As for the list well see on Shaq. Second-year backup edge rusher Jordan Smith has to show signs that he's worth keeping around this season. This likely means Jenkins was signed to be an edge rusher from the defensive end position but he could play OLB in new defensive coordinator Lovie Smiths system. Join the Heavy on 49ers newsletter here! 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. Double team rate as an edge (x) by pass rush win . There were times I've seen him just have a clear lane straight to the QB completely untouched. rack up 4 sacks in a postseason on a wayRead more . Von Miller, Broncos Jeremiah Attaochu (Chi) Attaochu signed a two-year deal with the terms of the contract currently undisclosed. Jason Pierre-Paul, Bucs I guess in terms of recent production you could put few in front of Mack but your comment that any DE would say Mack is hardest one on one says to me at least hes still the best. Aldon Smith (Sea) Smith signed a one-year deal with the Seattle Seahawks. The biggest issue for Watt throughout his career has been health. There are simply no real weaknesses in his game. So scheming a double team block on someone that might just pop into coverage seems like something teams would be hesitant to do. Shaq Barrett, Bucs The biggest question heading into the 2021 season is whether hell remain healthy throughout the year. Now we turn to edge defenders. Browns EDGE Myles Garrett Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR. This year, he hasn't been as. 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. 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. Watt turned in PFF grades of 91.3 and 91.6 in those two seasons; he has developed into a legitimate Defensive Player of the Year candidate and one of the premier edge rushers in the NFL. He didn't face many in 2021. 29. However, his 55 pressures last season marked the first time in his career clearing 40. 2021 NFL Draft: Top 10 edge rushers. As Garretts hand usage has improved, so has his effectiveness. 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. Few NFL arguments are as explosive as the one surrounding who the better edge rusher is: T.J. Watt or Myles Garrett. Double team rate as a defensive tackle (x) by pass rush win rate as a defensive tackle (y), 2020 regular season. Mack is still creating pressure . Per Pro Football Focus, Bosa tangled with double teams on 130 defensive rush snaps during the 2019 season. Garrett's pass-rush win rate of 26.3% last season ranked third among edge rushers despite facing 104 double teams. 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. Floyd was much better as a pass rusher this season than in any of his previous four seasons with the Bears, but the impact of playing alongside Donald cannot be overlooked. 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. PFF's exclusive metrics provide matchup previews, position rankings, grades, and snap counts. 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. Randy Gregorys concern isnt injuries as much as it is suspensions, given his history. 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. Even with the trench version of double coverage placed on him, the third-year defensive end and 23-year-old is on pace to collect 17.0 sacks, which would give him both a career-high and reward him with his first season of surpassing the double-digit sack plateau. We saw last season that Miller still has some juice. 2 in PFF grade, with just one-tenth of a grading point separating them (91.9 for Garrett to 91.8 for Watt). 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. Since 2019, Smith has been double teamed 27.2% of the time. In fact, his rate of being double teamed was 0.1 on the X-axis, making him among the 10 least double-teamed edge rushers in the NFL to that point. 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. He tallied 55 for the Bills last season and has averaged that figure over the past nine years. We have seen just seven games and 334 snaps of Hunter since his dominant 2019 season, and while he is still just 27 years old, that injury history is concerning until he can return to the kind of play that saw him rack up 88 pressures in a single season. Teams such as the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs neither of whom have representatives on this list should have interest. Bosa drew more than one defender the moment he arrived to the NFL. Watt can still be very effective when healthy, but that becomes a larger caveat with each passing season. Lawrence has been one of the leagues best in that department, putting up a top-10 pass-rush win rate at the position since 2017. Donald is in his own area in the upper-right corner, where no other defensive tackle resides. Jerry Hughes, Bills Bud Dupree, Titans Were now in a position where the draft is all about accumulating depth at key positions. The most double teamed EDGE in the entire NFL this season? 