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	Malcolm Koonce
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.	Danielle Hunter
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	Mykel Williams
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	Josh Hines-Allen
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