Quote:The bulk of his impact plays came in the second half of the season. We are watching a player on the rise.

 

If you extrapolated out the second half of the season he would have ended up with 10 sacks and 6 pass defenses (swats) without any starts.

 

To put that into perspective J.J. Watt had 10.5 sacks and 7 pass defenses last year with 16 starts.

 

Not a bad place to be ending your second season especially knowing that the third season is when things typically start coming together for a football player.

And not all DEs are superstars right off the bat. Some guys need a few years to adjust to the speed of the game and develop technique against the smartest of the smart offensive linemen.

 

I'm just glad we finally have a guy that doesn't completely overshoot the QB every single time and allow a QB that runs a 5.0 40 yard time to dash up the wide open hole in the middle for a first down. I'm looking at you, Tyson Alualu, Terrence Knighton, and Jeremy Mincey.

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