In 2021 he put up a huge 17.5 sacks and if he can keep up this level of play will be the first none quarterback selected. Fantasy Points: Seattle continued to upgrade their pass rush with their newest addition in Smith. According to an online graphic revealed by ESPN Sports Analytics writer Seth Walder on the morning of Tuesday, October 12, Bosa draws the third-highest double teams through Week 5 and draws two blockers at the highest rate among NFC West defenders. Washington fans should be pleased, though not surprised, to learn that both Chase Young and. Washington DE Chase Young Photo by: USA Today. Double team rate on pass plays at edge (x) by pass rush win rate at edge (y). There are simply no real weaknesses in his game. He says he will be ready for training camp, but there is a chance he starts the season on the Physically-Unable-to-Perform list (PUP). They probably arent elite pass rushers right now, but theyll make you work all game and nobody is better at defending the run. 87 Vinjince 1 yr. ago Fantasy Points: This is a risky move for Tennessee. Last year, he set career highs in total tackles (47), solos (28), assists (19), and sacks (8.5). The key for Cleveland will be keeping him healthy on what appears to be a much-improved defense following this offseason. Pace had 46 sacks in eight years with the team but was never . For the most part, he was an every down player for Dallas in 2020 as he took 809 of a possible 1108 defensive snaps. 11 rather than higher is that he will be returning from a severe ankle injury at 32 years old. 2021 NFL Double Team Percentage By Edge Rusher | StatMuse 2021 NFL double team percentage by edge rusher Explore Who has the most career 5+ passing TD games? He failed to register a single sack in 2020 and has never recorded more than 9.5 sacks in his seven-year career. Fantasy Points: Jenkins has been in a 3-4 base defense since coming into the league in 2016. He ranks in the 98th percentile in pass-rushing grade, pass-rush grade on true pass sets and pass-rush grade without play action. Double team rate as an edge (x) by pass rush win rate as an edge (y) for the 2020 regular season. Micah Parsons was a real Defensive Player of the Year candidate last season as a rookie thanks in large part to his pass-rushing prowess. Cleveland dominates the trenches in the pass game on both offense and defense! Dude just euro stepping past tackles. Carl Lawson, Jets Like Dupree, Floyd is another player who took advantage of an advantageous pass-rushing environment in 2020. Highest double team rate when pass rushing as an edge, 2018-2020. Bosa drew more than one defender the moment he arrived to the NFL. Houston is hoping the 26-year old can approach his 2019 stats he had in his last season with Buffalo, thus supplying them with 6-8 sacks in 2021. Joey Bosa 3. Nick Bosa absolutely wrecking shop. There is risk involved here. With Lawson lined up next to Quinnen Williams, the Jets now have a solid inside-outside combo to power Salehs defense. I hate being this guy, but in the last week, now multiple PR writers (Mark Cook being the other one, I cant remember the piece) have misused the word infamy. Im guessing movement amidst this tier is going to be pretty fluid next year, with a few guys having a chance to jump up a group. Barrett has taken full advantage of the increased opportunity that came with his move to Tampa Bay. Frank Clark, Chiefs The group has a high ceiling, and if they can rush the passer at a high level, the . Jordan and Lawrence are cut from the same cloth. 13. Epenesa, Gregory Rousseau and Carlos Basham Jr. to take on larger roles down the line. When he is not delving into fantasy football, Thomas works as an instant or slow-motion replay technician for national and regional clients. Getty At 28, Barrett probably is who he is at this point. Ingram still put up pass-rushing grades above 75.0 in each of the past two years and has plenty to offer teams as a pass-rusher. The return of Romeo Okwara off an Achilles injury that forced him to miss 13 games last year should give the Lions a boost in this department, but as a team in 2021, Detroit finished with the third fewest sacks in the league (30), and their pass-rush win rate was the second lowest in the NFL. That sack is seen near the 1:30 mark of this highlight video from the game. Mack is still creating pressure . If that's the case, the Niners. 1. This week, PFF published their ranking of the 32 best edge rushers entering the 2021 NFL season. Teams couldn't double team Watt. He tallied 55 for the Bills last season and has averaged that figure over the past nine years. A league-high 39 of his 142 pressures since 2018 were unblocked thats why he doesnt fall any higher on this list. Its odd that a team of people who actually get paid to write doesnt seem to know this between them, but people who do great things (i.e. But he still rated fourth overall in pass rush winning rate: Possibly the most telling stat about his season: Nick Bosa was double teamed more than all but nine rushers on this list. He's tallied a ridiculous 192 pressures in that span - recording at least 55 in each of those three campaigns - while hitting the opposing quarterback 77 times. In fact, his rate of being double teamed was 0.1 on the X-axis, making him among the 10 least double-teamed edge rushers in the NFL to that point. 