Micah Parsons is in a class of his own

[Kalyan]

What is not the graph is Micah holding himself accountable for every play and giving 110% amd I don’t see a single player on defense not trying to follow his lead. May be Dan Quinn gets credit too but on the field general is Micah on Defense and in locker room

 

[nightrain]

Miles Garrett is better. He actually plays the run, too.

Micah is even with Nick Bosa and TJ Watt.

Garrett and Bosa are true DEs, built to play on the LOS. Parsons gives up 30 pounds to Garrett and still has an All-pro season playing out of position. Garrett is an outstanding DE, probably best in the game right now, but Parsons is a Unicorn for being able to pull off his role for the better of the team.

 

[SultanOfSix]

Imagine if this guy wasn’t held so much.

 

[xwalker]

That graph reminded me of the day I was watching my daughter's high school football team practice. I was in my car waiting for my daughter to finish some activity at school that night.

Anyway, the coach was very dissatisfied by the practice and they were running laps. Almost the entire team was running together as a group, just plodding along.

Eventually, I noticed one guy that was ahead of everybody else, that's why i missed him at first. I recognized him as the team's best player, a linebacker. He wasn't plodding, he was giving it everything and he was on the other side of the track still building his lead.

One of the players in the big cluster yelled, "Come back, you are supposed to be our leader!"

The linebacker yelled back from across the track, "I'm in front, aren't I?"

I never heard a purer definition of the word "leader". That's what I think Micah Parsons is.

 

[CowboyoWales]

i've been told on here that hassan reddick and danielle hunter are better than parsons lol....

Well if they do then tell them that's 2 v 1 and it's close. Pass-rushing isnt all about the individual and even the youngest troll should be able to work, from that graph, that Micah's creating space and opportunities for his team-mates.

One of my biggest annoyance's is that media/fans tend to focus on the ultimate result and not how it was created.

 

[CowboyoWales]

Hell no! But Myles Garrett might be. Because if you were to print something similar just for run stopping, he'd probably be the only guy top of the league in both.

Not Parsons fault they switched him from LB to DE. Doing a hell of a job. Just hope he can hold up for several more years, and that we can keep stacking the talent around him.

Yep, and moving Parsons around between LB/DE results in the offense having to change their blocking scheme, rather than set their line (knowing that the threat is coming from a specific end/direction). Garrett top DE, but Micah should be in a category of his own.

 

[805BoysInBlue]

This graph also shows us we need more pressure from other guys if Micah is being doubled consistently.
If our other guys don’t step up we will have a very difficult time slowing down the better offense we are about to play( Miami, Buffalo, Detroit, the Ugles, etc.)

The game against the Seahawks, I saw 3 d linemen collapse to one side. It was weird and infuriating.

 

[805BoysInBlue]

Guy is a beast, that's for sure. I remember that draft, being bummed that we missed out on the top 2 CBs and that we "settled" for Parsons. Silly me. lol

I wanted Surtain, sounds like the cowboys wanted horn.....im so.glad we were all wrong Dallas made the right choice.

 

[nalam]

This graph also shows us we need more pressure from other guys if Micah is being doubled consistently.
If our other guys don’t step up we will have a very difficult time slowing down the better offense we are about to play( Miami, Buffalo, Detroit, the Ugles, etc.)

This , we need lawrence / armstrong / williams / fowler to bring it up a notch . Then only we can take the step into elite d, category