06-24-2023, 03:20 PM
(06-24-2023, 02:58 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: I agree with the point and premise of your post, but Reader doesn't actually bat down a lot of passes at all.
He did get a bunch in a short stretch last year, but that has been an outlier:
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/ReadD.00.htm
I think he’s valuable despite the lack of sacks in pass rush on passing plays.
9. D.J. READER, CINCINNATI BENGALS
Reader plays a vital role in Lou Anarumo's defense, highlighted by his 85.2 PFF grade in 2022. As a run defender, he has earned grades of 69.0 or better since 2017. He produced a career-high 84.1 PFF pass-rush grade in 2022, registering 32 pressures from 310 pass-rushing snaps.
Romo “ so impressed with Zac ...1 of the best in the NFL… they are just fundamentally sound. Taylor the best winning % in the Playoffs of current coaches. Joe Burrow” Zac is the best head coach in the NFL & that gives me a lot of confidence." Taylor led the Bengals to their first playoff win since 1990, ending the longest active drought in the four major North American sports, en and appeared in Super Bowl LVI, the first since 1988.
