His 79.4 pass-rushing grade in 2020 was a top-15 grade at the position. His 45 cleanup pressures since 2018 are the most in the league. Pass rush is always going to draw headlines for edge defenders. Fantasy Points: The Raiders supplied new defensive coordinator Gus Bradley with a pass rushing weapon. Bosas 80 pressures were over 10 more than the next closest rookie season since PFF began charting back in 2006. . Over the past three seasons, Hughes' 19.8% pass-rush win rate ranks fifth among qualifiers at the position. 1 anymore, its still impossible to remove him from the elite tier. In terms of pass rush win rate, Parsons has an outstanding 32% which leads all edge rushers. Compare that chart to the one for defensive tackles and the difference is startling. There is risk involved here. 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. Watt has been the third most valuable edge defender in the league since 2018, per PFF WAR. Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. As for the list well see on Shaq. He now joins a Texans defense that appears to be shifting to a 4-3 base. There have been few NFL climates as good as today's for pass-rushers. 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. 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. Arizona is taking a huge risk in the hopes that Watt can play back-to-back 16 game seasons, which he hasnt done since 2014-15. His roll could be very similar to how Kyle Van Noy played with the Patriots in 2019. The last time he played, back in 2019, was also the first season of his career in which he fell below a 90.0 PFF grade (79.3). One cant simply ignore the injuries that kept him from getting out to a fast start in his career, though. Sam Hubbard, Leonard Floyd, and Maxx Crosby are the only edge rushers to rush the passer more often than Bosa in 2021. Lawson and Hendrickson will get opportunities to be every down players in their new defenses, while players like Ngakoue, Clowney and Clark try to get back into the top 10-15 range where they all spent portions of their careers. Fantasy Points: The addition of Watt to the Cardinal defense is very intriguing. He should receive serious . K.C. The 2020 season didnt quite live up to those heights, but Smith put up another impressive 84.2 pass-rushing grade. You can view more current content marked with a FREE banner, Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. Graphic shows that Aaron Donald is still his usual dominant self Teams AFC East Bills Dolphins Jets Patriots AFC North Bengals Browns Ravens Steelers AFC South Colts Jaguars Texans Titans AFC. Since 2019, Smith has been double teamed 27.2% of the time. Donald/Howard . And only Nolan Smith of Georgia (19.3) and UAB sleeper Alex Wright (18.7) had a better overall run disruption rate than . Highest Passer Ratings on Deep Passes in the 2021 Season, Highest Career Defensive Win Shares In NBA History. (Via @PFF_Neil) pic.twitter.com/bR5Ajcra5o, PFF SF 49ers (@PFF_49ers) January 3, 2020. Marketing by Visual Realm, Jon Ledyard is PewterReport.com's newest Bucs beat writer and has experience covering the Pittsburgh Steelers as a beat writer and analyzing the NFL Draft for several draft websites, including The Draft Network. This week, PFF published their ranking of the 32 best edge rushers entering the 2021 NFL season. Lawrence can single-handedly diagnose and blow up a play . There have been few NFL climates as good as today's for pass-rushers. Of his 19.5 sacks that year, like two of them were manufactured. Ingram is the most impactful free agent edge rusher still on the market following several seasons limited by injury in Los Angeles. Lawson could become the most impactful edge rusher that the Jets have had on defense in the past decade. 4. And thats EVERY SINGLE PLAY (that they play). Its worth remembering that Clowney is still one of the most disruptive edge defenders in the league when healthy, though. Barretts lack of elite athleticism probably always keeps him out of the top two tiers, but he knows hes still a more than adequate enough athlete to be productive one-on-one. We also get your email address to automatically create an account for you in our website. Yet, his sack totals dropped from 19.5 in 2019 to just eight last year. 16. 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. Nick Bosa, 49ers pic.twitter.com/N0d8FAmih2, Seth Walder (@SethWalder) January 16, 2021. Over the past three seasons, Hughes 19.8% pass-rush win rate ranks fifth among qualifiers at the position. Fantasy Points: Seattle continued to upgrade their pass rush with their newest addition in Smith. Myles has had some success, including his first career sack, when lining up inside. 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. 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. When Gregory Rousseau opted out of the 2020 season, Miami's football team needed an answer to replace his production from the . It may not work, it absolutely could blow up in Cleveland's face, but on a one year deal where Garrett will have a lot more freedom and Clowney will be able to allow LB's like Takitaki to do what they do, oh shit. 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. He ranks in the 98th percentile in pass-rushing grade, pass-rush grade on true pass sets and pass-rush grade without play action. Who takes the top spot, Myles Garrett or T.J. Watt? 