Vs Series: Jessie Bates vs Reggie Nelson

[Nicomo Cosca]

(03-25-2023, 09:47 PM)J24 Wrote: The Bengals were top 10 in sacks 4 out of the 5 years that Reggie Nelson was  starting Safety. Vs Bates where the Bengals never made the top 10 sacks in his  5 years.

Also Interior pressure is much more meaningful than Edge pressure.

They were tied for 11th in 2021 (one sack out of the top 10), and that was with them resting the starters in week 18 having already clinched the division. It’s fair to point out how good they were in the Zimmer/Guenther years, but “Bates never had a pass rush” is just not true.

And that 21 team had interior pressure. Ogunjobi and Hill had 12.5 sacks.