"Based on the tape, however, the Commanders defensive end needs more refinement in his pass-rush technique. He now needs to show that wasnt a flash in the pan. Detroit Lions, 28% Steelers 2023 Pre-NFL Draft visit Tracker. If he had a total of 5.5 sacks at that point in the season, I don't think many fans would be giving up on him. Garrett has recorded at least 18 quarterback hits in all four of his NFL seasons. ESPN recently ranked the 10 best EDGE pass rushers in the NFL heading into 2021, and it came down between Myles Garrett and T.J. Watt. 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. 29. With a competent secondary youre looking at a lot more sacks/incomplete passes. Khalil Mack, Chicago Bears5. Houston Texans, 70% Cameron Jordan has spent a career being underrated, even despite going to seven Pro Bowls. @ESPN had him ranking in the top-8 in pass rush win rate coming into Week 12. pic.twitter.com/Io8E2bV9Bx, Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen) December 1, 2020. Who needs stats when the advanced metrics show that youre among the very best at your position just over halfway through your rookie season in the NFL? For Miller, his cost of doing business has become a badge of honor. Emailed daily. PFF Elite subscribers can also download the 1,100-page 2020NFL Draft Guide.]. 14. During that span, Young has notched a sack, a pair of tackles for loss, and an epic forced fumble on Bengals QB Joe Burrow. What roster or cap moves might the Commanders make next? Chase Young is climbing a lot of lists like this one over the past few weeks. What was he seeing? Aaron Donald was the next closest at 30. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Cincinnati Bengals, 72% Read more about our pass-game metrics and run-game metrics. 5. Dwayne Haskins has been impressing the people who matter. Buffalo Bills, 67% Hoping this dude comes back full speed. Exclusive: An employee of Washingtons NFL team accused Commanders owner Daniel Snyder of asking for sex, groping her and attempting to remove her clothes, according to legal correspondence obtained by The Post. His Twitter avatar is of the main character in Dragon Ball Z, Goku, nestled inside a medical machine, which is used to heal anyone who has severe injuries. 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. 21. Bengals' rebuild not yet complete In any given game or even season, though, Garrett is well capable of being better. Please check your email for a confirmation. Thats part of playing defensive end in this league.. I'll definitely take this screenshot over my lying eyes. 28. He understands what his assignment is and he goes out and competes.". If you're going from last year I disagree. He was playing Washington's big nickel role until starting strong safety Landon Collins suffered an Achilles tear in Week 7 against Dallas. "It's an amazing thing," Rivera said, "because he's infectious with his teammates. Four days earlier, Haskins was one of the first players to approach Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow after Burrow injured his left knee during Washingtons 20-9 victory. 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. It may be that doing so without the spotlight on him has been beneficial. Who knows. And the linebackers know that interior offensive linemen must often double-team either Washington's Daron Payne or Jonathan Allen or Tim Settle. He started to pick it back up and looked like himself, now hes working on being doubled. Buffalo Bills, 71% 1 and No. Maxx Crosby had a true breakout 2021 season and led the NFL in pressures, becoming only the third player to post more than 100 in a season since 2006 (101). 30. pic.twitter.com/aC9NUuXhbj, Seth Walder (@SethWalder) November 28, 2020. 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. Lets not rush to judgment on anything. ET, Fox) -- the first opponent Washington will have faced with a top-10 offense since the Los Angeles Rams in Week 4, making this a good test for an improving defense. Crosby faced a very weak run of right tackles all season, but he still remained just as productive against better opposition. Buffalo Bills, 43% Young went down in mid-November. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. 250+ three-page scouting profiles - advanced stats, 3-year grades, player comps, combine data and Senior Bowl grades - for the 2023 draft class. Its early for him. 1 pick in the draft. Its interesting because when you watch Chase and you watch one of his teammates getting a sack, look at the excitement he has and the joy he has for his teammates because he knows he had an impact on that. Atlanta Falcons, 59% New York Jets, 44% San Francisco 49ers, 32% They all have at least the same number of sacks as Young, but each is already an established pass rusher whereas Young, the No. Sign up for our newsletter and get every update delivered to your inbox! It was pretty obvious they were free lancing last year. Thats the truth. Tennessee Titans, 71% Bobby Engram played 14 seasons in the NFL. 2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 37% For Steelers fans, this just feels wrong. 24. Garrett led. Dallas Cowboys, 73% Buffalo Bills, 32% No longer. 30. 