five-year, $82.5 million contract to move from Pittsburgh to Tennessee. Leonard Floyd (10.5) got four years, $64 million to remain with the Los Angeles Rams. Trey Hendrickson (13.5) got four years, $60 million to move from New Orleans to Cincinnati.
Reddick understood. Dupree and Floyd, specifically, had been producing in the category for longer and organizations were confident they would do it again.