(04-22-2018, 04:00 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(04-22-2018, 03:48 PM)JackCity Wrote: Jackson is much more disruptive and creates more pressure than Dareus. He's been one of the best pass rushing interior players over the last few years. 

Dareus is an elite run stuffer but still can provide a pass rush. His sack numbers are good but as a starter he doesn't disrupt or cause pressure like Malik does. His job is to eat up blocks and let others get 1 v 1 matchups.  

At his peak Dareus can do both. He's just more of a run stopper.

So taking the assertion that Dareus can't rush the passer as well as Jackson at face value (I don't)  then the question is, as far as DTs go, why is rushing the passer far more valuable than stopping the run?

In our losses to the Rams, Jets. and week 2 to the tacks, those teams ran all over us.  We were unable to stop them at all.

How is run defense less valuable than pass rushing when the lack of a run defense cost us three games?

Malik Jackson had 55 pressures in 2016, which was ranked top 5 out of interior players. In 2017 he had 64 pressures, which also ranked top 5.  He's one of the best pass rushers in the league , I'm not sure anyone would say the same about Dareus (even though I rate him as a player). 

Because it's a passing league now. Affecting the QB is much more important than being able to stop the run. Our run defense against the jets was god awful I agree. But there were a variety of reasons we lost those 3 games. Rams was mostly special teams , titans was every unit , jets was every unit.    

The majority of the teams in the playoffs this year and last year were below average run defenses. It's just not as crucial to victory as pass rushing+pass defense.

You could make an argument that Dareus makes us a more well rounded team than Malik but I'm just not willing to give up on an elite pass rusher for an elite run defender.

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