8. New Orleans Saints, 71% 24. [Editors note: Check out PFFs2020 Mock Draft Hub,NFL Draft Big BoardandNFL Mock Draft Simulator. Danielle Hunter has proven to be an elite pass-rusher at his best, but he has now battled injuries for multiple seasons in a row. 5. He has been a first-team All-Pro just once, but there was a stretch of multiple years where he had a good claim to be the best edge defender in the game. Theyve got to draw plays and reads and spit them back to you. 29. . Green Bay Packers, 27% Donald has the highest stunt-adjusted pass rush . Lets let him determine his own future, and were all here to support him.. ESPN recently ranked the 10 best EDGE pass rushers. 13. "He had some success right away, and people tend to pay attention to stuff like that," Rivera said. As teams begin to gameplan for Washington down the stretch, making sure No. I like what hes doing out there on the football field. Right now, hes practicing, and hes practicing well. 26. Smith was tackled on the sideline and sat there. Chandler Jones' run defense is falling off, but his past two predominantly healthy years featured pass-rushing grades of at least 87.7 and he recorded double-digit sacks in each. Parsons may not play as much as an edge rusher, but hes already shown hes an elite one if he does line up there. 4. 27. They rank first and third in pass-rush win rate, and no edge rusher has more sacks than Watt. "It makes my life real easy, I won't lie," said Cole Holcomb, a second-year linebacker who the staff believes can provide long-term help. We saw last season that Miller still has some juice. They have to understand exactly what is going to benefit them as far as attacking double teams.. Former NFL defensive end Elvis Dumervil once described chip-blocks and double teams as the cost of doing business. Good pass rushers often draw that extra attention, be it from a second lineman or in the form of a hefty push from a tight end or running back. Will he be a game changing DE that every thought? Kansas City Chiefs, 74% Chase Young, Montez Sweat and Washington's defensive line haven't generated many sacks, but the pressure is there. Garrett was the No. Those guys have to win, Rivera said. 18. He has the potential to be a high-end pass-rusher, with PFF pass-rushing grades above 80.0 in two of the past three years, but an Achilles injury is a major red flag for a player whose position relies on explosiveness. 16. "He just goes about doing his job. One way weve been shown now is in his pass rush win-rate, where he ranks No. Jacksonville Jaguars, 44% 8. 6. And Young and Sweat still rank well above the norm when they take on two or more blockers; over the past two seasons, the average win rate for an edge rusher against two or more blockers has been about 13.5 percent. He won on 15 of those (14.4%), which ranked 12 in the league. 16. And Young is still recovering from a torn ACL he suffered last season. A sophomore slump is really all it took? In some games, one lineman would use a one-gap technique and another next to him would play the two-gap style. Chase Young ranks No. 20. We all know that sacks come in bunches, and its likely that Youngs numbers will start to rise a bit more as the season goes on, but this is yet another way to show you that the rookie is having a stellar start to his NFL career. He emerged from the same draft as Young, and while the focus has been largely on the No. Just study skills and how you start that, like you would when you get to university. RBWR: Players | Team, 1. With 3:39 left and the outcome out of reach, Smith bailed out of the pocket and ran toward the sideline, trying to stay inbounds to let as much time run off the clock as possible. 20. Green Bay Packers, 66% Against the Giants, Young was chipped or double-teamed at least seven times. src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=674090812743125&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/>. Incredibly productive player in every phase, an NFC exec said. Now it plays a 4-3 front and uses a one-gap style. He has a ton to prove this year. Hes got an arm thats an NFL talent, and hes learning the rest of it. Some evaluators consider Watt an overachiever. Bengals' rebuild not yet complete New Orleans Saints, 60% Chandler Jones' run defense is falling off, but his past two predominantly healthy years featured pass-rushing grades of at least 87.7 and he recorded double-digit sacks in each. Whether youre a lifelong resident of D.C. or you just moved here, weve got you covered. Jacksonville Jaguars, 30% Los Angeles Chargers, 57% And since Week 9 Allen ranks second among interior rushers behind the Los Angeles Rams' Aaron Donald with a 24.0 pass rush win rate. Per PFF, in 2019, the South Carolina star had a 18.1% pass-rush win rate, second in the 2020 class among interior defensive linemen. Lawrence is still an elite playmaker when healthy. I think a big part of it is his initial couple of weeks.". Rams top Bengals after OBJ exits 11. I'm not ready to give up on him but the eye test as a fan was tough to watch a lot last year. "Young has the physical profile and traits of an upper-tier edge player in the league," Bowen noted. 31. Atlanta Falcons, 35% So we know every game, we got to be at our best for everything to go.. Seattle Seahawks, 34% Part of it also is due to the game plans of the Los Angeles Chargers and New York Giants, who used more play-action and max protection up front. 