The Philadelphia Eagles and defensive tackle Jalen Carter have agreed to a four-year, $152 million contract extension through 2031, Carter’s agent Drew Rosenhaus confirmed Tuesday.

The deal is worth up to $160 million, according to Rosenhaus, and $106 million is guaranteed, making Carter the highest-paid defensive tackle in NFL history.

The move ends any speculation about the franchise’s commitment to the 25-year-old, two-time Pro Bowler who was entering the fourth year of his rookie contract. The Eagles exercised Carter’s fifth-year option in April, which kept him under contract through 2027. But a lengthier deal was expected due to Carter’s talent and general manager Howie Roseman’s usual strategy of staying ahead of the calendar by signing core players to long-term deals early.

The Eagles drafted Carter with the No. 9 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, and he quickly emerged as a cornerstone player for a franchise with a deep history of high-level defensive tackles. His deal comes during the same offseason the Eagles signed Jordan Davis, also his teammate at Georgia, to a three-year, $78 million contract, giving the Eagles a foundation in the middle of their defensive line.

Although Carter’s statistics do not jump off the page — he has 13.5 sacks in three seasons — his effect on games is apparent with the way opposing offensive lines focus on him and how disruptive he is in critical moments such as on the final drive of the NFC divisional round win over the Los Angeles Rams in January 2025.

“Oh my gosh, that dude is just a monster,” linebacker Zack Baun said of Carter after that game. “The best in the league.”

Carter led the Eagles in pressures, quarterback hits and tackles for loss in 2024. He was limited to 11 games last season because of injuries to his shoulders and a Week 1 ejection.

The questions about Carter have often had little to do with the way he plays. He fell in the draft after he pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor charges of racing and reckless driving following a fatal car crash in January 2023 when he was at Georgia. He was ejected from the Eagles’ season-opening victory in 2025 for spitting at Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott before the opening snap. He’s also been involved in other on-field confrontations.

Behind the scenes, there’s been praise for Carter’s passion and football intelligence. The Eagles have maintained a high tolerance because of his high-ranking talent, and this commitment shows the franchise was comfortable with this type of investment. The Eagles are known to act quickly with contract extensions for cornerstone players — Jalen Hurts, DeVonta Smith, Landon Dickerson and Cam Jurgens signed new deals in recent seasons in their first offseasons eligible — so the wait for Carter’s new deal raised particular intrigue.

MINNEAPOLIS — There’s nothing wishy-washy about it. The Minnesota Twins are buyers.

Though myriad teams around the league are still undecided about their plans ahead of Monday’s trade deadline, the Twins intend to enhance their roster. Knowing full well that finding a willing trade partner could be tricky because of limited teams identified as sellers, the Twins say they plan to pursue roster upgrades to support a surprising club still in the postseason hunt.

Shortly before the Twins opened a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals, general manager Jeremy Zoll confirmed the team’s plans. He listed improving the bullpen as the top priority and said the Twins will be open to “creative paths.”

“This has been what we were focusing on and what our pro personnel group over the last couple of months has been focused on — the ‘buy’ version of things,” Zoll said. “It wasn’t some situation where they were prepping to sell and we’re switching. Now we’re looking forward to try and execute on that work.”

The Twins began dropping hints this would be their path when Zoll shut down Byron Buxton trade rumors June 24. Control owner Tom Pohlad suggested July 10 that if they were in position, the Twins would be buyers. The team is helping its own cause, too, going 9-2-1 in its last 12 series and climbing within a game of the .500 mark at 53-54.

Even so, pundits everywhere believed the Twins would sell, with all eyes glued on the future whereabouts of starting pitcher Joe Ryan, catcher Ryan Jeffers and outfielder Trevor Larnach.

Still, the Twins, who entered Tuesday one game behind the Cleveland Guardians for the final American League wild-card spot, aren’t interested in a repeat of last year’s trade deadline when they dealt 10 players off the major-league roster.

“All along, we were optimistic we were going to be in this spot to be able to add,” Zoll said. “We’re active on the phones and in touch across the board in trying to do everything we can to find ways to improve the team.”

How they could bolster the roster remains to be seen. The Twins boast a healthy farm system, ranked ninth by MLB Pipeline in May before they selected catcher Vahn Lackey with the third pick in July’s MLB Draft. Zoll acknowledged the Twins could swap big leaguers with another squad, but finding a trade partner with so many teams in the hunt promises to complicate matters.

“It takes two to tango,” Twins manager Derek Shelton said in an effort to downplay trade deadline speculation.

Since spring training, the Twins hoped they’d find themselves in this position. Since he took over as the team’s controlling owner in mid-December, Pohlad at times said — perhaps naively — he thought the Twins could play meaningful baseball at the end of the season.

If they were in position to add, Pohlad wanted to enhance the roster. He said it would be the first in a series of moves to win back the trust of his players and a fanbase angry about a host of events, including a $30 million payroll cut ahead of the 2024 season.

“We’ve got to be willing to make investments and make bold moves that allow us to be successful in the playoffs,” Pohlad said earlier this month. “This is a ‘build-and-they-will-come’ situation. The fans are not going to come back based on words. They’re going to come back once they see investment in the team and success on the field. I know that.”

The team’s needs include adding depth to an improved bullpen bolstered by the in-season developments of Andrew Morris and Yoendrys Gómez. With Connor Prielipp already at a career high for innings pitched and Mike Paredes on the injured list, the Twins could also add to their starting rotation.

“We’re really excited about how the team has played over this last stretch,” Zoll said. “We’re really encouraged about that. In turn, we’re going to use this next stretch to do everything we can to find ways to improve the club and continue to execute on that goal and make it a reality.”