Given his production over the past two years, it wouldn’t be a surprise for Haason Reddick to receive a big payday this offseason. More specifics on his potential new deal came out recently, courtesy of CBS’ Jonathan Jones. 
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The 27-year-old is thought to be aiming for a contract “averaging up to $17MM per year”, Jones writes. That would represent a massive increase from the $8MM he played for last seasons in Carolina. It would also not catch general manager Scott Fitterer off guard, as he let it be know last week the team “anticipates” Reddick testing the market.
After three relatively underwhelming seasons with the Cardinals, the former first rounder broke out in 2020 with a 12.5 sack campaign. That led to his reunion with Matt Rhule last offseason with the aforementioned ‘prove it’ deal. Reddick did just that, putting up another 11 sacks, 12 tackles for loss and a pair of forced fumbles.
Jones adds that the high price Reddick is said to be asking “explains why the Panthers aren’t rushing to re-sign him”. The restructure of fellow linebacker Shaq Thompson‘s deal is the latest in a series of moves the team has made to free up cap space. With plenty of financial flexibility, a deal which keeps Reddick in Charlotte can’t be ruled out, though the Panthers have a number of other offseason priorities. Wherever he ends up, Reddick figures to be one of the top defensive free agents when the new league year begins.
am I the only one that, idk, just doesn’t think he’s worth that high of a price?
Yeah, he’s better than he looked when Arizona misused him and worse than he looked that one huge breakout season at the end there. He’s a role player, a solid pass rusher. That’s got some value, but he’s only going to fit some schemes.
Just another pick of Keim in Az. Plays him out of position and then boots him.
I said this in the Hicks article, but Arizona has this idea that they can simply plug athletic players into any linebacker role and that they’ll be just fine. Reddick was just fine for the Cardinals, but he was never really special at all, as the Cardinals moved him around from inside to outside as a reserve castoff. This is funny, since coming out of college, Reddick was considered one of the best linebackers potential wise in his class. Sure enough, when the Panthers played him at a better position for his talents and gave him a defined role, he played better.
One year of good production, though, is not really enough for me to be comfortable with a huge free agent deal. Not every linebacker is Shaq Barrett, and Barrett had a few seasons in Denver where it was obvious that he deserved a starting role. Still, I think that Reddick is a really, really good option for a team needing pass rush help-I think the Broncos ironically are one after giving up Barrett years ago.
This guy is a scumbag. He had his uncle make a ho ho house in a very run down part of Camden, NJ.