{"id":215137,"date":"2025-02-07T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=215137"},"modified":"2025-02-06T15:52:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T20:52:38","slug":"impending-free-agent-josh-sweat-hires-new-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/02\/07\/impending-free-agent-josh-sweat-hires-new-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"43-Sack Impending Free Agent Hires New Agent &#8211; Could Leave for Chargers, Commanders After Super Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>43-sack impending free agent <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/03\/19\/josh-sweat-2018-nfl-draft-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Josh Sweat<\/a> hires a new agent ahead of the Super Bowl matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs. <a href=\"https:\/\/nfltraderumors.co\/eagles-de-josh-sweat-changes-agents-ahead-of-potential-free-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to several reports<\/a>, there&#8217;s reason to believe that Sweat could be leaving the Eagles since hiring Drew Rosenhaus and Ryan Matha. This could be worrisome for many Eagle fans, but Sweat said it&#8217;s the &#8220;biggest moment of his life.&#8221; It seems odd that he would say this on Super Bowl week, which could indicate he&#8217;ll be open to leaving for a new team if it means earning a better deal elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Originally selected in the 2018 NFL Draft, the former Florida State product is looking for a major pay bump after playing on a one-year contract. Sweat was the subject of trade rumors this season and there&#8217;s no denying his pass-rushing abilities. The former Pro Bowler became one of the main disruptors for the Eagles, which is something that Philadelphia to lose after recording 27 solo tackles, eight sacks and a pair of broken-up passes while notching a 71.0 defensive grade. After saying &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/eagles\/eagles-josh-sweat-agent-change-free-agency-2025-edge-rusher-super-bowl-20250204.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It is what it is<\/a>,&#8221; it shouldn&#8217;t be too long for the Eagles fan-favorite to find a new team and sign a long-term deal with them.<\/p>\n<p>Sweat is not looking for a contender but someone who&#8217;s going to give him big money. Rosenhaus and his partners have helped other 1,100 contracts earn more than $8 billion, which means he&#8217;s not looking for the right fit but the money will intrigue him. Two teams have the bag are the Chargers, Commanders might give what Sweat is looking for.<\/p>\n<h2>43-Sack Impending Free Agent Josh Sweat Hires New Agent &#8211; Could Leave for Chargers, Commanders After Super Bowl<\/h2>\n<h3>Rebuilding Harbaugh&#8217;s Trenches<\/h3>\n<p>The Los Angeles Chargers surprised a lot of people this past 2024 campaign after building a new regime under head coach Jim Harbaugh. However, all of that came to an end when the Chargers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/43429663\/chargers-coach-jim-harbaugh-gm-joe-hortiz-defend-justin-herbert-poor-performance-vs-texans#:~:text=Herbert%20took%20responsibility%20for%20his,dropbacks%20and%20sacked%20four%20times.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">couldn&#8217;t find a way to support quarterback Justin Herbert<\/a> with capable receivers leading to the wild card round loss against the Texans. As much as Harbaugh didn&#8217;t help Herbert, he has to use the same energy for the defense. The team had one of the most improved defensive trenches under Harbaugh&#8217;s helm but has several impending free agents like <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/01\/26\/chargers-must-re-sign-their-most-underrated-defender-poona-ford\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Poona Ford<\/a> to re-sign.<\/p>\n<p>Edge rusher <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/01\/23\/khalil-mack-makes-a-decision-on-his-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Khalil Mack<\/a> doesn&#8217;t have many years in him, but chances are, he will probably sign with a new roster. Meanwhile, Joey Bosa is a probable cut candidate so that means the Chargers should be in the market for a new pass-rusher. The good news for the team is they have the money to facilitate a Sweat signing. As long as the Chargers can re-sign Ford and most of their defensive free agents, they should be in good hands with Sweat&#8217;s presence.<\/p>\n<h3>More Star Power in Washington<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Washington Commanders have all the star power when it comes to their offense. Quarterback Jayden Daniels is making life easier for targets such as Terry McLaurin but has several <a href=\"https:\/\/riggosrag.com\/jeremy-chinn-4-commanders-free-agents-most-likely-re-sign-2025\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free agents to re-sign.<\/a> They should anticipate bringing back most of them but the Commanders have done well for themselves by bringing some of the best pass rushers <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/02\/03\/free-agent-chauncey-golston\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Dante Fowler Jr<\/a>. and Dorance Armstrong to build a stalwart in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no word on <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/03\/25\/bobby-wagner-signs-contract-with-seattle-seahawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Bobby Wagner&#8217;s<\/a> future but the team could probably be considering signing him back for a few more years since he&#8217;s aging. However, with $63 million in cap space for the 2025 year, the Commanders have the financial resources to pull both Sweat and Wagner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It is what it is&#8221; are the words impending free agent Josh Sweat said when changing agents during Super Bowl week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4795,"featured_media":215141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,18,21,8896],"tags":[1051,7642,16111,20517,358,7429,7393,32612,8996],"class_list":["post-215137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-chargers","category-eagles","category-washington-commanders","tag-bobby-wagner","tag-chargers-featured","tag-dorance-armstrong-jr","tag-josh-sweat","tag-khalil-mack","tag-los-angeles-chargers-news","tag-philadelphia-eagles-news","tag-poona-ford","tag-washington-commanders-news"],"modified_by":"Anthony Palacios","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215137"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215144,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215137\/revisions\/215144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}