It’s almost certainly the former. I have no idea where the stats are coming from in the argument upstream but it’s pretty hard to have zero QB pressures and two sacks. And while I don’t know what you’d qualify an ‘impact play’, he makes plenty of important ones.
Tyrod Taylor was a backup that Rex Ryan tried to make a starter. Edmunds is the first round leader of a Frazier/McDermott system taught by Bob Babich. Can we stop pretending the two are comparable
He’s the 23 year old 2x Pro Bowl captain of the 2nd, 3rd, and 14th ranked defense over the last 3 years respectively, I’d argue the light could be reasonably construed as on
They also don’t realize how complex his assignments are...he’s got zone responsibilities along with both Agap plus cues on RBs, QB and TEs. McDermott asks a ton of that position.
Hill is a slot DB going to play corner for the Browns on a 2 year/$9M deal, and Ward is basically Wallace. Maybe a little better. Their safeties are fine. Ours are AllPro caliber.