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Josh Uche will soon enter free agency for the second time in as many years, although he’s unlikely to garner the type of offers he received during his first foray.
Despite amassing 14.5 sacks for the New England Patriots between the 2022-23 seasons, the edge-rusher elected to take an extremely team-friendly $3 million deal to remain in Foxborough for the 2024 campaign. Unfortunately for Uche, he wound up being traded to the Kansas City Chiefs and has been buried on the back-to-back defending champions’ bench ever since.
When he’s been on the field, Uche consistently posted one of the league’s highest pass-rush win rates over the past three seasons. Even during a trying 2024 campaign, he still ranked amongst the top-15 edge defenders in that category prior to being dealt to the Chiefs.
Although undersized at 6’1