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Originally Posted by -King-
Other than 2017 he has been dependable. You are really pushing this injury narrative.
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It's not a narrative, it's a trend.
In 2014, he couldn't get significant snaps because he was getting abused. No lower body strength or leverage because of a knee injury that held him out of the combine. He finally got action in back-to-back games in December of his rookie season.
In 2015, he started slow and then got hurt, missed a couple of games and came back strong with a 3 sack game late in the season.
In 2016, he missed the season opener and then opened up with 10 sacks in the next 8 weeks. And then he notched zero sacks the rest of the season.
In 2017, he had 3 different injuries. Played in 3 games, missed two, played 3 more, and then 10 weeks on IR.
In 2018, he missed key late game snaps against Denver due to an injury that held him out of the 2nd half against San Francisco.
His college tape looks nearly identical. Streaky, always hurt.