Kicking off a new series, we’ll be taking a look at spending rankings for every NFL position by team for the 2025 season. Dead cap hits from players who are no longer on the team do not count towards their positional spending, so Russell Wilson will not show up for the Broncos’ quarterback room despite carrying a dead cap hit of $32,000,000 for the year.
We’ve already covered the entire offense and each offensive position, and now we’re moving on to the defense, starting with the edge rusher position. Outside of quarterback, this is one of the league’s most expensive positions, as four of the seven highest-paid non-quarterbacks are edge rushers. Here’s a look at the most expensive edge rushing rooms in the league of players currently on the roster.
- Cap information compiled via Over The Cap
- Depth charts pulled from OurLads
- For edge rushers, PFF grades are averages of the top two players from 2024
1 – Raiders: $60,474,598
- Percentage of total cap: 21.7 percent
- Top cap hit: Maxx Crosby, $38,153,250 (12.2 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Malcolm Koonce, $10,020,000 (3.2 percent)
- PFF grade: 70.5 (4th: Crosby, Wilson)
| LDE | RDE |
| Maxx Crosby | |
| Charles Snowden | Tyree Wilson |
2 – Steelers: $55,365,928
- Percentage of total cap: 19.8 percent
- Top cap hit: T.J. Watt, $30,418,694 (10.7 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Alex Highsmith, $18,602,000 (6.5 percent)
- PFF grade: 90.4 (1st)
| LOLB | ROLB |
| T.J. Watt | Alex Highsmith |
| Nick Herbig | Jack Sawyer |
3 – Texans: $48,597,727
- Percentage of total cap: 17.4 percent
- Top cap hit: Danielle Hunter, $20,200,000 (7.0 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Will Anderson Jr., $9,603,496 (3.3 percent)
- PFF grade: 86.2 (3rd)
| LDE | RDE |
| Will Anderson Jr. | |
| Denico Autry | Darrell Taylor |
4 – 49ers: $46,710,270
- Percentage of total cap: 16.7 percent
- Top cap hit: Nick Bosa, $20,430,870 (6.0 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Yetur Gross-Matos, $9,473,000 (2.8 percent)
- PFF grade: 79.7 (5th: Bosa, Huff)
| LDE | RDE |
| Nick Bosa |
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| Yetur Gross-Matos | Bryce Huff |
5 – Jaguars: $44,661,998
- Percentage of total cap: 16.0 percent
- Top cap hit: Josh Hines-Allen, $15,370,588 (5.2 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Travon Walker, $11,891,290 (4.0 percent)
- PFF grade: 75.5 (9th)
| LDE | RDE |
| Travon Walker | |
| Dawuane Smoot | Emmanuel Ogbah |
6 – Vikings: $43,419,387
- Percentage of total cap: 15.6 percent
- Top cap hit: Jonathan Greenard, $22,300,000 (7.9 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Andrew Van Ginkel, $11,400,000 (4.0 percent)
- PFF grade: 76.3 (7th)
| LOLB | ROLB |
| Jonathan Greenard | Andrew Van Ginkel |
| Bo Richter | Dallas Turner |
7 – Giants: $43,020,560
- Percentage of total cap: 15.4 percent
- Top cap hit: Brian Burns, $17,750,000 (6.1 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Kayvon Thibodeaux, $9,971,513 (3.4 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Abdul Carter, $8,228,2124 (2.8 percent)
- PFF grade: 73.8 (12th)
| LOLB | ROLB |
| Brian Burns | Abdul Carter |
| Chauncey Golston | Kayvon Thibodeaux |
8 – Cowboys: $40,010,907
