Mar 26, 2026
NFLBaltimoreCincinnati
The NFL's sack leader in 2024. Four years, $112M, $60M fully guaranteed. The Ravens went and found their pass rusher the same afternoon the Crosby deal collapsed.
The Baltimore Ravens signed edge rusher Trey Hendrickson to a four-year contract worth $112 million, with a maximum value of $120 million including sack incentives and $60 million fully guaranteed — completing a transaction that came together within hours of Baltimore's failed attempt to acquire Maxx Crosby from Las Vegas. Hendrickson, 31, led the NFL with 17.5 sacks in 2024 while playing for Cincinnati, establishing himself over the last three seasons as the most consistently productive pass rusher in the AFC North. His release from the Bengals, who faced significant cap constraints following the Trey Hendrickson contract year alongside other roster obligations, created an opening in the market that Baltimore moved to close as soon as the Crosby situation resolved.
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NFLBaltimorePittsburghCincinnatiCleveland
The division's combined window commitment was the largest in recent history. Four organizations, four philosophies, all reaching their conclusions in the same eighteen hours.
The AFC North emerged as the most active division in the final twenty-four hours of the negotiating window, with all four organizations reporting agreements that combined represent the largest single-day divisional commitment in the window's recent history. Baltimore's additions concentrated on the secondary. The Ravens added two cornerbacks in the window's final hours, addressing what their coaching staff had identified as the defensive unit's primary exposure point last season. Baltimore's organizational approach has consistently been to address diagnosed weaknesses through the first wave of free agency rather than paying the premium that the draft demands when need is transparent. The additions are consistent with that pattern.
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