Jerry Hughes, Bills Rashan Gary finally realized his immense potential last season, earning an 89.3 overall PFF grade, which was good enough to rank inside the top five at the position. Gets the QB hit but destroys multiple guys on the way. The league will be so much better for their presence in 2021, although offensive tackles may not be fired up. He was doubled almost 70% of the time this season but still won more than 20% of his pass rushes. 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. When healthy, Ngakoue has the potential to supply close to double-digit sacks. Pace had 46 sacks in eight years with the team but was never . His pressure rate of 13.3% placed him at the 88th percentile among qualifiers at the position. 7. 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. 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. Double team rate at edge (x) by pass rush win rate at edge (y), through Week 5. PewterReport.com prides itself on being the most complete, comprehensive news source covering the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and delivering inside scoop on the team found nowhere else. However, the sack numbers don't quite tell the whole story. Hes also getting better at targeting the football, forcing four fumbles last year. Judon is another player whose pressure numbers benefitted from cleanup and unblocked opportunities with the Ravens. 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. Leonard Floyd (LAR) Floyd remains with the Rams on a four-year contract worth $64 million. Ted Bundy is infamous. By definition, infamy = being famous for something BAD. K.C. A savvy veteran of fantasy football since 1990, Thomas specializes in IDP and Special Teams. Ive seen too many rankings put him in the top 5-10 range already. 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. pic.twitter.com/b0msKIdttg, Seth Walder (@SethWalder) January 20, 2021. (ESPN / NFL Next Gen Stats) pic.twitter.com/T3BX8kbxNA, Seth Walder (@SethWalder) October 12, 2021. Hes a strong third-year breakout candidate in 2021. 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. 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. Modified 23 Jul 2022. I firmly believe that Watt was better than Garrett in 2020, and in my. I still think hes developing physically and technically as a player, but I expect him to move into tier 2 by next offseason. He also placed second in the NFL with 13.5 sacks. Where he'll make an impact in the NFL. His sack total dipped down to six total last year. Jordan is 32, so some of this ranking is projecting that he could be on the back nine of his career now. https://twitter.com/SethWalder/status/1332509974132629505, Their dline was stacked last year, bailed them out of alot of games. Pro Bowl outside linebacker Matthew Judon, designated last month with a franchise . Team Pass Block Win Rate. Old Lady Ammons is smiling in teacher heaven. 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. Burns has elite rush ability but needs to get back to his best play. Is Khalil Mack still elite? Young is an awesome talent who was easily the best rookie defender in the NFL last year. 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. Remarkably, the two-time. Davenport has played more than 500 snaps in a season only once in four years and has never recorded more than 51 pressures in a single season. With Lawson lined up next to Quinnen Williams, the Jets now have a solid inside-outside combo to power Salehs defense. Edge defender might not have the same depth at the top that it had 2-3 years ago, but theres still a lot of quality pass rushers across the league. He ranks in the 98th percentile in pass-rushing grade, pass-rush grade on true pass sets and pass-rush grade without play action. He is a 26-year old, four-year veteran that tallied 13.5 sacks for the Saints in 2020. . "He's a load," an NFL veteran offensive . J.J. Watt led all edge rushers in double teams with right around 30%, Cameron Heyward is toward the bottom for . A broken bone in his foot caused him to miss time, but upon returning he looked like the dominant rusher fans expected. Wade has thrown Donald in as an edge rusher a little bit so that helps get him some single blocks, and then at times some creative blitzing makes it so they can't double Donald without leaving a free defender. There is risk involved here. Jadeveon Clowney twitter 118 53 53 comments Best stasismachine 1 yr. ago Noticeably missing from this list is T.J. Watt. Judon is coming off four seasons of steady contribution in Baltimore, grading between 66.0 and 69.2 on at least 600 defensive snaps in every season since 2017. Chandler Jones, Cardinals 4. Garrett is one of the positions best athletes and can win his individual matchups in various ways. 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. Double team rate as an edge (x) by pass rush win rate as an edge (y) for the 2020 regular season. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. 50 Georgia CB Eric Stokes. Double team rate as an edge (x) by pass rush win rate as an edge (y) for the 2020 regular season. Once he is back to full strength, he will supply the Titans with much needed pressure off the edge with bookend edge rusher Harold Landry. Over the next few weeks until the season, Ill be ranking each position group around the NFL. 2021 which NFL edge rusher gets doubled team the most. Lawrence can single-handedly diagnose and blow up a play . 