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. Cam Jordan, Saints His PFF run-defense grade was just 40.4 last season. At first, we thought this signjing would mean the end of Carlos Dunlap as a Seahawk, especially after Seattle re-signed Benson Mayowa. So tell me again how many 19.5 sack seasons has Nick Bosa recorded? The production is good, but it only tells part of the story. In 2020, he finished with just two sacks after missing four games due to a shoulder injury. Where do Shaq Barrett and Jason Pierre-Paul rank across the league? Frank Clark, Chiefs They rank first and third in pass-rush win rate, and no edge rusher has more sacks than Watt. Leonard Floyd experienced that firsthand this season in his first year with the Rams. Washington fans should be pleased, though not surprised, to learn that both Chase Young and. Broncos EDGE Von Miller Photo by: Mark Lomoglio/PR. Clowneys stock across the league is seemingly at a low point as he comes off two injury-limited seasons with Seattle and Tennessee. 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. We handed out grades for each rookie from the Rams' 2022 draft class. Fixed now. Yannick Ngakoue, Raiders . 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. Would love your thoughts, please comment. However, the sack numbers don't quite tell the whole story. . I firmly believe that Watt was better than Garrett in 2020, and in my. That sack is seen near the 1:30 mark of this highlight video from the game. Lions' edge rusher draft priority: High. Myles Garrett 4. Double team rate (x) by pass rush win rate (y), regardless of where players line up. However, a quick deep dive into the statistics clearly shows who the best edge rusher in the NFL has been in 2021. Lawrences 90.1 run-defense grade over the last four seasons makes him one of just seven players at the position to clear the 90.0 mark since 2017. 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. Privacy Policy. Young is an awesome talent who was easily the best rookie defender in the NFL last year. ALL the latest 49ers news straight to your inbox! 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. Since 2014, Graham ranks tied for 16th at the position in total sacks, but only Khalil Mack, Cameron Jordan and Von Miller have recorded more pressures than Graham has (445). Highest double team rate for edge rushers in 2020: 1. 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. Ngakoue should give some new life to the pass rush under first-year defensive coordinator Gus Bradley. He was legitimately dominant. 16. Facing two linemen is nothing new for the 6-foot-4, 266-pounder out of Ohio State. 20. . He leads all edge defenders in sacks (29.5) and quarterback hits (46) since 2019, falling just short of Shaquil Barrett in total pressures. Fantasy Points: Floyd had his best season last year posting double-digit sacks with 10.5 total. 24. There is a real possibility for decline, but Millers resume speaks for itself. Over the last three years, Armsteads 88.5 run-defense grade is a top-10 mark among edge defenders. His 79.4 pass-rushing grade in 2020 was a top-15 grade at the position. After suffering an ankle injury in Week 11, Judon had just two sacks the rest of the season. Joey Bosa, Chargers Listed at 6-foot-7 and 292 pounds, Armstead has shown he can play both on the interior and edge in San Francisco after moving past several injuries that limited him to fewer than 400 defensive snaps in each of his first three NFL seasons. 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. 3. Fantasy Points: The Raiders supplied new defensive coordinator Gus Bradley with a pass rushing weapon. He ranks in the 87th percentile of all qualifying players at the position in run defense grade across the past six seasons. Tennessee allowed over 50% of third downs to be converted by opponents. The evaluation process wouldnt be clean. "Garrett's pass-rush win rate of 26.3% last season ranked third among edge rushers despite facing 104 double teams. While Dee Ford's contract is complicated, Ford is an unknown headed into 2021. Jared Fogel Subway was famous as the Subway guy, but is now INfamous for being a pedophile. Carlos Dunlap (Sea) Dunlap re-signed with Seattle on a two-year deal worth $16.6 million with $8.5 million guaranteed. 11 rather than higher is that he will be returning from a severe ankle injury at 32 years old. So you have Nick Bosa #5 well ahead of Shaq Barrett, Chandler Jones, Cam Jordan, Demarcus Lawrence? Shaquil Barrett (TB) Barrett agreed to a four-year deal worth $72 million with $36 million guaranteed. Bold move. Shaq Lawson (Hou) Lawson was traded by Miami to the Texans to try and help offset the loss of EDGE rusher J.J. Watt. Now, Young is going to be a top five edge defender someday. He now joins a Texans defense that appears to be shifting to a 4-3 base. Its worth remembering that Clowney is still one of the most disruptive edge defenders in the league when healthy, though. Tells part of the leagues best in that department, putting up top-10. 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