6. Young has been double-teamed as much as Khalil Mack and more than teammate Montez Sweat. All rights reserved. Whats useful here is that two of the best edge rushing prospects of recent years preceded Young at Ohio State the Bosa brothers so we can get closer to direct and fair comparisons. Last year he was categorically bad. When you see a guy getting double- and triple-teamed, somebody should win and, for the most part, weve had some guys that have been winning. . 30. 10. The second overall selection from the 2020 draft earned a Pro Bowl nod and Defensive Rookie of the Year honors after he notched 7.5 sacks in his debut pro campaign but then accumulated just 1.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and four quarterback hits over fewer than nine total games last fall before he went down with a torn ACL and MCL in the middle of November. Hes meeting. Jadeveon Clowney has been searching for a big-money, long-term contract for years now but never manages to earn one. Cleveland Browns, 31% 12. 17. Probably has the best combination of motor and smarts in the league. Despite past performances, it is Garrett, not Watt, who is considered the best EDGE rusher, per ESPN. He needs to show he can get back to his league-leading pressure performance, this time in Minnesota. Chandler Jones, Arizona Cardinals6. Test guys at the end of the week. "Among qualified players that played in 2020 & 2021, Young is one of four players to have a pass rush win rate over 20% (21%) and a rush stop win rate over 30% (30.2%) with (Aaron). Chase Young is two-thirds of the way through his rookie season in the NFL, but the Washington pass rusher is already demanding a ton of respect from opponents. 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. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. Because when youre an elite edge rusher, teams game-plan you, former draft analyst and current Las Vegas Raiders general manager Mike Mayock once said. Sometimes sacks come with those data points, and other times they dont. There's damn good reason he's. Whats useful here is that two of the best edge rushing prospects of recent years preceded Young at Ohio State the Bosa brothers so we can get closer to direct and fair comparisons. With Chris Carson gone, can Rashaad Penny 'take off' as Seattle Seahawks' RB1? 11. Some quarterbacks require more time. Las Vegas Raiders, 72% Those are solid numbers, but he needs to do more than solid, and he looks capable of it. 18. And they are. Cleveland Browns, 72% Power, bend, speed.. We all know what we saw, he sucked last year. Arizona Cardinals, 47% Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NCAA player performance data. So, with time to sit and watch Smith run the offense, Zampese said he and Haskins are talking through the plays. Jump to: Unlike other positions, this will leave off a lot of quality edge defenders, but such is the depth in todays league. Just look at Young's first half of Sunday's 23-15 win against San Francisco. He stepped up, caught the pass and raced to the end zone. Arizona Cardinals, 61% He lifted him to his feet and gave him two pats on the helmet. Note that y axis is overall PRWR as an edge, not just vs. double teams.Both categories led by a Watt brother: J.J. is doubled more than anyone else, T.J. wins more than anyone else. Indianapolis Colts, 71% Miami Dolphins, 32% Los Angeles Rams, 72% It goes without saying that Washington Commanders star defensive end Chase Young did not enjoy the type of sophomore NFL season he likely envisioned last September. Sweat also can make athletic plays, evidenced by his leaping interception and return for a touchdown against Dallas on Thanksgiving. He has 5.5 sacks this season, but it's everything else he does that has allowed Washington not to question taking him No. Watt wins with pure athleticism and effort, while Garretts strength provides him the ability to win in multiple ways. Ill tell you what, its been amazing to watch, Washington coach Ron Rivera said. Nick Bosa, San Francisco 49ers9. 15. Washington defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio, who coached Miller for three seasons in Denver, including his 2012 season when he recorded a career-high 18.5 sacks, has described the extra blocks as normal. 3. 8 in NFL when it comes to pass rush win-rate Schedule Teams AFC East Bills Dolphins Jets Patriots AFC North Bengals Browns Ravens Steelers AFC South Colts Jaguars. Los Angeles Chargers, 29% People would riot and he was a 2nd rd pick. New England Patriots, 68%, NFL pass-rushing, run-stopping, blocking leaderboard: Win rate rankings for 2022, The future of the NFL combine: Is there really a chance it could end forever? Watt can still be very effective when healthy, but that becomes a larger caveat with each passing season. 1 overall pick in the draft, and there has been a history of top edge rushers going at the top of the draft but only if there wasnt also a surefire quarterback in the same draft. As I said before, he hasnt played a lot of football. Over the past two seasons, these two edge rushers rank No. Washington switched from a 3-4 front that called for linemen to play a two-gap style, not focusing on getting upfield. 