NEW ORLEANS — Josh Sweat is likely one of the longest-tenured Eagles gamers and he wouldn’t nonetheless be on the scene had he not taken a pay adjustment to stay with the workforce that made him a fourth-round choose within the 2018 NFL Draft.
Sweat, a 27-year outdated edge rusher, is right here on the website of Tremendous Bowl 2025. The place he performs subsequent season is unknown, and it definitely is a risk that is his remaining recreation for the Eagles.
“I did what I did so I could be here, you know what I’m saying?’’ Sweat said Monday night at the Super Bowl Opening Night event at the Superdome. “I knew the team we had and we could possibly be here, that’s why I did what I did. That other stuff, it’s coming real soon.”
That different stuff is impending free company.
Sweat final March wouldn’t have remained on the Eagles roster had he not agreed to restructure his contract, guaranteeing him $10 million. There have been stories that the Eagles had been buying Sweat however discovered no dealer associate.
Why such remedy?
Sweat had a career-high 11 sacks in 2022, serving to the Birds make all of it the way in which to the Tremendous Bowl, which they misplaced 38-35 to the Chiefs in Glendale, Ariz. Sweat in 2023 had 6.5 sacks in his first 9 video games and none within the remaining eight video games.
On Monday, phrase got here down that Sweat modified brokers. He’s now represented by Drew Rosenhaus, seemingly a transfer designed to help him in free company.
He led the Eagles this previous season with eight sacks and added six quarterback hits, 16 pressures and 41 tackles. He’s younger sufficient and productive sufficient to command a strong contract, though edge rushers Haason Reddick (Sweat’s former teammate in Philadelphia), Matt Judon and Chase Younger can even be in the marketplace.
Reddick had 16 sacks for the Eagles in 2022, as he and Sweat had been a part of a fearsome defensive entrance that amassed 70 sacks.
“Man, the protection we had that 12 months was ridiculous,’’ Sweat mentioned. “We set so many data and stuff like that and he was a giant a part of it.’’
Sweat mentioned he “had a very good 12 months’’ in 2024 and believes he’s underrated.
“Yeah,’’ he said, “but not for long.”
