Osa Odighizuwa Is An Underrated Pass Rusher

[big dog cowboy]

 

[thunderpimp91]

He’s severely underrated. My big fear with him is that he prices himself out of Dallas after this season. He should do quite well in free agency.

 

[plymkr]

He’s severely underrated. My big fear with him is that he prices himself out of Dallas after this season. He should do quite well in free agency.

Odiggy is underrated. If he continues to step up then that would be a huge blessing to the middle of the defense. Someone needs to help Micah get to the QB.

 

[HungryLion]

He’s severely underrated. My big fear with him is that he prices himself out of Dallas after this season. He should do quite well in free agency.

You’re worried our FO might low ball a player?

 

[darthseinfeld]

Ed Oliver

484 pass rush snaps
11 sacks
48 hurries
6 hits
65 total QB pressures

Osa Odighizuwa

356 pass rush snaps
3 sacks
31 hurries
9 QB hits
43 total pressures

Quinnen Williams

465 pass rush snaps
6 sacks
53 hurries
11 QB hits
70 total pressures

 

[CWR]

Deal with it @Risen. Lol

 

[CCBoy]

Brandon Loree

@Brandoniswrite

In 2023, #Cowboys Osa Odighizuwa had a 12.1% pressure rate against double teams (2nd among DT, min. 50 dbl team). The Top 3 DTs for this category? - Ed Oliver - 12.4% - Osa Odighizuwa - 12.1% - Quinnen Williams - 11.8% Hop on the hype train before it leaves


Mix this fact with the top two DE pair and Musa Smith can't be far off in role. Especially with the size at tackle added!

 

[zrinkill]

I hate the "pressure" stat ......... its what Randy Gregory fans used to defend that idiot for years.

 

[kskboys]

I hate the "pressure" stat ......... its what Randy Gregory fans used to defend that idiot for years.

And yet, it's the most important stat there is when evaluating a DE or DT.

 

[Aven8]

The problem with Osa is he’s never had that 1T worth a darn playing next to him. He’s also never had a decent backup.

 

[zrinkill]

And yet, it's the most important stat there is when evaluating a DE or DT.

I will take a guy with 11 pressures and 10 sacks than a guy with 20 pressures and 4 sacks anyday of the week.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

He’s severely underrated. My big fear with him is that he prices himself out of Dallas after this season. He should do quite well in free agency.

He probably already has. He'd get close to Christian Wilkins money as a UFA

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

I will take a guy with 11 pressures and 10 sacks than a guy with 20 pressures and 4 sacks anyday of the week.

You'd be taking the worse player.

 

[Jarntt]

I like Osa and you can post whatever stats you want, but he didn't have even one sack after 9/17 last year. That's 16 games in a row, counting the playoffs, without a sack for a guy who plays a lot of snaps. That's not acceptable from your top 3 tech and he needs to do better. That was part of our problem. Teams just load up to stop Micah and no one else gets home

 

[MarcusRock]

Ed Oliver

484 pass rush snaps
11 sacks
48 hurries
6 hits
65 total QB pressures

Osa Odighizuwa

356 pass rush snaps
3 sacks
31 hurries
9 QB hits
43 total pressures

Quinnen Williams

465 pass rush snaps
6 sacks
53 hurries
11 QB hits
70 total pressures

Good snapshot here. Let's hope Osa's ceiling is still higher.

 

[zrinkill]

You'd be taking the worse player.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

You can giggle all you want.

You know that when you start counting sack totals the idea that "more sacks = better" is stupid. Do you really think that Josh Allen is better than Micah and Myles Garrett? Really really?

 

[big dog cowboy]

My big fear with him is that he prices himself out of Dallas after this season.

He already has. The number one offseason priority on defense will be DT yet again.

The Cowboys could go DT, DT and RB on the first two days of the draft and I'd be fine with that.

 

[zrinkill]

You can giggle all you want.

You know that when you start counting sack totals the idea that "more sacks = better" is stupid. Do you really think that Josh Allen is better than Micah and Myles Garrett? Really really?

How many sacks does Josh Allen the QB have?

10 sacks over 4 sacks any day of the week.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Good snapshot here. Let's hope Osa's ceiling is still higher.

Oliver was pretty average until last year. He actually got extended THEN broke out.

What the snap might suggest, especially with the OP, is that maybe he is getting the inital win but not by enough to truly effect the play. This could still be improved

Odighizuwa ranked 4th in pass rush win rate according to ESPN's stats

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...-blocking-win-rate-rankings-top-players-teams