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. Somebody else better be winning,' Rivera said. Philadelphia Eagles, 62% Their 40 percent Pass Rush Win Rate (the number of pass rush snaps in which the defense. Right now, my biggest focus our biggest focus as a defense is everybody just do their individual job, and at the end of their day, it should all come together.. 2 pick, Curl epitomizes the contributions from the group. Since Week 9, he ranks first among edge rushers with a 29.8% pass rush win rate -- two spots ahead of Young at 26.7 over that same span, according to ESPN Stats & Information. Live picks, grades and reaction to the 2023 NFL Draft. 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The identity of the best interior pass rusher in the game has rarely been in dispute, and though he likely will not win the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year in 2021, Aaron Donald is delivering another year to serve as a reminder of his status as the league's best on that side of the ball. This should be his last year in college as a fifth-year senior. Since returning, though, he's still been effective for Washington's defense, despite the sack totals not being where he -- or his mom -- would like them to be. She joined the company in 2018 after more than two years at ESPNs The Undefeated, where she spent extensive time writing profiles, historical features and covering all major sports. New York Giants, 45% The implementation of pass rushers varies greatly in the league, and they come in all shapes and sizes. But this season, Washingtons star edge rushers have numbers that, while misleading on their own, still sit below expectations. The linebackers weren't attacking and creases were created. Washington views the Bills as a model, but the QB component remains elusive. Chase Young, Washington Commanders 27) . Because you could argue that he was on pace to exceed the number of sacks he had as a rookie. Here, we are going to rank them into tiers. Danielle Hunter, Minnesota Vikings. 16. Through 11 games, Young has 4.5 sacks, which admittedly is a bit lower than we had been hoping for coming into his debut season, but watching him play, its apparent that he affects the game in many ways outside of the box score. I doubt unless he learns some moves. 3 free agents the Steelers should consider at each position: TE. Philadelphia Eagles, 75% 17. On most others, he has pushed through, but he has yet to reach the quarterback at a rate most expect. Las Vegas Raiders, 62% How do you make the important things jump out at you? Carolina Panthers, 62% D.J. 23. Thats his only move. He does get around his guy, but that doesnt mean he has much of a successful pass rush. 28. Super Bowl LVI: Rams 23, Bengals 20 How did the Rams come back? 21. It goes beyond Young. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. Bryce Huff, DE, NYJ - 15.1% 2. Rivera knows the 21-year-old defensive end is receiving more attention than players whove made a career of terrorizing quarterbacks, and hes winning his matches at a rate better than many players whove had time to develop their pass-rush moves. Carolina Panthers, 39% 17. 31. Kansas City Chiefs, 41% Theres not a category that Watt doesnt dominate. according to legal correspondence obtained by The Post, issue a subpoena to compel the testimony of Snyder, why havent they rebuked the Commanders defensive coordinator, fined Commanders head coach Ron Rivera $100,000 and docked the team two OTA practices in 2023. Highsmith had a pass rush win rate of 24%, which would've ranked 7th in the NFL - one spot ahead of presumed Rookie of the Year Chase Young - had Highsmith had enough snaps to qualify. Thats without considering how Young affects the run game. Washington Commanders, 71% You just got to continue to push through the chips., Member of executive leadership team to leave franchise. Young has 4.5 sacks, but Rivera said those who think he is not affecting the game enough, doesnt have a presence or doesnt force offenses to alter their tactics are off base. They really, truly do. Tennessee Titans, 54% Seattle Seahawks, 30% He's really matter-of-fact about it. Indianapolis Colts, 33% 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. 23. Chase Young is one of the best prospects to come into the NFL in years, yet somehow hes being quietly overshadowed in this draft process thanks to one of the best. Hendrickson consistently generates pressure and has been good at converting those to sacks. 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. Hes not the most explosive guy. Green Bay Packers, 72% Ralph Vacchiano of Fox Sports reported last week that "Young is not expected back until closer to midseason." 31. 21. Baltimore Ravens, 31% Zampese, who has worked with Brett Favre, Trent Green, Kurt Warner, Carson Palmer, Andy Dalton and Baker Mayfield during his coaching career, said Washingtons young quarterbacks need more TLC, and thats what theyre receiving from the coaching staff. T.J. Watt, Pittsburgh Steelers3. 9. That's the kind of thing we need from these young guys, because it really carries a lot of energy into the group.". 13. Demarcus Lawrence is underrated because of low sack totals in his past three seasons, but his pressure rates, run defense prowess and PFF grades have remained elite. 23. Minnesota Vikings, 30% When you dont get chipped, its kind of like: Ah, man, maybe Im not doing something right. 