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. Graham is one player whose sack totals at the end of his career wont do justice to how disruptive he was as a pass-rusher. Joey Bosa, Chargers 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? Highly doubt you have ever seen a game this guy named Chase Young has played. Was pretty easy to mitigate his impact in the playoff game. The production is good, but it only tells part of the story. Breaking Down Donald vs. Watt vs. Howard. Aldon Smith (Sea) Smith signed a one-year deal with the Seattle Seahawks. Double team rate (x) by pass rush win rate (y), regardless of where players line up. While Dee Ford's contract is complicated, Ford is an unknown headed into 2021. Maxx Crosby had a true breakout 2021 season and led the NFL in pressures, becoming only the third player to post more than 100 in a season since 2006 (101). Bucs EDGE Shaquil Barrett Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR. Barrett has taken full advantage of the increased opportunity that came with his move to Tampa Bay. After being the No. So tell me again how many 19.5 sack seasons has Nick Bosa recorded? Hughes is still an effective edge rusher. The most double teamed EDGE in the entire NFL this season? Facing two linemen is nothing new for the 6-foot-4, 266-pounder out of Ohio State. 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. He brings much needed pressure off the edge that the Seahawks desperately crave. 14 tackles, 5 assists, 5 sacks, 8 TFLs, 10 QB hits, 19 pressures, 1 FF. Even when he did play, he was a defensive end backup to Chase Young and Montez Sweat. Fixed now. 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. Fantasy Points: In a surprising move, the Seahawks re-signed Dunlap and released Jarran Reed. 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 . Double team rate as a defensive tackle (x) by pass rush win rate as a defensive tackle (y), 2020 regular season. https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2021/01/22/rams-leonard-floyd-aaron-donald-double-team/, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. I dont think any defensive lineman in the league, with the exception of Aaron Donald, can impact the game like Myles Garrett. Watt has 49.5 sacks over the past four years compared to Garretts 42.5, but Watt has played 11 more games. He finished 2021 as football's 11th-ranked edge rusher and received the . My bet is that by this time next year, hes a consensus second tier edge rusher. So is his effort. Expect Buffalo to continue to lean on him in 2021 while grooming recent draft picks such as A.J. Hell look to build on that in his return from a 2020 season lost to injury. The addition gives them two solid bookend edge rushers in Hendrickson and Sam Hubbard. Now they have to account for Clowney as well. Signing with the Giants will allow Anderson to play a more natural OLB spot and give New York a viable EDGE rusher. You can double both, but then you need an extra blocker, and need to account for Richardson/Jackson/Elliot/Billings/[DT to be drafted]. Its reasonable to expect Hughes to lose a step here soon, as he will enter next season at 33 years old, but he has shown little sign of decline of late in Buffalo. Fantasy Points: Floyd had his best season last year posting double-digit sacks with 10.5 total. Join the Heavy on 49ers newsletter here! 38 to further bolster a defense in need of reinforcement. Few edge defenders improved more from 2019 to 2020 than Sweat did in his second year in the NFL. Pittsburghs scheme is as much to play than their players. George Karlaftis, EDGE, Purdue. 25. I didnt intend for this to be the injury tier, but thats how the rankings worked out. Washington DE Chase Young Photo by: USA Today. Since 2020, Hendrickson ranks in the league's top three with 27.5 sacks (third), 52 QB hits (third), 136 pressures (tied for third) and a pressure rate of 18.6 percent (first), per Next Gen Stats. Garrett and Clowney are. Its important to remember that rankings like this are largely fluid year-to-year, especially when you get outside the first eight edge defenders. How about when training camp starts, and we finally conclude the lists and rankings, we rank the lists themselves? He has 34.5 total sacks in five career seasons. Floyd won more than 10% of his pass-rush reps, but he was also doubled less than 15% of the time. 9. We hope you're enjoying this old content for FREE. 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. Double teamed at a higher rate than khalil mack and chase young last year. Few defensive linemen have been as dominant as Watt when he has been healthy over the past decade. He will enter the 2021 season with another former No. Parsons may not play as much as an edge rusher, but hes already shown hes an elite one if he does line up there. 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. Fantasy Points: Mayowa is not a stud by any means, but he is a critical part of the Seahawks plans. . Bears edge rusher Khalil Mack has been ranked as the No. Follow Ledyard on Twitter at @LedyardNFLDraft. Benson Mayowa (Sea) Mayowa re-signed with Seattle on a two-year $8.8 million deal with $4.61 million guaranteed. Jerry Hughes, Bills Jadeveon Clowney, Browns 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. Bosa drew more than one defender the moment he arrived to the NFL. Arik Armstead, 49ers Floyd finished with a career-high 10.5 sacks, as well as 11 tackles for loss and 19 QB hits. 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. When he is not delving into fantasy football, Thomas works as an instant or slow-motion replay technician for national and regional clients. Double team rate as an edge (x) by pass rush win rate as an edge (y) for the 2020 regular season. Ted Bundy is infamous. Frank Clark, Chiefs Jones appeared in just five games for Arizona in 2020, but he recorded a career-high 90.0 pass-rushing grade the last time he played a full season. While Mack isnt No. Jared Fogel Subway was famous as the Subway guy, but is now INfamous for being a pedophile. He was at his best in the red zone. Danielle Hunter has proven to be an elite pass-rusher at his best, but he has now battled injuries for multiple seasons in a row. Jadeveon Clowney (Cle) Clowney signed a one-year contract with Cleveland worth up to $10 million. 