Sure....doesn't mean it is great and/or it hasn't gotten worse as he looks for sacks 1st and the run 2nd. Sacks gets the money. Everyone on here is touting his 92 sacks. You don't think he knows that about sacks?
Agreed. If he can hang on for say 6 to 8 more decent seasons just think where he will be stat wise. And who knows. Maybe he will get that dreaded "playoff win" monkey off of his back.
I would say he plays run defense at an elite level and others do as well.
Meh.....we ranked middle of the pack against the run last season and gave up 4.3 yards a carry. Doesn't sound elite to me.
I was doing some AI Steeler stuff. .Found some interesting tidbits about Graham's philosophy against the run. One of the reasons Watt had so many TFLs was due to scheme. Tomlin liked brining the edge rushers around the edge to make plays in the backfield against backs. When it worked it worked great. He looked AllPro but how many times was he washed out of the play on a cutback or hitting a gap Watt couldn't be at because he was using the edge? It either looked amazing or brutal. Graham wants to do away with a lot of that and keep the linebackers stacked at the box and in the gaps. He also wants to rotate more and give Cam more rest. Moreover, he wants to minimize using Benton as a NT and allow him to shoot gaps more which plays to his skillet. He's got a quick first step. As we all know his skillet isn't to take on 2 blockers and clog. He also wants to loop and stunt the backers more and use 3 Edge formations shooting gaps and bringing up.the safties to compensate. When you have 2 ELITE cover corners in Dean and Porter, it allows you to move around the backers and the safties.
Im just saying sny player will fight for and use his leverage to get full market value or more.
So the extra incentive that Cam got added to his contract last season made it market value? He was all pro the season before. All it did was make him look like a little *****. Again.