Christian Wilkins

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(Yesterday, 02:31 PM)XsandOs Wrote: The entire Bengals IDL of Hill, Slaton, Jenkins and Jackson combined salaries are less than Wilkins. 

I feel that Jenkins is the breakout player for us this year. 

It usually takes three years for interior DL to develop, but with his father and uncle having played DL previously in NFL, I think he makes the jump this year. 

In what aspect?

He was not very productive as a pass rusher last year, nor what he known to be a pass rush specialist in college.
The motor is there, but there's a lot of work to be done still.

Let's compare Jenkins with an IDL who got paid big this offseason - Milton Williams.

Jenkins (496 defensive snaps):
17 solo tackles
11 assisted tackles
0 FFs
12 stops
3.0 sacks
11 total pressures

Williams (500 defensive snaps):
12 solo tackles
7 assisted tackles
1 FF
12 stops
5.0 sacks
40 total pressures (!!!)

The good for Jenkins - tackling seems ok, he gets some stops at the line. His sack numbers appear ok.
The bad - He only got 8 other pressures (6 hurries, 2 hits) aside from those 3 sacks.

Jenkins needs to continue finding ways to get pressure on the QB, as he doesn't have much development there aside from power. He needs moves, technique to get through more consistently.
What are you seeing/thinking that indicates he will develop those things aside from just having a new DL coach?