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. (Y axis is overall PRWR, not just vs. double teams). The players are also ordered by their potential fantasy impact for the 2021 season in each section. 11 rather than higher is that he will be returning from a severe ankle injury at 32 years old. No. Attaochu has not played a full 16 game season since coming into the league in 2014. He now needs to show that wasnt a flash in the pan. Cracking the top 20 all-time sack list is on the agenda for both players. We handed out grades for each rookie from the Rams' 2022 draft class. I almost moved Burns up a tier. Double team rate as an edge (x) by pass rush win rate as an edge (y) for the 2020 regular season. He might not quite be the same guy who put up four consecutive 90.0-plus PFF grades and won three Defensive Player of the Year trophies from 2012 to 2015, but he can still impact the game at a high level. Jordan and Lawrence are cut from the same cloth. The obvious leader of the edge class is Alabama's OLB Will Young who is both an elite run defender and pass rusher and has the speed and measurables comparable to Von Miller. 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. Mack falls outside the top 10 edge defenders in the NFL in total sacks over the last two seasons, but that is just one number that doesnt reflect how dominant he has been on the field. Ranks 50th out of 62 in pass rush win rate, while only being double teamed at about league average (link). Here, we are going to rank them into tiers. 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. 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. No rookies were included in these rankings. The Niners, though, have plugged him on three plays over the tackle, then 224 where hes outside shade of the tight end or tackle. During the NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers are expected to draft a pass rusher. Burns 22.1% pressure rate on third down in 2020 was second among edge defenders with at least 50 pass-rush opportunities behind only Shaquil Barrett. Bud Dupree, Titans From 2016 through 2019, no player in the league had a higher pressure rate with his team leading by 7 or more points than Ngakoue (14.7 percent), and 31.5 of his 45.5 career sacks have come on the . Injury robbed us of a decent chunk of Chase Youngs second season, but even before that point, he wasnt building on his excellent rookie season, with lower PFF grades and pressure rates. #49ers || #FTTB pic.twitter.com/H4KnP5tr6m, OurSF49ers (@OurSf49ers_) October 12, 2021. Flowers has been one of the lone bright spots on Detroits defense when healthy over the past two seasons. Fantasy Points: Hard to say this is a risky proposition for the reigning Super Bowl champions. Teams such as the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs neither of whom have representatives on this list should have interest. If they draft a WR in the 1st round you can really let them have it. As it turns out, Jarran Reed is the player on the outs as the Seahawks released him and re-signed Dunlap. Just curious, how much of it is TJs ability to drop into coverage? Sorry, Jaelan Phillips. 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. There is a real possibility for decline, but Millers resume speaks for itself. Lawrence is still an elite playmaker when healthy. As for Miller and Jones, there is no question that they are capable of greatness. Sometimes sacks come with those data points, and other times they dont. Then, in 2020, Bosa tore his ACL after just 68 snaps. Subscribe to 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. A fourth-round pick in 2021, Jordan was on the field for only 21 snaps in two games and . Give me lots of offensive lineman with upside and extra defensive backs. His starting role with the Buccaneers has resulted in 157 total pressures since 2019, more than any other edge defender in the NFL. However, a quick deep dive into the statistics clearly shows who the best edge rusher in the NFL has been in 2021. Montez Sweat has been an excellent run defender in the NFL and flashed his pass-rush potential, but he needs to put it together more consistently. Garrett has NEVER had that happen for him. ALL the latest 49ers news straight to your inbox! 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. Both boast elite PFF grades and elite pressure totals over their NFL careers and are candidates for dominant seasons at any given time. Shaq Lawson (Hou) Lawson was traded by Miami to the Texans to try and help offset the loss of EDGE rusher J.J. Watt. There is a chance Reed re-signs but will test the free agency market thoroughly before that even happens. Smith finished with five sacks along with ten big plas, five TFL and 14 QB hits. If anyone in this class is set to have a long career in the NFL, my pick would be Kolar. 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. Were now in a position where the draft is all about accumulating depth at key positions. So far, the results have gone pretty well for the Browns. Khalil Mack, Bears. Yet, Bosa is still winning against four arms trying to latch onto him, as the Walder post shows that Bosa is among the leagues best at winning the double teams. Home | 2021 NFL EDGE Rankings: Who Is NFLs Best Edge Rusher? Those are similar numbers to Justin Hollins (three sacks, three TFL, 5 QB hits), and hes making $14.3 million less per year. Team Pass Block Win Rate. On this play, Bosa is facing two tight ends Dallas Goedert and Jack Stoll. While responsibilities vary between a base 4-3 defensive end and a 3-4 outside linebacker, their roles are more aligned than that of a 3-4 outside linebacker and most 4-3 outside linebackers. Between a suspension for hitting Mason Rudolph with his own helmet and a bout of COVID-19 blunting his effectiveness for a stretch of the 2020 season, Garrett just hasnt been able to maintain the scintillating run of play that Watt has over as long of a span. After suffering an ankle injury in Week 11, Judon had just two sacks the rest of the season. 