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. 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. The run stop rate is second best in the league only behind Cameron. What the chart says, is how AQM ranks among edge rushers that received similar snap shares. 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. Xavien Howard was the best cornerback in football in 2020. We saw last season that Miller still has some juice. The Ohio State product needs to establish a go-to move and some counter options. He has missed 19 of a possible 64 games in his four-year career. A lot was scheme and their blitz rate. #49ers || #FTTB pic.twitter.com/H4KnP5tr6m, OurSF49ers (@OurSf49ers_) October 12, 2021. The y-axis shows pass rush win rate. The sack numbers have been down a little bit the past two years, but it's largely due to extra attention from opposing offenses. Arik Armstead, 49ers 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. Khalil Mack continues to be among the leagues best edge defenders and has the highest PFF run-defense grade of any edge rusher over the past two seasons (90.6). 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. 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. His 45 cleanup pressures since 2018 are the most in the league. 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's way too athletic to guard. Fantasy Points: Mayowa is not a stud by any means, but he is a critical part of the Seahawks plans. He failed to register a single sack in 2020 and has never recorded more than 9.5 sacks in his seven-year career. Who is the best edge rusher in the NFC South? Hughes is still an effective edge rusher. Fantasy Points: Clowney is coming off early December surgery to repair his left meniscus. 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. Theres little reason to expect he wont put up impressive numbers again in 2021. In addition to a worrisome injury history, he also faces a crowded position and likely starts training camp as a backup OLB. 9. 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. Garrett has NEVER had that happen for him. Clowneys stock across the league is seemingly at a low point as he comes off two injury-limited seasons with Seattle and Tennessee. Garrett is second in the league with 14 sacks. Both edges are physically capable of taking over a matchup. Those are solid numbers, but he needs to do more than solid, and he looks capable of it. The scary part when analyzing Youngs first season in the NFL is that there is still clear room for improvement from a pass-rushing perspective. ALL the latest 49ers news straight to your inbox! . 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. Thank you for clearing that up Too Familiar. Ferrell improved his overall grade from 62.3 to 76.1 to go along with a 3.5 percentage point jump to his pressure rate in the 11 games he appeared in. Jordan has been one of the more reliable defensive linemen in the NFL over the course of his career in New Orleans. Double team - ( New Window ) The most double teamed EDGE in the entire NFL this season? 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. 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. He just isnt right now, and thats completely ok. 17. As Garretts hand usage has improved, so has his effectiveness. 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. There is a real possibility for decline, but Millers resume speaks for itself. 8. Sometimes sacks come with those data points, and other times they dont. (Via @PFF_Neil) pic.twitter.com/bR5Ajcra5o, PFF SF 49ers (@PFF_49ers) January 3, 2020. His starting role with the Buccaneers has resulted in 157 total pressures since 2019, more than any other edge defender in the NFL. Jordan and Lawrence are cut from the same cloth. ALL the latest 49ers news straight to your inbox! He brings much needed pressure off the edge that the Seahawks desperately crave. Run stop % measures the percentage of the snaps the player got a run stop, and P.R.P measures the win . Garrett is second in the league with 14 sacks. Ive also compiled these rankings with an eye toward 2021 projections, although I tried not to do anything too outlandish. At first, we thought this signjing would mean the end of Carlos Dunlap as a Seahawk, especially after Seattle re-signed Benson Mayowa. Burrow absolutely shredded us last year and he's just a rookie with no o-line. The x-axis shows double team rate. Floyd finished with a career-high 10.5 sacks, as well as 11 tackles for loss and 19 QB hits. Bosas tape was awe-inspiring in 2019. The league has responded to the increase in volume and production of the passing game with defenders who can affect the game with pressure. After signing a three-year, $30 million contract with Miami last year, he had limited success with the Dolphins. In any given game or even season, though, Garrett is well capable of being better. The Ravens' highest-paid player in 2020 will probably be an edge rusher, but money buys only so much stability. 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. Few edge defenders improved more from 2019 to 2020 than Sweat did in his second year in the NFL. Now we turn to edge defenders. 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. The key for Cleveland will be keeping him healthy on what appears to be a much-improved defense following this offseason. 