Pass Rushing Productivity

Last year, we earned ourselves a pat on the back for our proclamations of big things to come from Cameron Wake. In all honesty, we were just relaying what the game tape and numbers told us.

So, after scoring a spectacular bull’s-eye with that, we thought we’d leave ourselves open to more self praising by using our Pass Rushing Productivity research to name ten guys who could be primed to break out next year.

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So who do you think is the most productive pass rusher in the NFL on a per snap basis? Is it the master of the spin move, Dwight Freeney? Hard hitting outside linebacker James Harrison? Or maybe it was NFL sack leader DeMarcus Ware? Well they all featured near the top, but you’d be wrong if you answered any of them.

Now, if you had answered “Tamba Hali”, then you would have been the winner of this fun, but sadly prize-less contest. Yes indeed, the Kansas City Chief outside linebacker (who didn’t even make the Pro Bowl) tops our Pass Rushing Productivity chart. Hali follows in the footsteps of last year’s leader Freeney, and 2008’s top dog John Abraham. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s back!

Our special formula, prized just slightly less highly than KFC’s secret recipe, gives the truest sense of how productive each pass rusher is on a per-play basis.

While most of the football world reports dutifully on sack counts, we tell you who’s getting all of the pressure, and on what percentage of pass-rush snaps.

Pass-Rushing Productivity. We have missed you. There are more than a few surprises here, not the least of which is the overall leader, a guy that doesn’t exactly conjure images of Bruce Smith or Lawrence Taylor.

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