Josh Sweat signs three-year contract extension with the Eagles

The Philadelphia Eagles sneakily opened up a ton of cap space earlier this week by restructuring the contract of Fletcher Cox. Now we know why. The team announced on Saturday that DE Josh Sweat has signed a three-year contract extension.

The Deal is said to be worth $40M, with $26.9M guaranteed.

Sweat was in his contract year with the Eagles and it was a little surprising that a deal hadn’t been worked out earlier in the offseason. After a career-best 6 sacks in 2020, it was clear that the FSU product not only had huge upside, but had been able to prove the naysayers wrong.

He had previously caught a lot of criticism because of a lack of durability, but playing in 56% of snaps last year…