Outside Linebacker · Washington Commanders

Odafe Oweh

No. 98 · 6th season

A hundred million reasons Washington is betting on Odafe Oweh

Some players arrive in a new city as a consolation prize. Oweh arrived as a statement.

He built his name in Baltimore as one of the more physically gifted pass rushers in the league — a player who could end a play in a way that made you look up from your phone. The Baltimore Ravens developed him, and for a while it seemed like that's where his story would play out. Then free agency opened, and Washington made its answer clear before the conversation got long.

The Washington Commanders signed Oweh to a four-year deal worth up to $100 million. That number means the organization is not hoping he turns into something — they believe he already has. A contract that size in free agency is a public declaration, the kind the whole roster hears.

Where Oweh lands on the depth chart, how Washington uses him, what this does to the defense's identity — all of that is still being written. But the organization already answered the most important question: they wanted him badly enough to pay for certainty.

A hundred million dollars is a lot of faith. Now comes the part where he justifies it.

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