Assessing 10 NFL offseason adds: Who is working, who is not? - ESPN

It's Week 8 of the NFL season, so we've had roughly two months to digest changes that each team made during the offseason.

Everyone loves offseason movement. Fans get super excited about new players joining their team, whether through trade or free agency. But not all moves work out. Some players excel in their new surroundings, bringing strong production to their new teams and improving prior weaknesses. Other players struggle to make anything good happen.

I took a look at five non-rookies from each category — five players who are working really well in their new cities and five who are not. Which teams are getting help from these new players, and which ones might be on the hook for some bad contracts? Let's start in Baltimore with a late-summer signing who has made a big positive impact on his new 2023 team.

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How he got there: Signed a one-year, $2.5 million contract
Stat to know: Ninth among edge rushers with 25% pass rush win rate

Clowney's still got it. He has bounced from NFL team to NFL team in recent years, but he'll help whoever signs him — even if for a year. In August, the Ravens brought him in to give a veteran complement to their young edge rusher crew, and he has been fantastic for a defense that now ranks second in the NFL in DVOA. Clowney has been even more important since David Ojabo (ankle/knee) and Odafe Oweh (ankle) have missed most of the season so far with injuries.

And it's not just Clowney's 3.5 sacks — already surpassing his total from 2022 — but also how he got there. Clowney is ninth in the league in pass rush win rate (PRWR) despite being double-teamed 27% of the time. Out of the top 20 edge rushers in PRWR, only Nick Bosa and