The man is one of the top pass-rushers in the NFL, racking up the seventh-most sacks (32) in the league over the last three seasons. Watt is not double-teamed nearly as often as Donald or other edge rushers, according to ESPN advanced metrics and as shown below. But an ankle injury kept Miller from playing in 2020, and a torn biceps ended Jones campaign after five games. Brandon Graham, Eagles Theres a drop-off after the top 16, but a lot of these players are still really solid starters with the ability to be a problem for opposing offenses. 2021 Positional Tracker: Edge Rushers. I almost moved Burns up a tier. Benson Mayowa (Sea) Mayowa re-signed with Seattle on a two-year $8.8 million deal with $4.61 million guaranteed. With the team's struggles on defense and that double team data above, it is obvious that the interior of the defensive line is not respected or making an impact. Who is the best edge rusher in the NFC South? J.J. Watt 2. Double team - ( New Window ) He was at his best in the red zone. April 15, 2021 7:16pm EDT. He ended each of the 2019 and 2020 seasons with PFF grades of at least 82.0, continuing his strong play both against the run and pass from his time with the Patriots. 15. 18. Washington DE Chase Young Photo by: USA Today. While never posting flashy numbers, Jones was a solidly productive edge rusher with 19.0 TFL and 7.0 sacks over his four seasons with the team. The arrow is pointing up. We dont need 9 drafted players but are in a win now mode. Every tackle in the league would list Mack as one of their toughest one-on-one assignments. Garrett is one of the positions best athletes and can win his individual matchups in various ways. He had 20 total tackles last year and has never posted 40 or more total tackles in any given season. A fourth-round pick in 2021, Jordan was on the field for only 21 snaps in two games and . Wade has thrown Donald in as an edge rusher a little bit so that helps get him some single blocks, and then at times some creative blitzing makes it so they can't double Donald without leaving a free defender. The addition of Dupree should help reduce that percentage. In eight games with the Seahawks last year, Dunlap started six of them and posted five sacks. So he's not getting pressures or even being double teamed that much. One cant simply ignore the injuries that kept him from getting out to a fast start in his career, though. Nick Bosa gets by Goedert and causes major disruption#Eagles #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/KGVUFfoZRm, Brodes Media (@BrodesMedia) September 19, 2021. Compare that chart to the one for defensive tackles and the difference is startling. Bucs EDGE Shaquil Barrett Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR. As Garretts hand usage has improved, so has his effectiveness. 49ers Nick Bosa Is Destroying NFL Double Teams This Season [LOOK], Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. The 2020 season didnt quite live up to those heights, but Smith put up another impressive 84.2 pass-rushing grade. Realized Raiders and WFT were omitted accidentally last week (name change error). 16. 8. I want to see AB dust off the Sashi playbook and trade back to get a million mid rounders. Noticeably missing from this list is T.J. Watt. Getty This will definitely help Ram interior DLs like Aaron Donald. There have been few NFL climates as good as today's for pass-rushers. This is especially true when bye weeks start popping up in 2021. Plus, by request from @DaneBeavers, label colors indicate 2020 cap hit (red = high). Judon is another player whose pressure numbers benefitted from cleanup and unblocked opportunities with the Ravens. His 140 pressures over that same stretch are nearly double the amount he recorded in his first three years in the league (76). Flowers has been one of the lone bright spots on Detroits defense when healthy over the past two seasons. There is a chance Reed re-signs but will test the free agency market thoroughly before that even happens. [Bleacher Report] Former NFL RB Peyton Hillis is no [Russini] The Cleveland Browns plan to hire Jim Schwartz Jacoby Brissett finished the season #8 overall in QBR Press J to jump to the feed. Lawrence has been one of the leagues best in that department, putting up a top-10 pass-rush win rate at the position since 2017. The run stop rate is second best in the league only behind Cameron. 