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. Demarcus Lawrence remains one of the league's elite pass rushers, despite only playing seven games in the 2021 season. Lions' edge rusher draft priority: High. Gets the QB hit but destroys multiple guys on the way. Ive seen too many rankings put him in the top 5-10 range already. If there is a knock on Ngakoue, it is his run stopping ability. 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. Both edges are physically capable of taking over a matchup. Aaron Donald finished second in the NFL with 13.5 sacks, tied for second with 14 tackles for loss and fourth in QB hits this season, but his impact goes way beyond the box score. His rookie season was nothing short of spectacular. The x-axis shows double team rate. He wasnt as great in 2020, but his 2019 tape was flat out elite. He failed to register a single sack in 2020 and has never recorded more than 9.5 sacks in his seven-year career. Brian Burns has already reached that level but is evidence of how dangerous it can be to assume it will continue linearly. Clowneys stock across the league is seemingly at a low point as he comes off two injury-limited seasons with Seattle and Tennessee. pic.twitter.com/b0msKIdttg, Seth Walder (@SethWalder) January 20, 2021. Trey Hendrickson, Bengals 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. Garrett is second in the league with 14 sacks. We dont need 9 drafted players but are in a win now mode. Dunlap wanted to stay in Seattle and was amicable to being released and signing a new, cap-friendly deal. Every tackle in the league would list Mack as one of their toughest one-on-one assignments. 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. This year, he hasn't been as. Burns has elite rush ability but needs to get back to his best play. He tallied 55 for the Bills last season and has averaged that figure over the past nine years. Highest pass-rush win rates from pure outside-the-tackle alignments in 2021, per @PFF: Maxx Crosby (27%) Rashan Gary (26%) Myles Garrett (26%) TJ Watt (22%) Austin Gayle (@PFF_AustinGayle) January 18, 2022 Anyone who watched the Browns throughout the season knows Garrett wasn't left alone with an offensive tackle on most snaps. He ranks in the 87th percentile of all qualifying players at the position in run defense grade across the past six seasons. His 87.0 run-defense grade last season ranked third at the position behind only Khalil Mack and T.J. Watt, and he bumped up his pressure count from 32 as a rookie to 47 in 2020. Chase Young, Washington It will be interesting to see how that translates to Tennessee. The last big pass rusher the Jets signed in free agency was Calvin Pace in 2008 when he signed a six-year, $42 million contract. Fantasy Points: This is a risky move for Tennessee. The potential is there for a formidable duo in Arizona, with Jones and Watt now joining forces as teammates. 8/10 Demarcus Lawrence, Dallas Cowboys, 90 OVR. He was legitimately dominant. Garrett led all edge rushers in sacks created (16.5), a stat that takes into account plays in which his pressure resulted in a sack for a teammate. Watt is not double-teamed nearly as often as Donald or other edge rushers, according to ESPN advanced metrics and as shown below. It didnt take long for Bosa to establish himself as one of the leagues top pass-rushers. Bosa is a top 2-3 run-defending edge in the league on top of being an elite pass rusher. There were times I've seen him just have a clear lane straight to the QB completely untouched. Miller may be a declining force, but he is declining from a position of being the best edge rusher of his generation, so he has plenty of room to slip and still be a significant problem for opposing offenses. A broken bone in his foot caused him to miss time, but upon returning he looked like the dominant rusher fans expected. Fantasy Points: Reddick did not meet expectations in his first three seasons with Arizona. 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. 22. 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. I still think hes developing physically and technically as a player, but I expect him to move into tier 2 by next offseason. Fantasy Points: Clowney is coming off early December surgery to repair his left meniscus. Who was the Offensive Player of the Year in 2021? Could Nick Bosa be headed for stardom next? 7. Grab one of the top edge rushers in the class at No. Fantasy Points: Judon has high end sack potential, but has not reached his full potential yet. Jason Pierre-Paul, Bucs At 32 (Miller) and 31 (Jones) years old, will the veterans be able to bounce back? 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. Davenport started 13 games back in 2019 and came away from that season with an impressive 84.1 overall grade. Double team rate as an edge (x) by pass rush win . "Garrett's pass-rush win rate of 26.3% last season ranked third among edge rushers despite facing 104 double teams. Fantasy Points: Lawson is no J.J. Watt and the Texans are very clear about that. Xavien Howard was the best cornerback in football in 2020. The biggest question heading into the 2021 season is whether hell remain healthy throughout the year. But his rookie season was not on par with Nick Bosas or T.J. Watts or Joey Bosas. Ultimately, both players are phenomenal and have been so for several years now, but Watt gets the top spot on the rankings simply for maintaining his peak for a longer run of games.
