Eagles agree to blockbuster contract with pass rusher Haason Reddick

[time2rock]

Eagles agree to blockbuster contract with pass rusher Haason Reddick

 

 

 

Reuben Frank

EAGLES INSIDER

Haason Reddick is coming back to Philly.

Reddick, a Haddon Heights High School graduate who played at Temple, agreed to a blockbuster contract with the Eagles on Monday, the first day of the NFL’s free agency legal tampering period. The agreement was first reported by NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.

The deal for the 27-year-old linebacker is worth $45 million over three years with $30 million guaranteed at signing and a maximum value of $49.5 million, a league source confirmed to NBC Sports Philadelphia's Dave Zangaro.

The Eagles are banking on Reddick delivering something that was in short supply around here last year: Sacks.

The Eagles ranked 31^st in the NFL with just 29 sacks last year, matching the fewest they’ve ever had in a season since sacks became an official stat in 1982.

Reddick’s 23 ½ sacks over the last two seasons are 5^th-most in the NFL. The Eagles haven’t had anybody with 12 ½ sacks in a season since Connor Barwin had 14 ½ in 2014, and they haven't had anybody with double-digit sacks in consecutive seasons since Trent Cole from 2009 through 2011.

The 27-year-old Reddick was the Cards’ 13^th pick in the 2017 draft, one pick before the Eagles took Derek Barnett. He had only 7 ½ sacks in his first three seasons but has blossomed since with 12 ½ sacks in 2020 for the Cards and 11.0 last year in his only season with the Panthers, where he played for his former Temple coach, Matt Rhule.

Reddick’s average annual salary of $15 million is 5^th-highest on the team, behind Lane Johnson [$18 million], Fletcher Cox [$17.1 million], Darius Slay [$16.8 million] and Jordan Mailata [$16 million].

Reddick was a safety and running back at Haddon Heights and began his career at Temple in the fall of 2012 as a walk-on.

He red-shirted his first year and was a backup for the Owls in 2013 and 2014 before blossoming. In 2015 and 2016, he had 14 ½ sacks and 35 ½ tackles for loss.

In 2017, he became the first Temple player taken with a top-15 pick since the Steelers made guard John Rienstra the 9^th pick in 1986.

Reddick becomes the Eagles’ most prominent free agent from the Philadelphia area since Rancocas Valley graduate Irving Fryar signed a three-year, $4.5 million deal in March of 1996.

He also becomes the most prominent Temple player on the Eagles' roster since three-time Pro Bowler Bucko Kilroy from Northeast Catholic in the 1940s.

Reddick is the second Temple player currently on the roster. The Eagles drafted linebacker Shaun Bradley in the 6th round in 2020.

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/nfl-free-agency-haason-reddick-eagles-agree-blockbuster-contract

[UK_EaglesFan89]

It's an interesting signing for sure. It'll be exciting to see how Gannon uses him in this defense and how much of an impact he can make. 

[time2rock]

3 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

It's an interesting signing for sure. It'll be exciting to see how Gannon uses him in this defense and how much of an impact he can make. 

My guess is he'll be used in a similar role as he tried to use Avery (but should have much better results with Reddick - much better overall player).  

[UK_EaglesFan89]

5 minutes ago, time2rock said:

My guess is he'll be used in a similar role as he tried to use Avery (but should have much better results with Reddick - much better overall player).  

I have no idea how much Avery featured? I mean hard to gauge when he didn't have a great impact. 

[Cheesteakitis]

i think he fits what gannon hopes to do very well and will play sam, edge and joker in a number of fronts. keep him rushing the passer most of the time but shake it up with him in coverage a little bit so he cant be keyed in on. 

 

i love how everything happening right now is blockbuster lol

[time2rock]

29 minutes ago, Cheesteakitis said:

i think he fits what gannon hopes to do very well and will play sam, edge and joker in a number of fronts. keep him rushing the passer most of the time but shake it up with him in coverage a little bit so he cant be keyed in on. 

 

i love how everything happening right now is blockbuster lol

Agreed.  I think he much better fits what Gannon supposedly wants to do.  They tried to fit Avery into that role but he is no where near as good a fit as Reddick is.  Fingers crossed.

[hoosierdaddy]

And thus officially ends the Derek Barnett era in Philly.

[NCTANK]

hell yes

[time2rock]

1 hour ago, hoosierdaddy said:

And thus officially ends the Derek Barnett era in Philly.

Thank God!

[weko]

They need to draft a DE in the 1st with size

[EaglesAddict]

I like the signing, but my only issue is that Howie clearly stated during his press conference at the Combine that he finds players to fit his coaches' schemes.  So, if Reddick fits what Gannon wants to do, which it seems like he does, what happens if/when Gannon leaves next offseason for a HC job?  Will Reddick fit with Gannon's replacement?  

This is only a concern because it seems Reddick is a specific type of player to use in a specific way.  He's not a traditional DE or Edge in a 4-3.  Hopefully the next DC will be able to utilize him properly (assuming Gannon leaves, which seems likely).

[Erie]

1 hour ago, EaglesAddict said:

I like the signing, but my only issue is that Howie clearly stated during his press conference at the Combine that he finds players to fit his coaches' schemes.  So, if Reddick fits what Gannon wants to do, which it seems like he does, what happens if/when Gannon leaves next offseason for a HC job?  Will Reddick fit with Gannon's replacement?  

This is only a concern because it seems Reddick is a specific type of player to use in a specific way.  He's not a traditional DE or Edge in a 4-3.  Hopefully the next DC will be able to utilize him properly (assuming Gannon leaves, which seems likely).

This is just how the NFL rolls.