23. Last year, he set career highs in total tackles (47), solos (28), assists (19), and sacks (8.5). . 25. "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). 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. Fantasy Points: Anderson played in just nine games last year due to a knee injury that hampered him all season. Double team rate as an edge (x) by pass rush win rate as an edge (y). Last week against the Arizona Cardinals, Bosa was one of two Niners defenders who accomplished the following against Kyler Murray: Pressure him twice and get a sack of him. 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. 5. On this play, Bosa is facing two tight ends Dallas Goedert and Jack Stoll. In the two seasons prior to last year, Jenkins had 15 total sacks. Joey Bosa, Chargers However, that 2020 grade came in just over 300 snaps, as Flowers season was cut short by a fractured forearm. Both boast elite PFF grades and elite pressure totals over their NFL careers and are candidates for dominant seasons at any given time. Not when were running a blitz package. Who is the all-time NFL receiving leader? 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. 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. Here, we are going to rank them into tiers. Those are similar numbers to Justin Hollins (three sacks, three TFL, 5 QB hits), and hes making $14.3 million less per year. Chase Young, Washington Jeremiah Attaochu (Chi) Attaochu signed a two-year deal with the terms of the contract currently undisclosed. Barrett has taken full advantage of the increased opportunity that came with his move to Tampa Bay. The sack numbers have been down a little bit the past two years, but its largely due to extra attention from opposing offenses. His roll could be very similar to how Kyle Van Noy played with the Patriots in 2019. 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. A clear passing situation where Clowney and McKinnley bookend the DL with Myles lining up inside could be fun to watch. Good team fits: Jaguars, Lions, Texans, Giants. Plus, by request from @DaneBeavers, label colors indicate 2020 cap hit (red = high). Parsons may not play as much as an edge rusher, but hes already shown hes an elite one if he does line up there. 2021 Mentioning how he gets double-teamed an awful lot. Lawson is more suited to a 4-3 base defense and Houston is starting to trend towards a 4-3 base under new defensive coordinator Lovie Smith. John Franklin-Meyers may never generate a lot of sacks, but he notched 50 or more pressures in each of the past two seasons and his PFF grade has improved each year of his career. 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. Broncos EDGE Von Miller Photo by: Mark Lomoglio/PR. 18. 13, 14.5 and 15-sack seasons in a row represent rare production by Watt. 2021 which NFL edge rusher gets doubled team the most. Cleveland dominates the trenches in the pass game on both offense and defense! Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. 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. My bet is that by this time next year, hes a consensus second tier edge rusher. The articles are ordered by players changing teams ("New Homes") and by players sticking with their 2020 teams ("Staying Put"). 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. We dont need 9 drafted players but are in a win now mode. He was that good last season. I almost moved Burns up a tier. Bosa got to the Philadelphia Eagles Jalen Hurts twice in Week 2. 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. 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. The double-team gauntlet is yet to slow down Nick Bosa of the San Francisco 49ers. Fantasy Points: Hyder remains in the NFC West following his outstanding 2020 season. The Niners, though, have plugged him on three plays over the tackle, then 224 where hes outside shade of the tight end or tackle. Even when he did play, he was a defensive end backup to Chase Young and Montez Sweat. 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. Shaq Lawson (Hou) Lawson was traded by Miami to the Texans to try and help offset the loss of EDGE rusher J.J. Watt. 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. 26. Double team rate at Edge (x) by pass rush win rate at Edge (y) for the 2022 NFL season. He rejoins his college coach from Temple Matt Rhule. This week, PFF published their ranking of the 32 best edge rushers entering the 2021 NFL season. ZaDarius Smith, Packers 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. Hendrickson consistently generates pressure and has been good at converting those to sacks. 1 / 51. Per PFF, Ebiketie had the third-highest win rate among Big Ten edge rushers in 2021, after Hutchinson and Karlaftis. 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. Nick Bosa, 49ers The biggest question heading into the 2021 season is whether hell remain healthy throughout the year. Generated 13 quarterback pressures against Ohio State in 2021 (25.5% pressure rate). He enjoyed his first double-digit pressure game in multiple years and earned a 93.0 PFF grade during the Rams' playoff run to a Super Bowl. Matthew Judon (NE) Judon joins the New England Patriots on a four-year $56 million contract with $32 million guaranteed. But his rookie season was not on par with Nick Bosas or T.J. Watts or Joey Bosas. 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. 