6. Dallas Cowboys, 52% You guys dont get to see it, but between him and (practice squad quarterback) Steven Montez, you see the two young quarterbacks mimicking during the drills, during the periods, what Alex is doing. You know what I mean? His pass-rush "win rate," another advanced statistic used to evaluate an edge rusher's effectiveness, is one of the best marks across the NFL. Cam Jordan, New Orleans Saints10. Only coaches and teammates have seen much of it, but one moment was clear during the last minutes of the 41-16 win over the Cowboys on Thursday. That's real good for our confidence. And, oh yeah, Watt can play the run and cover tight ends if the defense needs. Baltimore Ravens, 40% 4. New York Jets, 69% Rams top Bengals after OBJ exits 4. Youre just not going to be able to.. If Im getting this, then I go ahead and do that? After a year together on the Washington Football Teams vaunted defensive line, Chase Young and Montez Sweat have become focal points for offensive coordinators and with good reason. Watt is the reigning Defensive Player of the Year, but Garrett posted the better PFF grade and pressure rate and had several other stats go in his favor last season. 31. Cleveland Browns, 68% "I just think the success that weve had as a defense people look to the premier rusher, the right defensive end position and say: 'Weve got to handle that guy,'" Rivera said. Most importantly, it is a process. Carolina Panthers, 72% Everybody has just quietly accepted that hes an excellent prospect, and even PFFs own analytics and data has been a part of pushing attention elsewhere because of the inherent positional value in quarterback, corner and receiver. Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns2. Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. He won on 15 of those (14.4%), which ranked 12 in the league. As far as I can tell, PRWR is based on getting around or past the lineman before 2.5 seconds. It is a strong class of free-agent tight ends, and these three could be fits for the Steelers. Young entered Sunday ranked sixth in ESPN's pass-rush win rate (24 percent), and according to The Athletic's Rhiannon Walker, Young entered December as the NFL's seventh-most double-teamed . Sacks are only one metric coaches use to measure the rookie. Jacksonville Jaguars, 70% Julie Andreeff Jensen, the Washington Football Teams senior vice president of external engagement and communications, is leaving the team after only 11 months to pursue some other opportunities. Jensen, previously the chief corporate affairs and communications officer at investment firm Citadel, was one of the first hires made by team president Jason Wright and was a part of Washingtons executive leadership team. 99 is taken care of is something Rivera believes is the biggest priority for opponents. New England Patriots, 33% According to PFF, Young and Sweat have faced two or more blockers on 20 and 16.9 percent of their snaps, respectively. San Francisco 49ers, 71% 15. Thats what hurts Young this year. Thats a huge plus.. He recorded one sack, forced a fumble, deflected a pass and returned a fumble 47 yards for a touchdown. Cooper Kupp saved the Rams Of course. The truth is he might not have been the best athlete at his own position, an NFC defensive coach said, referring to former teammate Bud Dupree, who signed with Tennessee as a free agent. Maybe they dont look at me as the number one pass rusher, he said. Seattle Seahawks, 63% Its very rare that a team will say, We think our tackle can handle Von Miller by himself.. Indianapolis Colts, 49%, 1. Our pass rush win rate metric tells us how often a pass-rusher is able to beat his block within 2.5 seconds. RSWR: Players | Team Whatll happen is, as soon as we get this going, as soon as things start to roll the right way, youre not going to be able to double him all the time. Thats one of the things that we have been talking about, weve been working with in terms of getting both Chase and Montez to understand whats going to happen. Brown's was 13.7%. Hes understanding what it takes in the meetings. Hes fought, hes fought, hes fought, and hes continued to compete. 13. 2. He was so difficult to deal with, snap in and snap out.. But Mullens was already in his throwing motion -- and Curl didn't budge, having kept his eyes on the quarterback. Von Miller, Denver Broncos7. Washington ranks fourth in yards allowed and sixth in points; it has not finished in the top 10 in either category since 2009. A lot rests on the shoulders of J.J. Watt, as the Cardinals let Jones leave this offseason and only really replaced him with developmental rookies in the middle rounds of the draft. Gambling problem? Arizona Cardinals, 30% The group is playing with confidence, making big plays and, for a change, the team is winning. Pittsburgh Steelers, 72% New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Home of The Washington Commanders on Reddit, Press J to jump to the feed. 28. 25. Young was arguably the best pass-rushing prospect to enter the NFL since at least Garrett, and he now needs to show that was deserved praise. Despite Watt being runner-up for Defensive Player of the Year the past two seasons, ESPNs article, which used player and front office voting, chose Garrett as the best pass rusher in the league.