2021 NFL Draft: Top 10 edge rushers. If they draft a WR in the 1st round you can really let them have it. Davenport started 13 games back in 2019 and came away from that season with an impressive 84.1 overall grade. Plus, by request from @DaneBeavers, label colors indicate 2020 cap hit (red = high).. Floyd could very well leave in free agency this offseason and sign a big-money deal elsewhere after earning $10 million for one year with the Rams, but he wont find a team with Donald in the middle of its defensive line. With the team's struggles on defense and that double team data above, it is obvious that the interior of the defensive line is not respected or making an impact. Evans was a catch-point king in 2021. All four of these edge rushers missed all or most of the 2020 season due to a significant injury. While Mack isnt No. We could run 4 DE rushes with Clowney and Richardson inside and Takk and Myles outside. That ranked him 13th overall in NFL snap count among edge rushers. Heres what a healthy Bosa has additionally managed to do through five games: He and Arizonas Chandler Jones are the NFC West leaders in sacks. He wasnt as great in 2020, but his 2019 tape was flat out elite. The sack numbers have been down a little bit the past two years, but it's largely due to extra attention from opposing offenses. Flowers has been one of the lone bright spots on Detroits defense when healthy over the past two seasons. His sack total dipped down to six total last year. Thus, he is familiar with the system and Carolina is expecting big things off the EDGE from Reddick in 2021. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. Fantasy Points: The Bengals traded Carlos Dunlap away last year and let Carl Lawson leave via free agency this offseason. Generated 13 quarterback pressures against Ohio State in 2021 (25.5% pressure rate). 14. There have been few NFL climates as good as today's for pass-rushers. The Ohio State product needs to establish a go-to move and some counter options. By Dalton Miller June 6, 2022 Jump around this article Click to show Few edge defenders improved more from 2019 to 2020 than Sweat did in his second year in the NFL. His starting role with the Buccaneers has resulted in 157 total pressures since 2019, more than any other edge defender in the NFL. Allen got out to a strong start as a rookie with Jacksonville in 2019, recording a 70.2 pass-rushing grade at a position that often takes some time for younger players to acclimate. 20. By definition, infamy = being famous for something BAD. Facing two linemen is nothing new for the 6-foot-4, 266-pounder out of Ohio State. Ngakoue just hasnt quite gotten back to the dominance he flashed in 2017 as a pass-rusher, nor has he graded above 60.0 in any season against the run. Brian Burns has already reached that level but is evidence of how dangerous it can be to assume it will continue linearly. Tom Simons. Bosa got to the Philadelphia Eagles Jalen Hurts twice in Week 2. He has recorded at least 42 pressures in each of his first five NFL seasons, with pass-rushing grades of 74.5 or higher in each of the past four years. 2021 NFL EDGE Rankings: Who Is NFLs Best Edge Rusher? But an ankle injury kept Miller from playing in 2020, and a torn biceps ended Jones campaign after five games. Look at the edge rusher double team rates and the defensive tackle double team rates. As a defensive tackle, hes often double-teamed by opposing linemen, drawing centers, guards and tackles in his area when rushing the passer and trying to stop the run. He notched 59 pressures as a rookie back in 2016 despite not seeing the field until Week 5 and has only continued to improve in the four years since. Pittsburghs scheme is as much to play than their players. Fantasy Points: Reddick did not meet expectations in his first three seasons with Arizona. So far, the speedy wideout has provided a downfield threat on paper more than in Bears edge rusher Khalil Mack has been ranked as the No. Garrett is second in the league with 14 sacks. 27. 16. T.J. Watt, Steelers When Chandler Jones went down for the season in 2020, Reddick was moved outside to fill the EDGE rushing vacancy and he flashed signs of the potential he had coming into the league. Pro Bowl outside linebacker Matthew Judon, designated last month with a franchise . 