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Originally Posted by kcgreene
This is where I disagree. I understand that EDGE gets the edge sack wise, but I don't think that Jones makes more of an impact than them.
From 2 thoughts:
1.) We can't act like all of Jones production comes from the inside. Only 59% of his snaps were from the interior. Over 40% of the time, he was lined up at End or over the tackle, which lowers a fair amount of that positional value he gets.
2.) Unlike several of those EDGE defenders (IMO) he still has glaring holes in his Run D game.
But it's all good. We both come from a place of logic, just have a different way of looking at it.
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The run defense thing just...doesn't really matter as much to me. It's a passing league, I want him to be disruptive in the pass game and good in the run game. I don't necessarily think he needs to be dominant as a run defender (even though I think it's a bit overblown and he's become better there the past few years).
This also makes him more valuable as he's more versatile than said edge only guys in that he can play inside and out. I think the edge play ticks down alot now that they've invested in legitimate edge guys though.