For edge rushers, Micah was double teamed on 35% of his pass rush attempts. Next highest was 29% (Garrett).
Micah had a pass rush win rate of 35%. Next highest was 30% (Garrett).
PRWR is the percentage of time that a rusher beats a block within 2.5 seconds of the snap.
TJ Watt, who led the league with 29 sacks was only double teamed 19% of the time and his PRWR was only 25%.
Hendrickson was second in sacks with 17.5 but was only double teamed 18% of the time and only won 21% of his attempts.
Teams clearly feared Micah and dedicated more resources to stop him than they did any other player. It wasn’t particularly close.
He also rushed the passer less than most edge rushers. Watt had 60 more plays rushing than Micah did as a comparison.
Micah was pretty unique last year. He’s a pass rushing savant.
Coaching and schemes play a major role in sacks and the stats back that up. But, since this is the Zone, I’m sure the *real* reason he didn’t get 20 sacks is because he had a podcast, tattoos, uses boxing in his training and attends NBA games in the off-season.