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Calais Campbell

Ravens steal pass rusher from Jaguars

Seems like only yesterday the Jacksonville Jaguars were in the AFC Championship game. Now they're dumping talent and salary, to the benefit of teams favored to be in this year's championship game. Calais Campbell is the latest.

Jacksonville sent the veteran pass rusher to Baltimore for just a fifth-round pick, in a deal mostly about the Jaguars looking to clear some cap space by shedding the final year of Campbell's deal. He and Baltimore agreed on a new contract, that will make him a key part of their defense for the next two seasons. He's been a key part of Jacksonville's for the three seasons since signing with them as a free agent. He also just won the Walter Payton Man of the Year award, so he should quickly slot in as one of the team leaders on a team with Super Bowl aspirations.

Campbell has totaled 31.5 sacks over those three years, helping the Jaguars have one of the league's best pass rushes (3rd). Baltimore, meanwhile, has had a mediocre pass rush in those three years (14th).

TEAM SACKS, 2017-2019
Team171819Tot
Pittsburgh565254162
New Orleans424951142
Jacksonville553747139
LA Rams484150139
Carolina503553138
Minnesota375048135
Washington424646134
Kansas City315245128
Arizona374940126
Tennessee433943125
Philadelphia384443125
Chicago425032124
Green Bay374441122
Baltimore414337121
New England423047119
Denver334440117
Dallas383939116
San Francisco303748115
LA Chargers433830111
Seattle394328110
Cleveland343738109
Buffalo273644107
Tampa Bay223847107
Cincinnati413431106
Houston324331106
Detroit354328106
Atlanta393728104
Indianapolis253841104
NY Jets283935102
NY Giants27303693
Miami30312384
Oakland31133276

Jacksonville might not be done shedding pass rushing talent. They placed the franchise tag on Yannick Ngakoue, but media reports have them looking to trade him. He'll cost more than Campbell to acquire, but clearly the Jaguars aren't driving hard bargains these days.

--Andy Richardson

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