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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I mean...Chris Jones only had 5.
Surely we know the folly of using sacks as a dispositive metric of impact. Jalen Carter isn't Chris Jones, but he's REALLY damn good.
And again, I think with Davis (or Ojomo in pass rush situations) at the nose and Milton Williams at the other 3-tech, y'all are sleeping on that front. Williams especially -- he's been a very good player for them this year. And I think that's largely because it's not the same as what we do, IMO. It's a 3-4 hybrid sort of front but we're looking at these guys using an even front sort of lens.
But that's not how they role.
You just really can't make a comparison between their players and ours, or their players and the 2022 team. It's a COMPLETELY different system.
But they do create some headaches with it. When they get pressure with Carter/Williams/Ojomo/Davis -- that's a pretty strong bonus when they also have Smith and Sweat coming off the edge.
I'm just disinclined to hand-waive that Eagles pass rush, especially when combined with a deep and talented secondary.
I don't think they're better than Houston, but I do think they're better than Buffalo and by a pretty fair bit.
We put up 23 vs. Houston and 32 vs. Buffalo -- split the gap and that's how I get to around 27. I think that's a pretty makeable and reasonable target mark.
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It's a lot easier to look at Chris Jones this year and say the sacks weren't there, but he's still by and large that double digit sack guy at the end of the day.
I'm not willing to say a 2nd year guy with 10.5 career sacks is prime Chris Jones today. I think he's on that trajectory, but there's no need for the hyperbole.