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From one of my favorite new low-key analysts, Philly Film Room, said this about Huff a month or so ago:

Among edge rushers in 2023, Huff was second in the NFL in pressure rate at 20.3% (Micah Parsons was first at 20.4%). He was seventh in sack rate at 3.4% (just behind fellow breakout Greenard at 3.6%). This wasn’t just a one-off season either, he was third in pressure rate in 2022 at 19.4% and 29th in sack rate. Sack rates have huge fluctuations year to year, even among top rushers; pressure rates are much stickier. Reddick was 53rd in pressure rate and 41st in sack rate for comparison. Reddick had just two more pressures and one more sack than Huff on 205 more pass rush snaps.

It’s not just sack and pressure quantities either. It’s the quality of pressures that are even more impressive. In my article questioning how elite Haason Reddick is, I referenced Brandon Thorns pressure and sack ratings. He assigns grades to each pressure and sack based on whether they’re beating top tier blockers, winning with skill, or getting pressure/sacks while unblocked or cleaning up.

Huff had more high quality (winning with skill vs being unblocked/clean up) pressures and sacks than Reddick did (on 205 less snaps). He had more rare high quality (beating top tackles) wins than Reddick did. In fact, Reddick hasn’t recorded a rare high-quality pressure or sack in the four years that Thorn has charted the pressures.

Huff is a rising star, his only downside is that he isn’t thought of as a good run defender, though he hasn’t been asked to take on that role much. He has been vocal about wanting to be a three-down player. He has the tools to be one.

Spotrac has his yearly average estimated at $9.2M. That seems low – PFF has him at $13M. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him get closer to $16-17M. I would make that deal for a rising soon to be 26-year-old.
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BrindamoursNose said:
From one of my favorite new low-key analysts, Philly Film Room, said this about Huff a month or so ago:
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Nothing about this is wrong. But it does gloss over that some of the pass rush production is a result of that sheltering. Opposing offenses have run the ball less than 400 times when Huff was on the field in his entire NFL career. 42% Snap Share last year. 16% in 2022. 28% in 2021.

This is as sheltered as an EDGE can possibly be. He'll always be somewhat useful, but there's significant risk in being the team that pays this guy.

With that being said, strongly prefer this to paying Greenard.
 
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JojoTheWhale said:
Nothing about this is wrong. But it does gloss over that some of the pass rush production is a result of that sheltering. Opposing offenses have run the ball less than 400 times when Huff was on the field in his entire NFL career. 42% Snap Share last year. 16% in 2022. 28% in 2021.

This is as sheltered as an EDGE can possibly be. He'll always be somewhat useful, but there's significant risk in being the team that pays this guy.

With that being said, strongly prefer this to paying Greenard.
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I think it's a very worthy risk, all-in-all.
 
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