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The numbers say he's pretty good at it.
Von Miller: 86 total pressures on 436 pass rush attempts or a pressure every 5.06 pass rush attempts.
Dont'a Hightower: 14 pressures on 65 attempts or a pressure every 4.6 attempts.
Giving Hightower the same number of attempts as Von Miller would give him 93 pressures and 20 sacks for the season.
Now I'm not saying that Hightower could ever be a better pass rusher than Von Miller and he clearly benefits from a small sample size but I do believe he's a better pass rusher than people think. He's got a very powerful Bull rush and has surprising closing speed when he blitzes.
We absolutely need to get more pressure on the QB but I believe that rather than signing Freeney or drafting a rusher, we should look to see what we already have in house in Hightower.
Von Miller: 86 total pressures on 436 pass rush attempts or a pressure every 5.06 pass rush attempts.
Dont'a Hightower: 14 pressures on 65 attempts or a pressure every 4.6 attempts.
Giving Hightower the same number of attempts as Von Miller would give him 93 pressures and 20 sacks for the season.
Now I'm not saying that Hightower could ever be a better pass rusher than Von Miller and he clearly benefits from a small sample size but I do believe he's a better pass rusher than people think. He's got a very powerful Bull rush and has surprising closing speed when he blitzes.
We absolutely need to get more pressure on the QB but I believe that rather than signing Freeney or drafting a rusher, we should look to see what we already have in house in Hightower.