Maxx Crosby sets the new pass-rusher high bar at $35.5 million per season, sliding ahead of Nick Bosa at $34 million. Myles Garrett, T.J. Watt, Micah Parsons among those on deck as a game of leapfrog is set to play out.

“T.J. Watt of the Pittsburgh Steelers is also in the final year of his four-year, $112 million contract,” Pauline wrote. “Watt has combined for 30.5 sacks the past two seasons, winning Pro Bowl and various All-Pro honors each year. Sources say an extension now would award Watt somewhere in the range of $35 to $37 million annually.”

Las Vegas Raiders star edge rusher Maxx Crosby has set the market with a huge extension. His three-year, $106 million deal set the market a $35.5 million per year on the edge rusher market, and with others such as Myles Garrett, Aidan Hutchinson, and Micah Parsons expecting new deals, that figure will only climb.