Chris Jones and his 15+ sacks

[Balto]

Jones got his small bonus.

Week 1: 0
Week 2: 1.5
Week 3: 1.0
Week 4: 1.0
Week 5: 1.0
Week 6: 1.0
Week 7: 0
Week 8: 0
Week 9: 0
Week 10: BYE
Week 11: 2
Week 12: 0
Week 13: 0
Week 14: 0
Week 15: 0
Week 16: 1
Week 17: 1
Week 18: 1

Total: 10.5 Sacks

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by TheGuardian

Yup. And once we lost Waston it really just had a domino effect over the whole defense.

I think what we didn't really consider was the impact it would have on McDuffie's versatility.

Prior to the Watson injury, McDuffie was still being used about 1/3 of the time in the slot, and those are likely usually in those 3rd and short situations that are just killing us right now.

Watson being replaced by Johnson has hurt, for sure. But I think we've seen a real fall off in McDuffie over that period of time as well because he's being used almost exclusively out wide and so teams are attacking that lack of length.

Like you said, it's a real domino effect that's just made everything worse.

[FloridaMan88]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

He is the NFL’s Shaq right now.

In his prime, Shaq should’ve fouled out the opposing center by halftime. He was so dominant the refs couldn’t call a foul every trip down the floor.

Aaron Donald dealt with constant double teams/holding as well.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by O.city

It's also a prime reason why you can't rely on defense to really translate from year to year in the NFL. To have a legit elite defense....you need alot of things to go right.

Yep, off the top of my head, Ravens, Bengals and Jets all took a significant step back on defense as well despite retaining the majority of their core players.