Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2017 16:38:28 GMT -6
This season, one can argue Griffen has never gone on a better stretch.
Recording a sack in each game of the season up to this point, #97 has 6.5 sacks on the year. He would be on pace for approximately 21 sacks in a full regular season, which would be tied for fifth all time. (Minnesota’s team record is 22 from Jared Allen in 2011, which itself is .5 away from Michael Strahan’s single season record in 2001)
Griffen has been able to garner more attention this season, thanks in part to the Vikings playing in two Monday Night games through the first five weeks, where he put on outstanding performances. The stretch he has gone on has allowed him to become a legitimate Defensive Player of the Year candidate.
In my opinion, Griffen is the guy that should lead the DPOY campaign.
Griffen is a gifted, physical freak leading a Vikings defense that is loaded with physical freaks. He is one of the most talented outside defensive ends in the game, combining a rare peak style of power, speed, and balance to make for one of the most intimidating defensive players of our generation.
It’s not just the sacks he’s generated; Griffen is getting constant pressure regardless of who he faces. We’re talking the “once in a lifetime” kind of pressure, the kind that has been achieved in the following ways.
Recording a sack in each game of the season up to this point, #97 has 6.5 sacks on the year. He would be on pace for approximately 21 sacks in a full regular season, which would be tied for fifth all time. (Minnesota’s team record is 22 from Jared Allen in 2011, which itself is .5 away from Michael Strahan’s single season record in 2001)
Griffen has been able to garner more attention this season, thanks in part to the Vikings playing in two Monday Night games through the first five weeks, where he put on outstanding performances. The stretch he has gone on has allowed him to become a legitimate Defensive Player of the Year candidate.
In my opinion, Griffen is the guy that should lead the DPOY campaign.
Griffen is a gifted, physical freak leading a Vikings defense that is loaded with physical freaks. He is one of the most talented outside defensive ends in the game, combining a rare peak style of power, speed, and balance to make for one of the most intimidating defensive players of our generation.
It’s not just the sacks he’s generated; Griffen is getting constant pressure regardless of who he faces. We’re talking the “once in a lifetime” kind of pressure, the kind that has been achieved in the following ways.
GIFs and analysis at the link: brickwallblitz.com/2017/10/13/everson-griffen-has-been-the-defensive-player-of-the-year-so-far/amp/
... and neither is this Chris guy.