3. We have seen just seven games and 334 snaps of Hunter since his dominant 2019 season, and while he is still just 27 years old, that injury history is concerning until he can return to the kind of play that saw him rack up 88 pressures in a single season. Double team rate as an edge (x) by pass rush win . The Jets havent paid big bucks for an edge rusher in double-digit years and are dishing out $30 million of guaranteed money to Lawson who was a situational player with the Bengals. His 140 pressures over that same stretch are nearly double the amount he recorded in his first three years in the league (76). Over the past three seasons, Hughes 19.8% pass-rush win rate ranks fifth among qualifiers at the position. 4 pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, Ferell has recorded just 6.5 sacks in 26 starts. A lot rests on the shoulders of J.J. Watt, as the Cardinals let Jones leave this offseason and only really replaced him with developmental rookies in the middle rounds of the draft. . In 2019 when Washington ran a 3-4 base defense, Anderson started four of his 16 games played and posted 40 total tackles and four sacks. 50 Georgia CB Eric Stokes. #49ers || #FTTB pic.twitter.com/H4KnP5tr6m, OurSF49ers (@OurSf49ers_) October 12, 2021. Tennessee allowed over 50% of third downs to be converted by opponents. Watt has been the third most valuable edge defender in the league since 2018, per PFF WAR. His PFF run-defense grade was just 40.4 last season. Signing with the Giants will allow Anderson to play a more natural OLB spot and give New York a viable EDGE rusher. Young is an awesome talent who was easily the best rookie defender in the NFL last year. Jerry Hughes is virtually a guaranteed 50 pressures to any defense hes on, even at this age. Yannick Ngakoue, Raiders I would rather see us move up / get extra 2nd and 3rd picks. Montez Sweat, Washington His roll could be very similar to how Kyle Van Noy played with the Patriots in 2019. He can also get extremely low and his bend is just as insane. By Sam Monson. He is trending in the opposite direction of fellow 2019 draftee Maxx Crosby, whose overall grade fell nearly eight points from his first to second season last year. This year, he hasn't been as. Remarkably, the two-time. but you'll have to sign up in order to access our other articles and content! He ranks in the 87th percentile of all qualifying players at the position in run defense grade across the past six seasons. The players are also ordered by their potential fantasy impact for the 2021 season in each section. The game has rarely seen so many productive and impactful edge rushers playing at the same time. Jadeveon Clowney twitter 118 53 53 comments Best stasismachine 1 yr. ago Noticeably missing from this list is T.J. Watt. He has been effective when kicking inside the tackles and rushing the passer, posting a 20.2% pass-rush win rate on over 100 such snaps over the last two years. Still, he has yet to post double-digit sacks in a season. He has kept it on the straight and narrow lately, but it would be difficult to completely ignore his career before the past two years of breakout play, or the fact that his NFL resume includes just 1,474 NFL snaps, only around half of which have been plus play. 8. 18. If there is a downside to this signing, it can be found in the fact that Hendrickson has yet to play a full 16-game season. Chubb responded with the best season of his three-year career from a pass-rushing perspective, even if the sacks dont tell the same story. This is especially true when bye weeks start popping up in 2021. And he still managed to be one of the league's top edge rushers. Last year, he had a pedestrian 9.7% pressure rate, but his value remained high as he converted an unsustainable 25% of his pressures into double-digit sacks. With more help around him on the defensive line, he could be in line for another career year that might earn him a little more recognition. Double team rate at edge (x) by pass rush win rate at edge (y), through Week 5. Ostensibly still an off-ball linebacker, Parsons generated the best pressure rate of any pass-rusher in the league (22.4%) and was doing so as a true edge rusher, rather than simply taking advantage of favorable matchups against running backs. Bears edge rusher Khalil Mack has been ranked as the No. But Young is already an elite run defender and he plays with a temperament beyond his years. And his 89.8 overall grade wasnt just tops among all rookies in 2019; it was second among all players behind only T.J. Watt. Floyds 69.5 PFF grade in 2020 was almost identical to the 69.6 grades he recorded in 2018 and 2019 with Chicago. During the NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers are expected to draft a pass rusher. Smith has posted the fourth-most sacks over the span of the past two seasons in the NFL. He did sit out the season finale when he was placed on the Covid-19 list. 1 and No. Since entering the league in 2017, Lawsons pass-rush grade on true pass-rush sets ranks in the 96th percentile among all edge defenders firmly in elite territory. Then, in 2020, Bosa