Panthers sign linebackers Jaelan Phillips, Devin Lloyd to combined $165 million

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/phillips-jaelan/IyD4jw7I/"]Phillips[/a], 26, signed a four-year, $120 million deal with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/carolina-panthers/IoAX6qmR/"]Panthers[/a] that includes $80 million guaranteed. He's coming off a season where he posted a combined 53 tackles, 14 quarterback hits, seven tackles for loss, five sacks, four pass deflections, and one forced fumble in nine games with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/miami-dolphins/WQivmqEf/"]Miami Dolphins[/a] and eight with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/philadelphia-eagles/dGgVhRLK/"]Philadelphia Eagles[/a]. [/p][p]The five-year linebacker, primarily known for his pass rushing, put up the ninth-most quarterback pressures (73) among 115 edge rushers and the fifth-most hurries (53). [/p][embed guid="2567b6f7-a636-4d93-8d3e-29e7c031e210" url="https://x.com/NFL/status/2031048490189496824?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lloyd-devin/h8ywCk0g/"]Lloyd[/a], 27, signed a three-year deal with the Panthers worth $45 million. He is coming off his All-Pro (Second-Team) season after spending the first four years of his career with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jacksonville-jaguars/QwhQ85IE/"]Jacksonville Jaguars[/a]. He finished the 2025 season with a career-low 81 tackles - finishing below 110 for the first time in his career - but also posted five interceptions, one for a touchdown that went for 99 yards, which was the biggest pick six of the 2025 season in the entire league, and seven pass deflections on top of that. [/p][p]Lloyd posted a top-five pass rush grade (82.2) after creating the third-most quarterback pressures (25) out of all linebackers, and a top-five coverage grade (81.1). [/p][p]Opposing quarterbacks came away with a low 69.2 passer rating when targeting Lloyd - the best of his career [i]by far[/i]. But despite only committing two penalties over the past two season, Lloyd had a career-high in missed-tackle percentage in 2025 (15.2%). [/p][embed guid="8088f6bb-d67d-4916-8f9f-af2f504e907d" url="https://x.com/Schultz_Report/status/2031188318113706313?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]