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A Baltimore Ravens starter has made a big change entering a contract year.
The Baltimore Ravens saw enough of edge rusher and former 1st round pick Odafe Oweh that they decided they didn’t want to see any more of him, just 5 games into the 2025 regular season.
The Ravens, in more of a “We Give Up” move than anything else, traded Oweh to the Los Angeles Chargers for safety Alohi Gilman and a 7th round pick and weren’t any worse for it.
While Oweh reclaimed his season with the Chargers and wound up with 7.5 sacks in 2025, he didn’t even become a full-time starter.
That mattered little to the Washington Commanders, who dropped a 4-year, $100 million free agent contract in Oweh’s lap on Monday, the 1st day of NFL free agency.
“Former Chargers DE Odafe Oweh reached agreement today on a four-year, $100 million deal including $68 million guaranteed with the Washington Commanders,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter wrote on his official X account on Monday.
Reaction from the Commanders fans was swift — and condemned the deal.
“The Washington Commanders just handed Odafe Oweh $100 MILLION with $68M guaranteed and we’re supposed to act like that’s normal??” NFL influencer Olakunle Beloved wrote on their official X account. “One massive contract and suddenly everyone’s acting like this fixes everything. NFL front offices throw around insane money and fans are expected to just clap for it. Commanders fans… is this actually a great move or another overpay waiting to age badly?”
Odafe Oweh Massive Bust With Ravens
Even after being traded to the Los Angeles Chargers on October 7, Oweh was called out by Bleacher Report’s Brad Gagnon as the “Biggest Letdown” for the Ravens in 2025.
“Oweh broke out with 10 sacks in 2024, but he didn’t register a single quarterback takedown in five games before the team essentially gave up and traded him to the Chargers,” Gagnon wrote on October 24.
Sending Oweh to the Chargers came as somewhat of a shock. NFL teams are loathe to give up on edge rushers and the deal gave the Ravens little advantage on paper.
On paper, it looks like the Ravens were just sick of Oweh and wanted him shipped out of town.
Have No Fear Ravens Fans, Maxx Crosby Is Here
Of all the deals that happened during free agency on Monday, nothing could match the move the Ravens made on Friday night to trade for NFL All-Pro edge rusher Maxx Crosby, sending the Las Vegas Raiders 2 1st round picks in exchange for the future Pro Football Hall of Famer.
Crosby’s addition immediately made the Ravens prohibitive AFC favorites in 2026, and he stated as much in his 1st public comments after the trade.
“It’s a new day,” Crosby said in a 12-minute video posted to his official X account. “I’m going to Baltimore. Flock Nation, everybody in the whole city of Baltimore, I’ve got a lot to learn. I’ll attack it head-on like I do anything else, but everything is going to be new to me. To the fans there, I’m not going to sit here and make a bunch of grand predictions or anything of that nature. I’m going there with 1 purpose, and that’s to help ultimately to get this team where it needs to be and where everybody wants to go, and that’s winning a Super Bowl. And I know that’s going to be very difficult and there’s no guarantee in that, but I’m going to give everything in my heart and soul to bring a championship to Baltimore … no more words needed for that. I’m going to lead by action. Lead fully … I want to get to that pinnacle.”