Quote:Was it really a miss? PFF seems to think Beasley's season was extremely overrated.

Beasley had a fine season, but he's not really a threat to take over games and he definitely isn't a closer. All of his sacks, besides 2.5, came in the 1st half of games.

 

He only had 2.5 sacks come in the 2nd half and that was in week 5 and week 7. 1 in the 3rd quarter (7:53 left in the 3rd) against Denver and .5 (shared with Freeney) in the 4th quarter (12:34 left in the 4th) against Denver. He also had 1 sack against the Chargers in the 4th quarter (8:48 left).

 

He also completely disappeared in the 3 most important games of the season. I think he only had 2 total tackles in the entire playoffs/super bowl and he was completely invisible in that super bowl. I honestly don't even really remember seeing him at all on the field. He didn't do anything.

 

I know sack numbers only tell half the story, but he couldn't take over games down the stretch, when you want your pass rushers to really take over a game. It also wasn't because of being behind in games and having lack of opportunities to rush the passer. Considering that was the most explosive Offense in the NFL last year and they averaged 34 points a game. He had more than plenty of pass rushing opportunities.

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