[Megatron96]

This is the deal:

In 2018 we had a pair of top-tier EDGEs that compiled 21 sacks over the regular season, and the Chiefs were the best pass-rushing team in the NFL.

But in the 2018 playoffs they managed just 3 total sacks, 4 TFLs, and a mere 4 QB hits between them, and basically were invisible except for penalties they were flagged for in the AFCCG.

On the other hand, we have Frank who has not been a regular season star as a Chief, but in just the 2019 playoffs he garnered 5 sacks, 9 tackles, and 5 TFLs, and 7 QB hits, among other ticks in boxes. Including a sack, a TFL and a pair of QB hits in the Super Bowl. So 'The Shark' singlehandedly outperformed our previous 'Star' EDGEs combined performances.

Never mind the fact that he got sacks/TFLs and otherwise consistently put up solid EDGE numbers throughout that playoffs, and again to a certain degree in 2020. Only in 2021 was he as invisible as Ford/Houston in a playoff run.

So skipping all the "if onlys," and just going by actual facts, which is better? EDGEs that give you great regular season numbers but disappear in the playoffs, a la Houston and Ford? Or an EDGE that doesn't give you star numbers in the regular season, but is pretty consistently giving you solid measurable production in the playoffs?

That's what happened with Frank, like it or not.

Personally, given how unbelievably frustrating it was to watch our All-Pro EDGEs vaporize into thin air in 2018, not to mention every other playoff run pre-Mahomes and Frank Clark, I'll take playoff Frank, with his below-average regular season performances, 100%, every single time, and twice on playoff Sundays. Weekends, whatever. It literally helped KC win SB LIV.