- Percentage of total cap: 14.3 percent
- Top cap hit: Micah Parsons, $24,007,000 (7.8 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Dante Fowler Jr., $6,000,000 (2.0 percent)
- PFF grade: 76.1 (8th)
| LDE | RDE |
| Dante Fowler Jr. | Micah Parsons |
| Sam Williams | Marshawn Kneeland |
9 – Bears: $39,820,865
- Percentage of total cap: 14.3 percent
- Top cap hit: Montez Sweat, $25,085,494 (8.8 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Dayo Odeyingbo, $8,000,000 (2.8 percent)
- PFF grade: 65.9 (22nd)
| LDE | RDE |
| Montez Sweat | Dayo Odeyingbo |
| Austin Booker | Daniel Hardy |
10 – Packers: $38,899,466
- Percentage of total cap: 13.9 percent
- Top cap hit: Rashan Gary, $25,771,138 (8.7 percent)
- PFF grade: 63.4 (26th)
| LDE | RDE |
| Rashan Gary | Lukas Van Ness |
| Barryn Sorrell | Kingsley Enagbare |
11 – Colts: $38,580,446
- Percentage of total cap: 13.8 percent
- Top cap hit: Kwity Paye, $13,387,000 (4.6 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Samson Ebukam, $10,490,000 (3.6 percent)
- PFF grade: 69.5 (19th)
| LDE | RDE |
| Kwity Paye | Laiatu Latu |
| JT Tuimoloau | Samson Ebukam |
12 – Dolphins: $34,240,977
- Percentage of total cap: 12.3 percent
- Top cap hit: Jaelan Phillips, $13,251,000 (4.7 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Bradley Chubb, $12,327,738 (4.3 percent)
- PFF grade: 67.4 (21st: Robinson, Bell)
| LOLB | ROLB |
| Jaelan Phillips | Bradley Chubb |
| Chop Robinson | Quinton Bell |
13 – Browns: $33,154,238
- Percentage of total cap: 11.9 percent
- Top cap hit: Myles Garrett, $21,922,120 (6.7 percent)
- PFF grade: 87.8 (2nd)
| LDE | RDE |
| Isaiah McGuire | Myles Garrett |
| Alex Wright | Joe Tryon-Shoyinka |
14 – Bengals: $32,689,153
- Percentage of total cap: 11.7 percent
- Top cap hit: Trey Hendrickson, $18,666,668 (6.5 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Joseph Ossai, $6,500,000 (2.3 percent)
- PFF grade: 73.2 (16th)
| LDE | RDE |
| Joseph Ossai | Trey Hendrickson |
| Shemar Stewart | Myles Murphy |
15 – Chargers: $32,232,921
- Percentage of total cap: 11.5 percent
- Top cap hit: Khalil Mack, $18,000,000 (6.4 percent)
- PFF grade: 78.4 (6th)
| LOLB | ROLB |
| Tuli Tuipulotu | Khalil Mack |
| Kyle Kennard | Bud Dupree |
16 – Ravens: $28,586,993
- Percentage of total cap: 10.2 percent
- Top cap hit: Odafe Oweh, $13,251,000 (4.8 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Kyle Van Noy, $6,125,000 (2.2 percent)
- PFF grade: 73.7 (13th)
| LOLB | ROLB |
| Kyle Van Noy | Odafe Oweh |
| Tavius Robinson | Mike Green |
17 – Seahawks: $28,496,448
- Percentage of total cap: 10.2 percent
- Top cap hit: Uchenna Nwosu, $11,848,333 (4.2 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Demarcus Lawrence, $7,683,333 (2.7 percent)
- PFF grade: 59.9 (30th)
| LOLB | ROLB |
| DeMarcus Lawrence | Uchenna Nwosu |
| Derick Hall | Boye Mafe |
18 – Saints: $27,446,615
- Percentage of total cap: 9.8 percent
- Top cap hit: Cameron Jordan, $9,775,000 (3.5 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Chase Young, $6,842,000 (2.4 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Carl Granderson, $6,482,000 (2.3 percent)
- PFF grade: 73.3 (15th)
| LDE | RDE |
| Chase Young | Carl Granderson |
| Cameron Jordan | Isaiah Foskey |
19 – Falcons: $26,353,039