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His 79.4 pass-rushing grade in 2020 was a top-15 grade at the position. His 45 cleanup pressures since 2018 are the most in the league. Pass rush is always going to draw headlines for edge defenders. Fantasy Points: The Raiders supplied new defensive coordinator Gus Bradley with a pass rushing weapon. Bosas 80 pressures were over 10 more than the next closest rookie season since PFF began charting back in 2006. . Over the past three seasons, Hughes' 19.8% pass-rush win rate ranks fifth among qualifiers at the position. 1 anymore, its still impossible to remove him from the elite tier. In terms of pass rush win rate, Parsons has an outstanding 32% which leads all edge rushers. Compare that chart to the one for defensive tackles and the difference is startling. There is risk involved here. 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. Watt has been the third most valuable edge defender in the league since 2018, per PFF WAR. Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. As for the list well see on Shaq. He now joins a Texans defense that appears to be shifting to a 4-3 base. There have been few NFL climates as good as today's for pass-rushers. 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. 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. Arizona is taking a huge risk in the hopes that Watt can play back-to-back 16 game seasons, which he hasnt done since 2014-15. His roll could be very similar to how Kyle Van Noy played with the Patriots in 2019. The last time he played, back in 2019, was also the first season of his career in which he fell below a 90.0 PFF grade (79.3). One cant simply ignore the injuries that kept him from getting out to a fast start in his career, though. Sam Hubbard, Leonard Floyd, and Maxx Crosby are the only edge rushers to rush the passer more often than Bosa in 2021. Lawson and Hendrickson will get opportunities to be every down players in their new defenses, while players like Ngakoue, Clowney and Clark try to get back into the top 10-15 range where they all spent portions of their careers. Fantasy Points: The addition of Watt to the Cardinal defense is very intriguing. He should receive serious . K.C. The 2020 season didnt quite live up to those heights, but Smith put up another impressive 84.2 pass-rushing grade. You can view more current content marked with a FREE banner, Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. Graphic shows that Aaron Donald is still his usual dominant self Teams AFC East Bills Dolphins Jets Patriots AFC North Bengals Browns Ravens Steelers AFC South Colts Jaguars Texans Titans AFC. Since 2019, Smith has been double teamed 27.2% of the time. Donald/Howard . And only Nolan Smith of Georgia (19.3) and UAB sleeper Alex Wright (18.7) had a better overall run disruption rate than . Highest Passer Ratings on Deep Passes in the 2021 Season, Highest Career Defensive Win Shares In NBA History. (Via @PFF_Neil) pic.twitter.com/bR5Ajcra5o, PFF SF 49ers (@PFF_49ers) January 3, 2020. Marketing by Visual Realm, Jon Ledyard is PewterReport.com's newest Bucs beat writer and has experience covering the Pittsburgh Steelers as a beat writer and analyzing the NFL Draft for several draft websites, including The Draft Network. This week, PFF published their ranking of the 32 best edge rushers entering the 2021 NFL season. Lawrence can single-handedly diagnose and blow up a play . There have been few NFL climates as good as today's for pass-rushers. Of his 19.5 sacks that year, like two of them were manufactured. Ingram is the most impactful free agent edge rusher still on the market following several seasons limited by injury in Los Angeles. Lawson could become the most impactful edge rusher that the Jets have had on defense in the past decade. 4. And thats EVERY SINGLE PLAY (that they play). Its worth remembering that Clowney is still one of the most disruptive edge defenders in the league when healthy, though. Barretts lack of elite athleticism probably always keeps him out of the top two tiers, but he knows hes still a more than adequate enough athlete to be productive one-on-one. We also get your email address to automatically create an account for you in our website. Yet, his sack totals dropped from 19.5 in 2019 to just eight last year. 16. 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. Nick Bosa, 49ers pic.twitter.com/N0d8FAmih2, Seth Walder (@SethWalder) January 16, 2021. Over the past three seasons, Hughes 19.8% pass-rush win rate ranks fifth among qualifiers at the position. Fantasy Points: Seattle continued to upgrade their pass rush with their newest addition in Smith. Myles has had some success, including his first career sack, when lining up inside. 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. 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. When Gregory Rousseau opted out of the 2020 season, Miami's football team needed an answer to replace his production from the . It may not work, it absolutely could blow up in Cleveland's face, but on a one year deal where Garrett will have a lot more freedom and Clowney will be able to allow LB's like Takitaki to do what they do, oh shit. 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. He ranks in the 98th percentile in pass-rushing grade, pass-rush grade on true pass sets and pass-rush grade without play action. Who takes the top spot, Myles Garrett or T.J. Watt? 