New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Official subreddit of The Cleveland Browns. Age on September 1, 2021: 26.7; Free agent EDGE ranking: 9th of 43; Jet X breakdown; Hendrickson ranked 21st among edge rushers with 49 pressures despite ranking 44th with 369 pass-rush snaps. Improved handling of unusual pocket geometries: In an effort to capture when a rusher is able to collapse a pocket, we analyzed pocket geometry throughout each pass play. J.J. Watt, Cardinals. January 5, 2021. PFFs wins above replacement metric, PFF WAR, pegged Mack as the leagues most valuable edge rusher in 2020, and that dominance extends back to his rookie season in 2014. Evans was a catch-point king in 2021. Burrow absolutely shredded us last year and he's just a rookie with no o-line. He will enter the 2021 season with another former No. 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. His rookie season was nothing short of spectacular. Ted Bundy is infamous. Davenport started 13 games back in 2019 and came away from that season with an impressive 84.1 overall grade. But really that makes up a small percentage of his rushes and he's still obviously mostly getting doubled and sometimes tripled lol. 6. "He's a load," an NFL veteran offensive . 22. Shaq Barrett, Bucs Bold move. 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. Hunter also missed the 2020 season with a neck injury, but had piled up 54.5 sacks and 67 tackles-for-loss in his first five seasons. Plus, by request from @DaneBeavers , label colors indicate 2020 cap hit (red = high). The Ravens' highest-paid player in 2020 will probably be an edge rusher, but money buys only so much stability. Bosa gets around the former and ends up netting the strip sack of Hurts. Signing with the Giants will allow Anderson to play a more natural OLB spot and give New York a viable EDGE rusher. His tackle totals last year were on par with his 2019 numbers. Jordan is 32, so some of this ranking is projecting that he could be on the back nine of his career now. Join the Heavy on 49ers newsletter here! How about when training camp starts, and we finally conclude the lists and rankings, we rank the lists themselves? Nick Bosa absolutely wrecking shop. Bosa is a top 2-3 run-defending edge in the league on top of being an elite pass rusher. 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. Still, Garretts slight unavailability has left the door open for T.J. Watt to contend for the top spot. That has led many to believe that he's been a disappointing player in the NFL. April 15, 2021 7:16pm EDT. Lawrence can single-handedly diagnose and blow up a play . ZaDarius Smith, Packers Before that, Bosa wrecked three different blocks before getting to Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks in Week 4. Thus, he is familiar with the system and Carolina is expecting big things off the EDGE from Reddick in 2021. He had 20 total tackles last year and has never posted 40 or more total tackles in any given season. The man is one of the top pass-rushers in the NFL, racking up the seventh-most sacks (32) in the league over the last three seasons. If there is a knock on Ngakoue, it is his run stopping ability. 25. The group has a high ceiling, and if they can rush the passer at a high level, the . "The game's highest-paid pass-rusher at $27.5 million per year, Bosa had another tremendous season, putting up a 24.9% pass-rush win rate (fifth in the league). Bud Dupree, Titans Pass Rush Rate: 94% Sacks: 8 Sack Rate: 3.0% Pressures: 35 Pressure Rate: 14.2% Courtesy of SIS Data Hub Pro Phillips is the most unknown quantity of the group for 2021. Bucs EDGE Shaquil Barrett Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR. Epenesa, Gregory Rousseau and Carlos Basham Jr. to take on larger roles down the line. So far, the results have gone pretty well for the Browns. He recorded at least 40 pressures in each of his final four seasons with the team, including a career-high 77.7 PFF grade in 2019. 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. Garrett finds himself at the top of almost every significant pass-rush grade category since entering the league as the No.1 overall pick back in 2017. Tom Simons. Breaking Down Donald vs. Watt vs. Howard. Although I think any discussion of the best edge defender in the NFL has to begin with Garrett and Watt, Joey Bosa has an argument too. 2021 Mentioning how he gets double-teamed an awful lot. You can view more current content marked with a FREE banner, ANALYST. The four-year extension he signed with the team this offseason was well earned. Double team rate as an edge (x) by pass rush win rate as an edge (y) for the 2020 regular season. Mayowa is good enough to post 25-30 total tackles and 5-8 total sacks in any given season. J.J. Watt in 2020 was NFL's most doubled-teamed edge rusher Teams AFC East Bills Dolphins Jets Patriots AFC North Bengals Browns Ravens Steelers AFC South Colts Jaguars Titans AFC West Broncos. 20. Health and a suspension have been the only thing holding him back from being unanimously recognized as EDGE1. Double team - ( New Window ) 13, 14.5 and 15-sack seasons in a row represent rare production by Watt. 