hagan714

Ferocious? Lets get a perspective on this

Love when he plays for a contract.

#1 worry is his play when he gets that contract.

Sit back and pray the desire out weighs the wallet.

I still want to see improvement in these areas at the DT position. It killed us last year and the reason

We need a double teaming, space eating 43NT to step up to free up our 43DT, which both Nick and Rankins are.

No position on defense is as exposed as the DT in a 43. They are the corner stone on which all the others built on. Improved DE play is not going to help a DT. Improved 43DT plays has a trickle down effect on every position of a 43 defense.

Some of the none glamor stats i view as more important for DL evaluation

Defensive Hurries huge penetration stat, pocket push to get the QB off their spot. the key pansy Cam stat lol.

3 Geno Atkins CIN DT 16 36
4 Aaron Donald LA DT 16 31
16 Tyrone Crawford DAL DT 14 23
23 Ndamukong Suh MIA DT 16 21
27 Fletcher Cox PHI DT 16 21
29 Malik Jackson JAX DT 16 20
30 Mike Daniels GB DT 16 20
33 Gerald McCoy TB DT 15 19
46 Jurrell Casey TEN DT 15 17
49 Kawann Short CAR DT 16 17
52 Calais Campbell ARI DT 16 16
59 Jordan Phillips MIA DT 16 15
58 Jamie Meder CLE DT 16 15
61 Grady Jarrett ATL DT 16 15
65 DeForest Buckner SF DT 15 14
67 Kyle Williams BUF DT 15 14
73 Chris Jones KC DT 16 14
76 Corey Liuget SD DT 16 13
78 Dontari Poe KC DT 16 13
85 Karl Klug TEN DT 14 12
89 Nick Fairley NO DT 16 12

Total Tackles and Assists
276 Nick Fairley NO DT 29 14 43

Stuffs and Stuff Yard Leaders Surprised me a bit
103 Nick Fairley DT NO 4 9

Snap Count Stats
192 Nick Fairley DT NO 16 723 1,050 68.9%

https://www.sportingcharts.com/stats/nfl/player/

"We may have lost the game, but you'll be hurting tomorrow." Doug Atkins

K Major

DTs who can put up 6.5 sacks and be 2nd in pressures on a team do not grow on trees. Those are rare.

hagan714

or the defense was not all that great as a unit in the first place

Inconsistent production?

6.5 sacks is good but 21st ranked DT in hurries?

I would have to say Inconsistent production.

Not his fault really as I wrote about.

Lets see what another year as a unit does

K Major

Nick had 5.5 sacks and 6.0 sacks for the Lions, neither in contract years.