{"id":795512,"date":"2026-03-06T06:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T06:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/795512\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T06:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T06:35:18","slug":"texans-de-danielle-hunter-agrees-to-1-year-40-1-million-extension-after-15-sack-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/795512\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans DE Danielle Hunter agrees to 1-year, $40.1 million extension after 15-sack season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Add another piece of evidence to the theory that teams value 15-sack seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The Houston Texans and defensive end Danielle Hunter have agreed on a one-year, $40.1 million contract extension, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/2029744446766518441?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to NFL Network&#039;s Tom Pelissero;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">according to NFL Network&#8217;s Tom Pelissero<\/a>. The deal reportedly contains a $30.7 million signing bonus and will keep Hunter in Houston through the 2027 season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old Hunter was previously under contract for only 2026, with a $31.3 million cap number and a guaranteed $22.6 million salary. His new AAV will make him the fourth-highest paid pass rusher in the NFL, per <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/position\/edge-rusher#google_vignette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:OverTheCap;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">OverTheCap<\/a>, behind only Micah Parsons, Aidan Hutchinson and T.J. Watt.<\/p>\n<p>This new deal rewards Hunter for a career season in 2025, one that helped make Houston&#8217;s defense one of the most terrifying units in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Working opposite All-Pro pass-rusher Will Anderson, Hunter led the team in sacks with 15 and ranked second in nearly every other stat that involves bothering the quarterback. That effort earned him second-team All-Pro honors, while Anderson made the first team.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Houston led the NFL in total defense with 277 yards allowed per game and ranked second in points allowed at 17.4 per game. When you&#8217;re seeing success like that, you do what you can to keep the band together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Add another piece of evidence to the theory that teams value 15-sack seasons. The Houston Texans and defensive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[1817,6513,6047,7,221,253,2368,491,7019,6,126,5226,222,3257,13122],"class_list":["post-795512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston-texans","tag-aidan-hutchinson","tag-contract-extension","tag-danielle-hunter","tag-football","tag-houston","tag-houston-texans","tag-houstontexans","tag-micah-parsons","tag-michael-owens","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-network","tag-t-j-watt","tag-texans","tag-tom-pelissero","tag-will-anderson"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116180846285040213","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}