National leader in sacks 2000 Julius Peppers 2001 Dwight Freeney 2002 Terrell Suggs 2003 Bo Shobel 2004 Johnathan Goddard 2005 Elvis Dummerville 2006 Ameer Ismail 2007 George Selvie 2008 Phillip Hunt 2009 Von Miller 2010 Da'Quan Bowers 2011 Jarvis Jones If you go look up the national leaders in sacks the last 12 years or so, there is a huge number of pro bowlers and future hall of famers. The ones you have not heard of were primarily from smaller schools that played an easier schedule.
Put me in that group - Peppers, Freeney, Suggs and Von Miller. All led the nation in sacks, all had elite/sufficient enough measurables to follow that success with status of being chosen in the first round. On occassion, the sack lead is a product of the system, perhaps, which is why some of the sack leaders don't follow up with pro success. For instances where a sack leader followed with a first round selection, the results have been overwhelmingly positive. "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!" Mercilus, 2012
Did anybody get this pick right on the Texans website? I have a steelers fan at work that entered the contest, he had us taking Mercilus. He also has us taking a TE in the 2nd. I would hate to see a Non-Texans fan win...
Seriously lol, what a joke. Best 2 pass rushers and the two finalist for DROY and he gave Von Miller a C and Aldon Smith a D. Hack
Not really. Mario had a breakout year, just like Mercilus, but he was a 3 year starter and had 50+ tackles each season. His sack numbers just jumped from 11 in his first 2 years to 14 in his 3rd. Mercilus wasn't a starter until this past year. Mercilus was a backup his first 2 years and really didn't do much.
Is this honestly your perception of how their offseason went down? they were "cheap"? Really? That's what you think? Mystifying.......
As a Steelers fan I very much agree with this sentiment. With that said, none of the guys listed (Maybe Chad Brown?) were a first round pick. You can get raw LBs and develop them pretty easily.
People should really stop b******* bout the pick. I trust Wade Phillips more than some Local Internet nerd calling Rich Lord to vent. We still have six picks remaining tools
At the time of the draft, however, it was still assumed that Mario would play DE, not OLB...so drafting a DE seemed irrational. That was my thought process, at least...I thought we drafted Watt to rotate with Mario and Smith, which isnt what I wanted from a first rounder picked that high.
