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Others have said this in other ways, but Anderson is already playing the snaps -- more than a third of them -- where a pass rush specialist is called for. It's doubtful that doubling his snaps would significantly increase his sack total, since he wouldn't be sent hair-on-fire toward the QB in those snaps. Instead, he would almost surely go from effective specialist to ineffective starter.
As a rookie in Chicago Anderson made a huge splash as a situational sub, tallying 12 sacks. So the next year the Bears installed him as a starter. The result wasn't pretty; he was a liability against the run, and his pash rush suffered. He's never started except as a spot sub since.
I'm happy to have him for his strengths, but Carter & especially Ninkovich seem like more complete players.
This.
For further proof, see the TBC experience as a starter.
Anderson is a specialist and BB is trying to maximize what we get out of him. Putting him out there more often won't guarantee better results.