The 2025 offseason has been a banner year for pass rushers. Las Vegas Raiders DE Maxx Crosby became the NFL’s highest-paid edge player before the Cleveland Browns’ Myles Garrett obliterated the market at $40 million per year, the number he needed to rescind his trade request. Others remain on the docket. The Dallas Cowboys figure to hammer out a deal with Micah Parsons at some point while the Cincinnati Bengals are locked in a messy standoff with Trey Hendrickson. The Pittsburgh Steelers have repeatedly stated the team’s goal of extending T.J. Watt before the year begins.
But there’s another pass rusher who could soon rise up the contract charts.