Does anyone have the number of snaps Parsons played on the line and at LB for the Minnesota game?
Seems he had much more time on the line compared to the Green Bay game.
I think Barr was out for both of these games. Is it Dante Fowler who's playing his LB spot?
Parsons played 95% of snaps vs the Packers but primarily at off-ball LB.
Parsons played 67% vs the Vikings but almost all were at DE.
He has basically 3 positions.
DE
Off-Ball LB
On-Ball LB (edge)
In most games even when he plays LB, a majority of those snaps are as an edge player.
In the Packers game when he played LB it was rarely as an edge player. LVE played on the edge multiple times in that game.
They wanted Parsons in the middle because of his sideline to sideline speed to chase down Aaron Jones. It did work a few times on plays where he caught Jones at the sideline...Plays that LVE or Barr would not make.
In the Vikings game they gave Clark that role as speed LB and played Parsons at DE.
They limited his snaps on run downs because he is an undersized DE. DLaw and Armstrong are as good vs the run at DE as Parsons but not remotely close as pass rushers...
