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Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic
I tried to convince people that Houston wasn't worth his contract because nearly half of his 22 sacks were either the QB moving up in the pocket, and because Houston had been blocked, he was suddenly next to the QB, or the QB literally scrambled right into Houston.
Did he get 22 sacks, hell yeah he did. Was he dominant, beating the tackle or guard for 22 sacks? Not even close.
I know they are different players, but DT racked up sacks by beating the tackle and hitting the QB before they could throw the ball. Houston could beat the tackle on occasion, but he didn't have an ace move like DT's first step, or the Freeney spin, and he was not the dominant edge rusher people made him out to be.
He got paid like a dominant edge rusher, when that just wasn't who he was.
Frank Clark is similar in that he is not a dominant edge rusher, and he does not have a go to move to win when he needs to.
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Wow for a guy not having a “go to move to win when he needs to” he sure does have some timely/clutch sacks when he needed them most.
Nobody has ever said that Frank Clark is an elite pass rusher, but he’s top 10 in sacks since 2016 and still one of the NFL’s best.
The bottom line is we traded for him to be a core piece on our defense and bring an attitude to help change the culture on that side of the ball. We won a SB, and he was a huge part of it as he had one of the best postseasons for a pass rusher in NFL history. Our defense was completely different than in the 2018 playoffs. They played with passion and attitude every game. We couldn’t have gotten it done without Clark or that culture change.
Only an idiot can’t see what the Frank Clark trade did for this ****ing team.