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. Graham is one player whose sack totals at the end of his career wont do justice to how disruptive he was as a pass-rusher. Joey Bosa, Chargers 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? Highly doubt you have ever seen a game this guy named Chase Young has played. Was pretty easy to mitigate his impact in the playoff game. The production is good, but it only tells part of the story. Breaking Down Donald vs. Watt vs. Howard. Aldon Smith (Sea) Smith signed a one-year deal with the Seattle Seahawks. Double team rate (x) by pass rush win rate (y), regardless of where players line up. While Dee Ford's contract is complicated, Ford is an unknown headed into 2021. Maxx Crosby had a true breakout 2021 season and led the NFL in pressures, becoming only the third player to post more than 100 in a season since 2006 (101). Bucs EDGE Shaquil Barrett Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR. Barrett has taken full advantage of the increased opportunity that came with his move to Tampa Bay. After being the No. So tell me again how many 19.5 sack seasons has Nick Bosa recorded? Hughes is still an effective edge rusher. The most double teamed EDGE in the entire NFL this season? Facing two linemen is nothing new for the 6-foot-4, 266-pounder out of Ohio State. 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. He brings much needed pressure off the edge that the Seahawks desperately crave. 14 tackles, 5 assists, 5 sacks, 8 TFLs, 10 QB hits, 19 pressures, 1 FF. Even when he did play, he was a defensive end backup to Chase Young and Montez Sweat. Fixed now. 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. Fantasy Points: In a surprising move, the Seahawks re-signed Dunlap and released Jarran Reed. 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 . Double team rate as a defensive tackle (x) by pass rush win rate as a defensive tackle (y), 2020 regular season. https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2021/01/22/rams-leonard-floyd-aaron-donald-double-team/, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. I dont think any defensive lineman in the league, with the exception of Aaron Donald, can impact the game like Myles Garrett. Watt has 49.5 sacks over the past four years compared to Garretts 42.5, but Watt has played 11 more games. He finished 2021 as football's 11th-ranked edge rusher and received the . My bet is that by this time next year, hes a consensus second tier edge rusher. So is his effort. Expect Buffalo to continue to lean on him in 2021 while grooming recent draft picks such as A.J. Hell look to build on that in his return from a 2020 season lost to injury. The addition gives them two solid bookend edge rushers in Hendrickson and Sam Hubbard. Now they have to account for Clowney as well. Signing with the Giants will allow Anderson to play a more natural OLB spot and give New York a viable EDGE rusher. You can double both, but then you need an extra blocker, and need to account for Richardson/Jackson/Elliot/Billings/[DT to be drafted]. Its reasonable to expect Hughes to lose a step here soon, as he will enter next season at 33 years old, but he has shown little sign of decline of late in Buffalo. Fantasy Points: Floyd had his best season last year posting double-digit sacks with 10.5 total. Join the Heavy on 49ers newsletter here! 38 to further bolster a defense in need of reinforcement. Few edge defenders improved more from 2019 to 2020 than Sweat did in his second year in the NFL. Pittsburghs scheme is as much to play than their players. George Karlaftis, EDGE, Purdue. 25. I didnt intend for this to be the injury tier, but thats how the rankings worked out. Washington DE Chase Young Photo by: USA Today. Since 2020, Hendrickson ranks in the league's top three with 27.5 sacks (third), 52 QB hits (third), 136 pressures (tied for third) and a pressure rate of 18.6 percent (first), per Next Gen Stats. Garrett and Clowney are. Its important to remember that rankings like this are largely fluid year-to-year, especially when you get outside the first eight edge defenders. How about when training camp starts, and we finally conclude the lists and rankings, we rank the lists themselves? He has 34.5 total sacks in five career seasons. Floyd won more than 10% of his pass-rush reps, but he was also doubled less than 15% of the time. 9. We hope you're enjoying this old content for FREE. 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. Double teamed at a higher rate than khalil mack and chase young last year. Few defensive linemen have been as dominant as Watt when he has been healthy over the past decade. He will enter the 2021 season with another former No. Parsons may not play as much as an edge rusher, but hes already shown hes an elite one if he does line up there. 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. Fantasy Points: Mayowa is not a stud by any means, but he is a critical part of the Seahawks plans. . Bears edge rusher Khalil Mack has been ranked as the No. Follow Ledyard on Twitter at @LedyardNFLDraft. Benson Mayowa (Sea) Mayowa re-signed with Seattle on a two-year $8.8 million deal with $4.61 million guaranteed. Jerry Hughes, Bills Jadeveon Clowney, Browns 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. Bosa drew more than one defender the moment he arrived to the NFL. Arik Armstead, 49ers Floyd finished with a career-high 10.5 sacks, as well as 11 tackles for loss and 19 QB hits. 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. When he is not delving into fantasy football, Thomas works as an instant or slow-motion replay technician for national and regional clients. Double team rate as an edge (x) by pass rush win rate as an edge (y) for the 2020 regular season. Ted Bundy is infamous. Frank Clark, Chiefs Jones appeared in just five games for Arizona in 2020, but he recorded a career-high 90.0 pass-rushing grade the last time he played a full season. While Mack isnt No. Jared Fogel Subway was famous as the Subway guy, but is now INfamous for being a pedophile. He was at his best in the red zone. Danielle Hunter has proven to be an elite pass-rusher at his best, but he has now battled injuries for multiple seasons in a row. Jadeveon Clowney (Cle) Clowney signed a one-year contract with Cleveland worth up to $10 million. 