- Percentage of total cap: 9.4 percent
- Top cap hit: Leonard Floyd, $10,000,000 (3.5 percent)
- PFF grade: 60.9 (29th)
| LOLB | ROLB |
| Jalon Walker | Leonard Floyd |
| Arnold Ebiketie | James Pearce Jr. |
20 – Bills: $26,242,353
- Percentage of total cap: 9.4 percent
- Top cap hit: A.J. Epenesa, $7,487,000 (2.7 percent)
- PFF grade: 73.5 (14th)
| LDE | RDE |
| Gregory Rousseau | Joey Bosa |
| Michael Hoecht | A.J. Epenesa |
21 – Chiefs: $23,802,743
- Percentage of total cap: 8.5 percent
- Top cap hit: Michael Danna, $8,046,666 (2.8 percent)
- PFF grade: 64.5 (24th)
| LDE | RDE |
| George Karlaftis | Michael Danna |
| Charles Omenihu | Felix Anudike-Uzomah |
22 – Patriots: $23,345,673*
- Percentage of total cap: 8.4 percent
- Top cap hit: Harold Landry, $8,500,000 (2.6 percent)
- PFF grade: 69.5 (19th)
| LOLB | ROLB |
| Harold Landry III | Keion White |
| K’Lavon Chaisson | Anfernee Jennings |
23 – Cardinals: $23,152,932
- Percentage of total cap: 8.3 percent
- Top cap hit: Josh Sweat, $7,300,000 (2.5 percent)
- PFF grade: 64.2 (25th)
| LOLB | ROLB |
| Baron Browning | Josh Sweat |
| Zaven Collins | BJ Ojulari |
24 – Buccaneers: $23,102,891
- Percentage of total cap: 8.3 percent
- Top cap hit: Haason Reddick, $13,176,470 (4.7 percent)
- PFF grade: 65.8 (23rd)
| LOLB | ROLB |
| Haason Reddick | YaYa Diaby |
| Anthony Nelson | Chris Braswell |
25 – Lions: $22,544,670
- Percentage of total cap: 8.1 percent
- Top cap hit: Aidan Hutchinson, $11,365,351 (3.7 percent)
- PFF grade: 74.0 (11th)
| LDE | RDE |
| Aidan Hutchinson | Marcus Davenport |
| Josh Paschal | Al-Quadin Muhammad |
26 – Commanders: $20,535,297
- Percentage of total cap: 7.36 percent
- Top cap hit: Dorance Armstrong, $10,180,000 (3.4 percent)
- PFF grade: 62.5 (27th)
| LDE | RDE |
| Dorance Armstrong | Deatrich Wise |
| Jacob Martin | Clelin Ferrell |
27 – Panthers: $20,330,750
- Percentage of total cap: 7.3 percent
- Top cap hit: D.J. Wonnum $7,875,000 (2.8 percent)
- PFF grade: 55.4 (31st)
| LOLB | ROLB |
| Patrick Jones II | D.J. Wonnum |
| Nic Scourton | Princley Umanmielen |
28 – Broncos: $18,995,372
- Percentage of total cap: 6.8 percent
- Top cap hit: Jonathon Cooper, $8,145,000 (2.9 percent)
- PFF grade: 72.3 (17th)
| LOLB | ROLB |
| Jonathon Cooper | Nik Bonitto |
| Jonah Elliss | Dondrea Tillman |
29 – Jets: $17,970,960
- Percentage of total cap: 6.4 percent
- Top cap hit: Will McDonald, $4,451,365 (1.6 percent)
- PFF grade: 50.6 (32nd)
| LDE | RDE |
| Will McDonald IV | Jermaine Johnson |
| Tyler Baron | Micheal Clemons |
30 – Titans: $15,066,311
- Percentage of total cap: 5.4 percent
- Top cap hit: Arden Key, $9,285,294 (3.1 percent)
- PFF grade: 62.0 (28th)
| LOLB | ROLB |
| Dre’Mont Jones | Arden Key |
| Oluwafemi Oladejo | Lorenzo Carter |
31 – Rams: $11,987,791
- Percentage of total cap: 4.3 percent
- Top cap hit: Jared Verse, $3,349,624 (1.2 percent)
- PFF grade: 75.5 (9th)
| LOLB | ROLB |
| Byron Young | Jared Verse |
| Josaiah Stewart | Brennan Jackson |
32 – Eagles: $11,621,464
- Percentage of total cap: 4.2 percent
- Top cap hit: Nolan Smith, $3,270,659 (1.1 percent)
- PFF grade: 71.8 (18th)
| LOLB | ROLB |
| Nolan Smith | Jalyx Hunt |
| Josh Uche | Azeez Ojulari |
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