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. He needs to show he can get back to his league-leading pressure performance, this time in Minnesota. Garrett's pass-rush win rate of 26.3% last season ranked third among edge rushers despite facing 104 double teams. SR's Fab 5: Top 5 Greatest Bucs At All Positions, Bucs Training Camp Battle: Wide Receivers. Bold move. Collectively, Watt has missed roughly 3.5 games this year because of injuries and has played through his bumps and bruises after missing ample practice time this year. His movement ability is freakish for the position. . We are getting well ahead of ourselves on Chase Young. 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. pic.twitter.com/N0d8FAmih2, Seth Walder (@SethWalder) January 16, 2021. So, both 4-3 defensive ends and 3-4 outside linebackers get labeled together as edge defenders. Could Nick Bosa be headed for stardom next? I'd say it's relatively safe so talk all the shit you want to bengals fans! 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. Facing two linemen is nothing new for the 6-foot-4, 266-pounder out of Ohio State. Realized Raiders and WFT were omitted accidentally last week (name change error). If anyone in this class is set to have a long career in the NFL, my pick would be Kolar. His 4-sack run to a Super Bowl title will live in Bucs infamy. Demarcus Lawrence remains one of the league's elite pass rushers, despite only playing seven games in the 2021 season. In terms of pass rush win rate, Parsons has an outstanding 32% which leads all edge rushers. Shaq Barrett, Bucs The biggest issue for Watt throughout his career has been health. In Floyds case, that advantage stemmed almost entirely from having Aaron Donald and the attention he draws on the field alongside him. 1 overall pick across from him on the defensive line in Cleveland, as well. When Gregory Rousseau opted out of the 2020 season, Miami's football team needed an answer to replace his production from the . Romeo Okwara, Lions. Carl Lawson (NYJ) Lawson inked a three-year $45 million contract with the Jets and $30 million is guaranteed. His high double-team rate and Floyds low number is what we call the Aaron Donald effect.. Lawrence is still an elite playmaker when healthy. Highest double team rate when pass rushing as an edge, 2018-2020. We could see him play more on the interior again in Arizona. Few defensive linemen have been as dominant as Watt when he has been healthy over the past decade. Now they have to account for Clowney as well. 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. Noticeably missing from this list is T.J. Watt. 1 anymore, it's still impossible to remove him from the elite tier. For a 49ers team that leads the NFL in scoring defense, total defense, rushing defense, and pass TD-INT ratio allowed, it all starts up front. Burns is another edge defender from the 2019 draft class who made major strides in his second season in the NFL. Smith finished with five sacks along with ten big plas, five TFL and 14 QB hits. Who was the Offensive Player of the Year in 2021? Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Now we tally double-teams regardless of the position combination, so running backs and tight ends count too. Fantasy Points: The Raiders supplied new defensive coordinator Gus Bradley with a pass rushing weapon. His PFF run-defense grade was just 40.4 last season. Ranks 50th out of 62 in pass rush win rate, while only being double teamed at about league average (link). Reddick posted 12.5 sacks while adding 61 total tackles in eleven starts last year. The Bengals scare me as much or more than any other team in the North. Presumably, this number went down with Watt's . Washington DE Chase Young Photo by: USA Today. Bosa drew more than one defender the moment he arrived to the NFL. Its worth remembering that Clowney is still one of the most disruptive edge defenders in the league when healthy, though. I dont know if that happens in 2021. 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 . Karlaftis is a powerful and relentless edge-rusher who should make an immediate impact. His return from injury in 2021 is massive for San Franciscos defensive line. Cameron Jordan has spent a career being underrated, even despite going to seven Pro Bowls. The next way Clark could improve in 2021 is by simply winning more one-on-one snaps. Cracking the top 20 all-time sack list is on the agenda for both players. 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. Cam Jordan, Saints He did sit out the season finale when he was placed on the Covid-19 list. 6. But Young is already an elite run defender and he plays with a temperament beyond his years. That has led many to believe that he's been a disappointing player in the NFL. Double team rate as an edge (x) by pass rush win . He can also get extremely low and his bend is just as insane. Fantasy Points: When healthy, Attaochu can supply the Bears with 35-40 total tackles and around 5 or 6 sacks. He created 26 incompletions, fourth best among edge rushers, though he didn't match his peers in double-team effectiveness (five wins on 64 attempts, 7.8%). Join the Heavy on 49ers newsletter here! 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. Hes also forced a ridiculous 17 fumbles, broken up 25 passes and racked up 59 tackles-for-loss. Yannick Ngakoue (LV) Ngakoue joins the Raiders on a two-year $26 million deal with $22 million guaranteed. 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