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. (Y axis is overall PRWR, not just vs. double teams). The players are also ordered by their potential fantasy impact for the 2021 season in each section. 11 rather than higher is that he will be returning from a severe ankle injury at 32 years old. No. Attaochu has not played a full 16 game season since coming into the league in 2014. He now needs to show that wasnt a flash in the pan. Cracking the top 20 all-time sack list is on the agenda for both players. We handed out grades for each rookie from the Rams' 2022 draft class. I almost moved Burns up a tier. Double team rate as an edge (x) by pass rush win rate as an edge (y) for the 2020 regular season. He might not quite be the same guy who put up four consecutive 90.0-plus PFF grades and won three Defensive Player of the Year trophies from 2012 to 2015, but he can still impact the game at a high level. Jordan and Lawrence are cut from the same cloth. The obvious leader of the edge class is Alabama's OLB Will Young who is both an elite run defender and pass rusher and has the speed and measurables comparable to Von Miller. 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. Mack falls outside the top 10 edge defenders in the NFL in total sacks over the last two seasons, but that is just one number that doesnt reflect how dominant he has been on the field. Ranks 50th out of 62 in pass rush win rate, while only being double teamed at about league average (link). Here, we are going to rank them into tiers. 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. 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. No rookies were included in these rankings. The Niners, though, have plugged him on three plays over the tackle, then 224 where hes outside shade of the tight end or tackle. During the NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers are expected to draft a pass rusher. Burns 22.1% pressure rate on third down in 2020 was second among edge defenders with at least 50 pass-rush opportunities behind only Shaquil Barrett. Bud Dupree, Titans From 2016 through 2019, no player in the league had a higher pressure rate with his team leading by 7 or more points than Ngakoue (14.7 percent), and 31.5 of his 45.5 career sacks have come on the . Injury robbed us of a decent chunk of Chase Youngs second season, but even before that point, he wasnt building on his excellent rookie season, with lower PFF grades and pressure rates. #49ers || #FTTB pic.twitter.com/H4KnP5tr6m, OurSF49ers (@OurSf49ers_) October 12, 2021. Flowers has been one of the lone bright spots on Detroits defense when healthy over the past two seasons. Fantasy Points: Hard to say this is a risky proposition for the reigning Super Bowl champions. Teams such as the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs neither of whom have representatives on this list should have interest. If they draft a WR in the 1st round you can really let them have it. As it turns out, Jarran Reed is the player on the outs as the Seahawks released him and re-signed Dunlap. Just curious, how much of it is TJs ability to drop into coverage? Sorry, Jaelan Phillips. 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. There is a real possibility for decline, but Millers resume speaks for itself. Lawrence is still an elite playmaker when healthy. As for Miller and Jones, there is no question that they are capable of greatness. Sometimes sacks come with those data points, and other times they dont. Then, in 2020, Bosa tore his ACL after just 68 snaps. Subscribe to 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. A fourth-round pick in 2021, Jordan was on the field for only 21 snaps in two games and . Give me lots of offensive lineman with upside and extra defensive backs. His starting role with the Buccaneers has resulted in 157 total pressures since 2019, more than any other edge defender in the NFL. However, a quick deep dive into the statistics clearly shows who the best edge rusher in the NFL has been in 2021. Montez Sweat has been an excellent run defender in the NFL and flashed his pass-rush potential, but he needs to put it together more consistently. Garrett has NEVER had that happen for him. ALL the latest 49ers news straight to your inbox! 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. Both boast elite PFF grades and elite pressure totals over their NFL careers and are candidates for dominant seasons at any given time. Shaq Lawson (Hou) Lawson was traded by Miami to the Texans to try and help offset the loss of EDGE rusher J.J. Watt. There is a chance Reed re-signs but will test the free agency market thoroughly before that even happens. Smith finished with five sacks along with ten big plas, five TFL and 14 QB hits. If anyone in this class is set to have a long career in the NFL, my pick would be Kolar. 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. Were now in a position where the draft is all about accumulating depth at key positions. So far, the results have gone pretty well for the Browns. Khalil Mack, Bears. Yet, Bosa is still winning against four arms trying to latch onto him, as the Walder post shows that Bosa is among the leagues best at winning the double teams. Home | 2021 NFL EDGE Rankings: Who Is NFLs Best Edge Rusher? Those are similar numbers to Justin Hollins (three sacks, three TFL, 5 QB hits), and hes making $14.3 million less per year. Team Pass Block Win Rate. On this play, Bosa is facing two tight ends Dallas Goedert and Jack Stoll. While responsibilities vary between a base 4-3 defensive end and a 3-4 outside linebacker, their roles are more aligned than that of a 3-4 outside linebacker and most 4-3 outside linebackers. Between a suspension for hitting Mason Rudolph with his own helmet and a bout of COVID-19 blunting his effectiveness for a stretch of the 2020 season, Garrett just hasnt been able to maintain the scintillating run of play that Watt has over as long of a span. After suffering an ankle injury in Week 11, Judon had just two sacks the rest of the season. 