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Cardinals re-sign Baron Browning

Sun Mar 9 12:46pm ET
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The Arizona Cardinals re-signed edge rusher Baron Browning on a two-year, $15 million contract, NFL Network reported on Sunday.

Per the report, the deal that could reach up to $19 million with incentives.

In November, the Cardinals traded a 2025 sixth-round pick to acquire Browning. He appeared in eight games for Arizona, posting two sacks and 14 tackles while playing 48 percent of the team's defensive snaps.

For the 2024 campaign, his PFF pass rush grade of 76.3 ranked as the 23rd highest among 211 qualifying edge rushers.

Browning was selected by the Denver Broncos in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft. He began his NFL career as an inside linebacker, where he had a solid rookie season, recording 58 combined tackles, two tackles for loss and two passes defended.

In 2022, he transitioned to edge rusher, racking up five sacks, eight tackles for loss, and 18 quarterback pressures in 14 games.

In 2023, he had another solid season with 4.5 sacks and 10 pressures across 10 games.

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Baron Browning Mar 9 12:30pm CT
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The Arizona Cardinals re-signed pass-rusher Baron Browning to a two-year deal on Sunday, sources tell NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. Browning receives $15 million in base salary over the next two years with upside to make as much as $19 million through incentives. The 26-year-old linebacker was acquired by Arizona from the Denver Broncos last November and he had 14 tackles (11 solo), two sacks and four tackles for loss in eight games (one start) for the Cardinals to close out the 2024 season. The former third-round pick by the Broncos in 2021 out of Ohio State will likely be a situational pass-rushing linebacker for the Cardinals again in 2025 in his first full season with the team. In his four years in the NFL, Browning has a total of 128 tackles (77 solo), 11.5 sacks, 19 tackles for loss, 25 QB hits, one interception, six pass breakups, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery in 51 games (29 starts).

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