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PHILADELPHIA — Eagles edge rusher Haason Reddick has been granted permission to seek a trade, a league source confirmed Sunday.
Reddick, 29, signed a three-year, $45 million free agent contract with his hometown team during the 2022 offseason.
He quickly outperformed that deal, racking up 16 sacks during the 2022 regular season and 3.5 more in the postseason during Philadelphia’s Super Bowl run.
“Y’all see it, y’all know what’s going on,” Reddick said when asked last offseason if he is underpaid. “I’m worried about being the best version of myself, and then everything will sort itself out, truly.”
He added 11 more sacks during the 2023 campaign, marking the fourth consecutive season he has reached double-digit sacks.
NFL Network was first to report Reddick has been granted permission to seek a trade.
From the Eagles’ perspective, it’s not guaranteed that a trade gets done. The cap considerations and compensation will have to be right in order to part with one of their top defensive players. But with pressing needs across the board on defense, the money they would have freed up in a Reddick trade would be redistributed quickly.
There are 12 edge rushers currently averaging $20 million-plus a season, led by Nick Bosa ($34 million), according to Spotrac.com.
Sources: Seahawks hiring Ryan Grubb as offensive coordinator
Grubb had accepted the Alabama offensive coordinator job after spending the past two seasons at Washington under former Huskies and current Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer, coordinating a pass-heavy offense that ranked sixth in the FBS in yards per game (487.0) and sixth in scoring (36.7) in that span. With Michael Penix Jr. at quarterback, the Huskies led the FBS in passing yards per game (355.8) the past two seasons and ranked 15th in dropback percentage, calling passing plays 61.8% of the time.
Grubb was set to be Alabama’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, having followed DeBoer to Tuscaloosa when he was hired in January after Nick Saban retired. Washington had passed on hiring Grubb as DeBoer’s replacement.
Instead, Grubb will return to Seattle for his first job in the NFL. He becomes the third coordinator hired to Macdonald’s Seahawks staff. They have tabbed Jay Harbaugh to run special teams and Aden Durde to coordinate their defense, though Macdonald will call plays on that side of the ball. Seattle has also hired Leslie Frazier as assistant head coach.
Grubb is expected to bring Alabama offensive line coach Scott Huff with him to the Seahawks, sources told ESPN. Huff coached Washington’s offensive line for the past seven years, including the past two with Grubb. Last season, the Huskies’ offensive line won the Joe Moore Award as the top line in college football.
At Washington, Grubb also served as the Huskies’ quarterbacks coach, working closely in that role with Penix, who threw a combined 67 touchdown passes in 28 games over the past two seasons. Penix finished runner-up in Heisman Trophy voting in December.
