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This will be a four-year, $76.4M deal, Schefter adds. Sweat will collect $41M guaranteed. Coming off a strong 2024 regular and postseason with the Eagles, he will be counted on to add a considerable boost along the edge in Arizona.<\/p>\n
One of the top free agents entering the week, Sweat will parlay a dominant Super Bowl LIX performance into a nice third contract. The Cardinals will reunite the seven-year Eagles EDGE with Jonathan Gannon, Sweat\u2019s DC for two seasons in Philly. The Eagles have now lost both Sweat and\u00a0<\/span>Milton Williams<\/a>. Especially since the Super Bowl champs re-signed Zack Baun<\/a>, these defections were not unexpected.<\/p>\n Sweat\u2019s contract looks similar to\u00a0<\/span>Shaquil Barrett<\/a>\u2018s after his Super Bowl rampage. The Buccaneers had agreed to a four-year, $72M deal to bring back Barrett, who had pressured Patrick Mahomes<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>throughout a Super Bowl LV blowout. Sweat did not do as well, but he also does not have a sack title on his resume like Barrett did. Still, Sweat did well to rebound after taking a pay cut to stay with the Eagles last year.<\/p>\n Carrying only one double-digit sack season on his resume (11 in 2022), Sweat still led a championship-winning Eagles team in sacks (eight) before registering 2.5 more against the Chiefs. Sweat pushing Kansas City LT Joe Thuney<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>into Mahomes, forcing a Baun second-quarter interception, rounded out a banner night for a player who hit free agency at just 27. Sweat did well to only sign a three-year contract (worth $40M) in 2021, keeping him squarely in his prime to cash in as the cap exploded. The cap has gone up by an astonishing $97M since Sweat\u2019s last contract.<\/p>\n The Cardinals re-signed Baron Browning<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>just before free agency but will slide the ex-Bronco to the sidekick role upon landing Sweat. Stepping into Gannon\u2019s system should bring familiarity, as Sweat\u2019s best season came under Gannon. Sweat\u2019s 11 sacks helped Philly threaten the 1984 Bears\u2019 single-season sack record, and he became the player retained last year \u2014 ahead of a Haason Reddick<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>separation.<\/p>\n A Cardinals team that has not effectively rebounded after the exists of Chandler Jones<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>J.J. Watt<\/a> and\u00a0<\/span>Zach Allen<\/a> acquired a proven pass rusher. More work remains on Arizona\u2019s defensive line, but Sweat represents a building block in Gannon\u2019s third season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n