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. Demarcus Lawrence remains one of the league's elite pass rushers, despite only playing seven games in the 2021 season. Lions' edge rusher draft priority: High. Gets the QB hit but destroys multiple guys on the way. Ive seen too many rankings put him in the top 5-10 range already. If there is a knock on Ngakoue, it is his run stopping ability. 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. Both edges are physically capable of taking over a matchup. Aaron Donald finished second in the NFL with 13.5 sacks, tied for second with 14 tackles for loss and fourth in QB hits this season, but his impact goes way beyond the box score. His rookie season was nothing short of spectacular. The x-axis shows double team rate. He wasnt as great in 2020, but his 2019 tape was flat out elite. He failed to register a single sack in 2020 and has never recorded more than 9.5 sacks in his seven-year career. Brian Burns has already reached that level but is evidence of how dangerous it can be to assume it will continue linearly. Clowneys stock across the league is seemingly at a low point as he comes off two injury-limited seasons with Seattle and Tennessee. pic.twitter.com/b0msKIdttg, Seth Walder (@SethWalder) January 20, 2021. Trey Hendrickson, Bengals 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. Garrett is second in the league with 14 sacks. We dont need 9 drafted players but are in a win now mode. Dunlap wanted to stay in Seattle and was amicable to being released and signing a new, cap-friendly deal. Every tackle in the league would list Mack as one of their toughest one-on-one assignments. 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. This year, he hasn't been as. Burns has elite rush ability but needs to get back to his best play. He tallied 55 for the Bills last season and has averaged that figure over the past nine years. Highest pass-rush win rates from pure outside-the-tackle alignments in 2021, per @PFF: Maxx Crosby (27%) Rashan Gary (26%) Myles Garrett (26%) TJ Watt (22%) Austin Gayle (@PFF_AustinGayle) January 18, 2022 Anyone who watched the Browns throughout the season knows Garrett wasn't left alone with an offensive tackle on most snaps. He ranks in the 87th percentile of all qualifying players at the position in run defense grade across the past six seasons. His 87.0 run-defense grade last season ranked third at the position behind only Khalil Mack and T.J. Watt, and he bumped up his pressure count from 32 as a rookie to 47 in 2020. Chase Young, Washington It will be interesting to see how that translates to Tennessee. The last big pass rusher the Jets signed in free agency was Calvin Pace in 2008 when he signed a six-year, $42 million contract. Fantasy Points: This is a risky move for Tennessee. The potential is there for a formidable duo in Arizona, with Jones and Watt now joining forces as teammates. 8/10 Demarcus Lawrence, Dallas Cowboys, 90 OVR. He was legitimately dominant. Garrett led all edge rushers in sacks created (16.5), a stat that takes into account plays in which his pressure resulted in a sack for a teammate. Watt is not double-teamed nearly as often as Donald or other edge rushers, according to ESPN advanced metrics and as shown below. It didnt take long for Bosa to establish himself as one of the leagues top pass-rushers. Bosa is a top 2-3 run-defending edge in the league on top of being an elite pass rusher. There were times I've seen him just have a clear lane straight to the QB completely untouched. Miller may be a declining force, but he is declining from a position of being the best edge rusher of his generation, so he has plenty of room to slip and still be a significant problem for opposing offenses. A broken bone in his foot caused him to miss time, but upon returning he looked like the dominant rusher fans expected. Fantasy Points: Reddick did not meet expectations in his first three seasons with Arizona. 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. 22. 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. I still think hes developing physically and technically as a player, but I expect him to move into tier 2 by next offseason. Fantasy Points: Clowney is coming off early December surgery to repair his left meniscus. Who was the Offensive Player of the Year in 2021? Could Nick Bosa be headed for stardom next? 7. Grab one of the top edge rushers in the class at No. Fantasy Points: Judon has high end sack potential, but has not reached his full potential yet. Jason Pierre-Paul, Bucs At 32 (Miller) and 31 (Jones) years old, will the veterans be able to bounce back? 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. Davenport started 13 games back in 2019 and came away from that season with an impressive 84.1 overall grade. Double team rate as an edge (x) by pass rush win . "Garrett's pass-rush win rate of 26.3% last season ranked third among edge rushers despite facing 104 double teams. Fantasy Points: Lawson is no J.J. Watt and the Texans are very clear about that. Xavien Howard was the best cornerback in football in 2020. The biggest question heading into the 2021 season is whether hell remain healthy throughout the year. But his rookie season was not on par with Nick Bosas or T.J. Watts or Joey Bosas. Ultimately, both players are phenomenal and have been so for several years now, but Watt gets the top spot on the rankings simply for maintaining his peak for a longer run of games.
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