tore his ACL after just 68 snaps. He now joins a Texans defense that appears to be shifting to a 4-3 base. Paul Kelly's Player Props: Wild Card Weekend, 2021 Positional Tracker: Defensive Linemen. Bosa wasnt able to build on his impressive debut as a rookie thanks to a torn ACL that ended his year in Week 2, but this is a good place to remind everyone just how strong that rookie performance was. You can double both, but then you need an extra blocker, and need to account for Richardson/Jackson/Elliot/Billings/[DT to be drafted]. Jordan Jenkins (Hou) Jenkins inked a two-year, $6 million contract that could earn him up to $8 million with incentives. Epenesa, Gregory Rousseau and Carlos Basham Jr. to take on larger roles down the line. Hes a key part of a talented front seven that may need to make life easier for a shaky cornerback group by speeding up opposing quarterbacks. Fantasy Points: The Raiders supplied new defensive coordinator Gus Bradley with a pass rushing weapon. Ive seen too many rankings put him in the top 5-10 range already. He has been a first-team All-Pro just once, but there was a stretch of multiple years where he had a good claim to be the best edge defender in the game. He has been a 95th-percentile run defender at the position since 2014 and put up pass-rushing grades of 75.0 or higher for the first time in his career in each of the 2018 and 2019 seasons. Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. Myles Garrett, Browns Gary had 81 pressures, more than his previous two seasons combined, and now looks like he could be a true difference-maker going forward. Clowney is second on the team despite only having 3.5 sacks. Where do Shaq Barrett and Jason Pierre-Paul rank across the league? Fantasy Points: Clowney is coming off early December surgery to repair his left meniscus. He should receive serious . Its really hard to double team anyone when Pittsburgh brings 5-6 guys more than anyone else in the league - youd just be giving a free lane to the QB. At first, we thought this signjing would mean the end of Carlos Dunlap as a Seahawk, especially after Seattle re-signed Benson Mayowa. (ESPN / NFL Next Gen Stats) pic . Trey Hendrickson backed up his career year in New Orleans with another one in Cincinnati, justifying the buy-high free agent signing the team made with a player coming off career-highs in grade and sacks. pic.twitter.com/b0msKIdttg, Seth Walder (@SethWalder) January 20, 2021. 2. Lawrence is still an elite playmaker when healthy. Watt is the reigning Defensive Player of the Year, but Garrett posted the better PFF grade and pressure rate and had several other stats go in his favor last season. Justin Varnes and Tom Simons are covering every major defensive transaction from the 2021 off-season in our Off-season Tracker articles. Bucs EDGE Shaquil Barrett Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR. However, he has also been an elite run defender in recent years. Edge rusher rankings for top 32 NFL EDGEs heading into 2022 led by Myles Garrett and T.J. Watt The NFL's top 32 edge rushers in 2022 come in all shapes and sizes, but they all have one thing in common: They can get after opposing QBs. This season according to PFF, Bosa has been on the field for 147 pass rush snaps out of the 230 defensive plays hes seen on the field. When Gregory Rousseau opted out of the 2020 season, Miami's football team needed an answer to replace his production from the . The most double teamed EDGE in the entire NFL this season? Floyd was much better as a pass rusher this season than in any of his previous four seasons with the Bears, but the impact of playing alongside Donald cannot be overlooked. Arik Armstead, 49ers pass rush win rate vs double team 2021 - miamivalleyvcca.org The 49ers' defensive coaching staff has been extremely creative in 2021 with their pass-rush schemes. Jeremiah Attaochu (Chi) Attaochu signed a two-year deal with the terms of the contract currently undisclosed. Judon is another player whose pressure numbers benefitted from cleanup and unblocked opportunities with the Ravens. Please check your email for a confirmation. Za'Darius Smith also missed almost all of last season before finally returning for the Packers late in the year for their playoff run. Even with the trench version of double coverage placed on him, the third-year defensive end and 23-year-old is on pace to collect 17.0 sacks, which would give him both a career-high and reward him with his first season of surpassing the double-digit sack plateau. It will be interesting to see how that translates to Tennessee. Reddick posted 12.5 sacks while adding 61 total tackles in eleven starts last year. He uses his freakish snap explosion and cuts through inside the shoulder of the left tackle Duane Brown before forcing Wilson to throw the football away. Its part of the reason Dante Fowler Jr. struggled this season after leaving the Rams to sign a big contract