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FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys three-time All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons is out to prove he is the best pass rusher in football, for both competitive and contractual reasons in 2024.
There’s no better place to begin that quest than at the Cleveland Browns in Week 1 on Sunday with 2023 NFL Defensive Player of the Year edge rusher Myles Garrett on the opposing sideline.
“I always love competition,” Parsons said on Wednesday. “I felt that even when we played the Rams and [Aaron] Donald. If Donald had two sacks, I need two sacks just because it’s the competitive spirit. We kind of both know where we are. Garrett’s one of my favorite rushers. Him and Maxx Crosby are kind like my two guys that are just so freaky and gifted. But man, it’s going to be exciting to play against him. This is my first time in Cleveland. Well besides the draft, but just to be playing down there, to see the environment is going to be exciting.”
Both Parsons and Garrett racked up exactly 14.0 sacks in 2023, tied for the seventh-most in the NFL, but Parsons had the edge over the Browns superstar despite Garrett ending up with the hardware at the end of the season. Parsons led the entire NFL in quarterback pressures (103), quarterback pressure rate (21.8%) and pass rush win rate (35.3%) — when a defender beats his block in less than 2.5 seconds. Factoring in that Parsons was double-teamed on 35% of his pass rush plays in 2023, the most in the league among edge players, per the NFL’s Next Gen Stats, it’s remarkable the award didn’t go to the Cowboys’ All-Pro. There wasn’t another edge rusher in the NFL who was double-teamed at a rate of 30% or higher last season with Garrett registering the third-highest double-team rate in the league (28.8%).
Micah Parsons vs. Myles Garrett 2023 season
Sacks
14.0
14.0
QB Pressures
103
86
QB Pressure Rate
21.8%
18.3%
Pass Rush Win Rate
35.3%
30%
Double Team Rate35%28.8%
Forced Fumbles
1
4
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-09-05 15:10:14
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