Lawson vs. Dunlap

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(09-30-2020, 11:48 AM)Au165 Wrote: Batting down balls at the line of scrimmage is a huge deal. You don't know what that ball would have been had it not been batted down, maybe it is a touchdown maybe it is a drop but you know it won't be anything because it was batted down. J.J. Watt gets a ton of praise for this but Dunlap isn't far behind Watt in this skill (or in batted balls career-wise), and it is a skill often taught but rarely done as well as Dunlap does it. The idea isn't to stop rushing, the idea is that if you can't get home then you watch the QB and time your jump to match his release.

You don't need to try to explain that to me, I fully am aware of it.
You hit basically on the bolded point I was making - Dunlap needs to "get home" more.

Edit - You mention JJ Watt with batted passes. He actually has fewer than Dunlap (55 v 59). However, Watt has 16.5 more sacks than Dunlap in 36 fewer games played.