with the Falcons. I began with quarterbacks,wide receivers, and tight ends. How about when training camp starts, and we finally conclude the lists and rankings, we rank the lists themselves? So is his effort. The can't-miss prospect out of the 2020 draft proved that he was up to that description during his rookie season. George Karlaftis, EDGE, Purdue. TEAM SEASON GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD; Chicago Bears: 2021: 54: 1,450: 369: 3.9: 26.9: 11: 504: 73: 91: 6.9: 9.3: 1: Arizona Cardinals: 2021: 52: I almost moved Burns up a tier. Of the 5.0 sacks Bosa has snatched, hes gripped and tussled just one who is a natural pocket passer: Jared Goff of the Detroit Lions in Week 1. Going purely off of pass-rushing production, its difficult to top what Watt has been able to do over the past two seasons in Pittsburgh. The sack numbers have been down a little bit the past two years, but its largely due to extra attention from opposing offenses. Clowneys stock across the league is seemingly at a low point as he comes off two injury-limited seasons with Seattle and Tennessee. Using PFFs play-by-play grading and advanced metrics such as pressure totals and run-stop percentage that can be found in Premium Stats 2.0, here are the top 32 edge defenders in the NFL heading into the 2021 season. I guess in terms of recent production you could put few in front of Mack but your comment that any DE would say Mack is hardest one on one says to me at least hes still the best. Nick Bosa is one of the league's most double-teamed defenders, but a Tuesday morning chart shows how the 49er handles facing two blockers. His rookie season was nothing short of spectacular. The Cowboys rookie edge rusher demonstrated Thor-like power in the first half of Dallas' deliver-on-Mike-McCarthy's-guarantee win in the nation's capital over the Washington Football Team, a. Trey Hendrickson (Cin) The Bengals signed Hendrickson to a four-year deal worth $60 million with $32 million getting paid in the first two years. A fourth-round pick in 2021, Jordan was on the field for only 21 snaps in two games and . Donald/Howard . Myles Garrett 4. Shaq Lawson (Hou) Lawson was traded by Miami to the Texans to try and help offset the loss of EDGE rusher J.J. Watt. NFL Media analyst Daniel Jeremiah updated his ranking of the top 50 prospects in the 2021 NFL Draft for the final time before the start of the draft. Most of his improvement came as a pass-rusher, where Burns improved his pass-rushing grade from 68.7 in 2019 to 86.9 last year. Still, Garretts slight unavailability has left the door open for T.J. Watt to contend for the top spot. Against Seattle, Bosa beats Brown right away in a span of three seconds off of a straight speed rush that forces the left tackle to turn his hips instead of staying squared in front of Bosa. Double teamed at a higher rate than khalil mack and chase young last year. Ted Bundy is infamous. Looking at all 2022 draft-hopefuls who had at least 100 pass rush snaps last season, the top ten edge rushers rank as follows, according to Pro Football Focus. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Watt can still be very effective when healthy, but that becomes a larger caveat with each passing season. One cant simply ignore the injuries that kept him from getting out to a fast start in his career, though. When healthy, Ngakoue has the potential to supply close to double-digit sacks. He brings a veteran presence to a defense he is very familiar with. Hes also forced a ridiculous 17 fumbles, broken up 25 passes and racked up 59 tackles-for-loss. Keep in mind that he finished 2020 in a 3-4 base defense with the Ravens and the Raiders will operate out of a 4-3 scheme in 2021. It didnt take long for Hunter to develop into a quality run defender in the NFL following his third-round selection out of LSU back in 2015. Double team rate as a defensive tackle (x) by pass rush win rate as a defensive tackle (y), 2020 regular season. He has posted eight or more sacks in all five of his NFL seasons, and that includes a split season in 2020 with Minnesota and Baltimore. His overall PFF grade hasn't dropped below 80.0 since 2015. However, he still has a better pass rush win percentage (20.7%) than Khalil Mack (20.0%) - who is double-teamed over 10% less than Smith. Health and a suspension have been the only thing holding him back from being unanimously recognized as EDGE1. He also placed second in the NFL with 13.5 sacks. He has the potential to be a high-end pass-rusher, with PFF pass-rushing grades above 80.0 in two of the past three years, but an Achilles injury is a major red flag for a player whose position relies on explosiveness. Before that, Bosa wrecked three different blocks before getting to Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks in Week 4. 