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. Barrett has taken full advantage of the increased opportunity that came with his move to Tampa Bay. As long as he remains healthy and does not have any issues with league policies, Smith will play an important role with the Seahawks defense in 2021. Mack is still creating pressure at a tremendous rate, and his run defense will never be in question. He can win inside, outside and with power, which makes him impossible to predict pre-snap. Bosas tape was awe-inspiring in 2019. That's way too athletic to guard. Fantasy Points: Jenkins has been in a 3-4 base defense since coming into the league in 2016. Clark struggled to beat his man a lot this past season. Many of the up-and-coming pass rushers find themselves in this range. Theres little reason to expect he wont put up impressive numbers again in 2021. If that's the case, the Niners. 19. In eight games with the Seahawks last year, Dunlap started six of them and posted five sacks. But this is how I expect edge pass rusher play to stack up across the NFL in 2021. Danielle Hunter, Vikings. Floyd won more than 10% of his pass-rush reps, but he was also doubled less than 15% of the time. Then, in 2020, Bosa tore his ACL after just 68 snaps. 4. Mack is still creating pressure . If they draft a WR in the 1st round you can really let them have it. 10. Bosa got to the Philadelphia Eagles Jalen Hurts twice in Week 2. Ferrell hasnt lived up to the expectations that come with being a top-five pick in the NFL draft, but he was much improved in his second season out of Clemson in 2020. 29. Sweat also stood out as one of the best defensive linemen in the league at getting his hands into throwing lanes when rushing the passer. For the most part, he was an every down player for Dallas in 2020 as he took 809 of a possible 1108 defensive snaps. 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. Leonard Floyd experienced that firsthand this season in his first year with the Rams. Those are similar numbers to Justin Hollins (three sacks, three TFL, 5 QB hits), and hes making $14.3 million less per year. Jerry Hughes is virtually a guaranteed 50 pressures to any defense hes on, even at this age. Highest double team rate for edge rushers in 2020: 1. Demarcus Lawrence remains one of the league's elite pass rushers, despite only playing seven games in the 2021 season. 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. An early-season injury coupled with a breakout year from Trey Hendrickson in 2020 led to Davenport taking a backseat on the Saints defensive line. He recorded just three sacks (T-104), eight QB hits (T-117) and four tackles for loss (T-160) in 14 games with the Falcons, having very little impact in Atlanta. 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. 23. However, Jones tested out very poorly as an athlete . 50 Georgia CB Eric Stokes. Even with the highest double team rate in the NFL this season, Donald still has the best pass rush win rate and continues to terrorize opposing offensive lines. Jadeveon Clowney has been searching for a big-money, long-term contract for years now but never manages to earn one. That sack is seen near the 1:30 mark of this highlight video from the game. 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? Compare that chart to the one for defensive tackles and the difference is startling. Sign Up. Garrett is one of the positions best athletes and can win his individual matchups in various ways. He didnt have a full opportunity to build on that momentum last season, given the injury that limited him to fewer than 400 snaps on the year, but Allen did raise his pass-rushing grade by four points in his limited action. Floyds 10.5 sacks last season were also a career high. Young is an awesome talent who was easily the best rookie defender in the NFL last year. A savvy veteran of fantasy football since 1990, Thomas specializes in IDP and Special Teams. 15. In terms of pass rush win rate, Parsons has an outstanding 32% which leads all edge rushers. Bosas 80 pressures were over 10 more than the next closest rookie season since PFF began charting back in 2006. Now we tally double-teams regardless of the position combination, so running backs and tight ends count too. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. 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. The articles are ordered by players changing teams ("New Homes") and by players sticking with their 2020 teams ("Staying Put"). 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. SR's Fab 5: Top 5 Greatest Bucs At All Positions, Bucs Training Camp Battle: Wide Receivers. His play over the first three years of his career should give New Orleans confidence that he is more than capable of stepping back into a starting role, though. My favorite part of this is just how flexible the DL is now. Aldon Smith (Sea) Smith signed a one-year deal with the Seattle Seahawks. Carlos Dunlap (Sea) Dunlap re-signed with Seattle on a two-year deal worth $16.6 million with $8.5 million guaranteed. We broke down all the important free agency signings and trades from a fantasy perspective in articles sorted by position. His six batted passes last year ranked second at the position. The move to Green Bay has led to the best football of Smiths career. 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. The addition of Judon was just one piece of the puzzle to a revamped front seven in New England this offseason a transformation that was overshadowed by some of the big moves on offense. Cleveland will now use him as a DE bookend with Myles Garrett. Where he'll make an impact in the NFL. They rank first and third in pass-rush win rate, and no edge rusher has more sacks than Watt.