Comments on: Ndamukong Suh and First-Team All-Pros Switching Teams http://www.footballperspective.com/ndamukong-suh-and-first-team-all-pros-switching-teams/ NFL History and Stats Sat, 23 Apr 2016 11:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: jtr http://www.footballperspective.com/ndamukong-suh-and-first-team-all-pros-switching-teams/#comment-304805 Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:39:00 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=24254#comment-304805 To be fair with Nicks, no one can predict a guy’s career being derailed by a staph infection. It did look like a bit of an overpay at the time, but I think being too harsh on that contract requires a bit too much hindsight.
On a Suh-related note, I agree with Chase below that Suh is not the best interior lineman in the league, though he is now the highest paid one. However, Suh doesn’t play the exact same position as Watt and McCoy–Watt is mostly a 5-technique (and plays edge a lot in sub packages) while McCoy is mostly a 3-tech. Meanwhile, Suh is primarily a 1-technique (one-gap nose tackle). Could his contract be reflecting that teams value disruption from the nose more highly than from a position closer to the edge? I could see the argument that pressure from the middle does more to collapse the pocket and move the QB than pressure that’s closer to the edge. Likewise, a guy who blows up an A-gap against the run is more likely to tackle or redirect the RB than a guy who does it from one side, which will be the backside of the play about half the time. Just some food for thought…

]]> By: James http://www.footballperspective.com/ndamukong-suh-and-first-team-all-pros-switching-teams/#comment-304801 Tue, 10 Mar 2015 16:22:00 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=24254#comment-304801 In reply to Chase.

Who would you say is – McCoy?

Oh, now that I re-read what you wrote you said interior, so you must mean Watt.

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