49ers Nick Bosa Is Destroying NFL Double Teams This Season [LOOK], Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. January 5, 2021. Unlike other positions, this will leave off a lot of quality edge defenders, but such is the depth in todays league. The league has responded to the increase in volume and production of the passing game with defenders who can affect the game with pressure. Clark struggled to beat his man a lot this past season. Health is a significant factor in why, and while there's no guarantee the 49'ers star will remain as healthy in 2022, it's reassuring to know his talent isn't wasted in any rotation when he's available. Yet, his sack totals dropped from 19.5 in 2019 to just eight last year. Bosas tape was awe-inspiring in 2019. The goal of the edge defender designation is to avoid comparing players who have very different roles, something that has reared its head in a Pro Bowl ballot or two over the years. Bosas 80 pressures were over 10 more than the next closest rookie season since PFF began charting back in 2006. Trey Hendrickson, Bengals He now needs to show that wasnt a flash in the pan. Crosby faced a very weak run of right tackles all season, but he still remained just as productive against better opposition. And thats EVERY SINGLE PLAY (that they play). Bosa is a top 2-3 run-defending edge in the league on top of being an elite pass rusher. Marcus Davenport put together a career year in 2021 but has still yet to emerge as a truly dominant every-down force, which is what he needed to become to justify the draft trade the Saints made to acquire him in the first place. He still put up double digit sack numbers (10.5) to go with 41 tackles, 26 quarterback hits, and six forced fumbles (the . Home | 2021 NFL EDGE Rankings: Who Is NFLs Best Edge Rusher? His 77.0 pass-rushing grade last season was nearly 15 points higher than his previous career high, and his 49 quarterback pressures were 20 more than he had ever recorded previously. After suffering an ankle injury in Week 11, Judon had just two sacks the rest of the season. 24. The Bengals haven't taken a defensive lineman earlier than the third . Burns has elite rush ability but needs to get back to his best play. Sometimes sacks come with those data points, and other times they dont. May 19, 2022. Leonard Floyd experienced that firsthand this season in his first year with the Rams. The articles are ordered by players changing teams ("New Homes") and by players sticking with their 2020 teams ("Staying Put"). Over the past two seasons, these two edge rushers rank No. His movement ability is freakish for the position. Von Millers injury last season made Chubb the pass-rusher that opposing offenses keyed in on. Many of the up-and-coming pass rushers find themselves in this range. He is capable of stretches of elite play, but they never sustain, and his overall PFF grade has declined each season since he left Houston. We hope you're enjoying this old content for FREE. He had 20 total tackles last year and has never posted 40 or more total tackles in any given season. However, a quick deep dive into the statistics clearly shows who the best edge rusher in the NFL has been in 2021. Parsons enters the bye week with eight sacks, one touchdown, two forced fumbles, 36 tackles, nine . Floyd won more than 10% of his pass-rush reps, but he was also doubled less than 15% of the time. These rushers have flashed elite potential, but now they need to kick on and join the first tier of truly dominant players on a consistent basis. ANALYST. Highest Passer Ratings on Deep Passes in the 2021 Season, Highest Career Defensive Win Shares In NBA History. Over the past three seasons, Hughes' 19.8% pass-rush win rate ranks fifth among qualifiers at the position. He just isnt right now, and thats completely ok. 17. Benson Mayowa (Sea) Mayowa re-signed with Seattle on a two-year $8.8 million deal with $4.61 million guaranteed. Give me lots of offensive lineman with upside and extra defensive backs. Denver should have one of the best defenses in the NFL next season if Chubb continues to build on that play and Miller returns at close to full strength. 1 anymore, it's still impossible to remove him from the elite tier. Specifically, it all starts with Bosa, who is having. Who is the best edge rusher in the NFC South? Jerry Hughes, Bills ALL the latest 49ers news straight to your inbox! Mayowa is good enough to post 25-30 total tackles and 5-8 total sacks in any given season. He ended each of the 2019 and 2020 seasons with PFF grades of at least 82.0, continuing his strong play both against the run and pass from his time with the Patriots. Who is the all-time NFL receiving leader? Injuries and inconsistent play limited his opportunities to begin his career, but he finished the 2020 season with a career-high 723 defensive snaps and 84.9 pass-rushing grade. After looking at the NFL offensive tackle class a few days ago, it's now time to shift focus to the defensive side of the ball . 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