11. An early-season injury coupled with a breakout year from Trey Hendrickson in 2020 led to Davenport taking a backseat on the Saints defensive line. And. Hunter also missed the 2020 season with a neck injury, but had piled up 54.5 sacks and 67 tackles-for-loss in his first five seasons. . The addition of Judon was just one piece of the puzzle to a revamped front seven in New England this offseason a transformation that was overshadowed by some of the big moves on offense. Hitler is infamous. He's tallied a ridiculous 192 pressures in that span - recording at least 55 in each of those three campaigns - while hitting the opposing quarterback 77 times. Hes also forced a ridiculous 17 fumbles, broken up 25 passes and racked up 59 tackles-for-loss. Bosa drew more than one defender the moment he arrived to the NFL. Montez Sweat has been an excellent run defender in the NFL and flashed his pass-rush potential, but he needs to put it together more consistently. Burrow absolutely shredded us last year and he's just a rookie with no o-line. As it turns out, Jarran Reed is the player on the outs as the Seahawks released him and re-signed Dunlap. Sorry, Jaelan Phillips. Ingram is the most impactful free agent edge rusher still on the market following several seasons limited by injury in Los Angeles. Frank Clark, Chiefs Matthew Judon (NE) Judon joins the New England Patriots on a four-year $56 million contract with $32 million guaranteed. Is Khalil Mack still elite? Jadeveon Clowney twitter 118 53 53 comments Best stasismachine 1 yr. ago Noticeably missing from this list is T.J. Watt. 21. Trey Flowers, Lions According to an online graphic revealed by ESPN Sports Analytics writer Seth Walder on the morning of Tuesday, October 12, Bosa draws the third-highest double teams through Week 5 and draws two blockers at the highest rate among NFC West defenders. Join the Heavy on 49ers newsletter here! Presumably, this number went down with Watt's . Over the last three years, Armsteads 88.5 run-defense grade is a top-10 mark among edge defenders. A savvy veteran of fantasy football since 1990, Thomas specializes in IDP and Special Teams. Home | 2021 NFL EDGE Rankings: Who Is NFLs Best Edge Rusher? Health and a suspension have been the only thing holding him back from being unanimously recognized as EDGE1. His 87.0 run-defense grade last season ranked third at the position behind only Khalil Mack and T.J. Watt, and he bumped up his pressure count from 32 as a rookie to 47 in 2020. Kerry Hyder (Sea) Hyder joins the Seahawks after signing a three-year, $16.5 million contract that could reach $17.5 due to incentives. Watt is still elite but he's not DPOY-worthy without so much help. He has the potential to be a high-end pass-rusher, with PFF pass-rushing grades above 80.0 in two of the past three years, but an Achilles injury is a major red flag for a player whose position relies on explosiveness. Epenesa, Gregory Rousseau and Carlos Basham Jr. to take on larger roles down the line. pic.twitter.com/TNqQS63BuJ, 49ersFilmFavorites (@49ers_Film) October 8, 2021. Who takes the top spot, Myles Garrett or T.J. Watt? 38 to further bolster a defense in need of reinforcement. Ferrell improved his overall grade from 62.3 to 76.1 to go along with a 3.5 percentage point jump to his pressure rate in the 11 games he appeared in. Fantasy Points: Anderson played in just nine games last year due to a knee injury that hampered him all season. Romeo Okwara, Lions. He notched 59 pressures as a rookie back in 2016 despite not seeing the field until Week 5 and has only continued to improve in the four years since. Most of his improvement came as a pass-rusher, where Burns improved his pass-rushing grade from 68.7 in 2019 to 86.9 last year. 28. Hughes is still an effective edge rusher. But Garrett has still managed to pile up absurd production, with three straight double-digit sack seasons despite playing all 16 games just once. Floyd finished with a career-high 10.5 sacks, as well as 11 tackles for loss and 19 QB hits. January 5, 2021. Highest Passer Ratings on Deep Passes in the 2021 Season, Highest Career Defensive Win Shares In NBA History. I began with quarterbacks,wide receivers, and tight ends. According to the data, Watt's run stop win rate is about 35% while his pass rush win rate is just under 30% this season. Jerry Hughes, Bills Leonard Floyd (LAR) Floyd remains with the Rams on a four-year contract worth $64 million. This doesnt even get into the fun combos we could see where Garrett moves around. Jordan is 32, so some of this ranking is projecting that he could be on the back nine of his career now. Mack is still creating pressure . Paul Kelly's Player Props: Wild Card Weekend, 2021 Positional Tracker: Defensive Linemen. Pass rush is always going to draw headlines for edge defenders. Miami makes case for having top two edge rushers in 2021 draft. And thats EVERY SINGLE PLAY (that they play). He put up an 84.5 pass-rushing grade over 10 points higher than his previous career high and 88 quarterback pressures in 2019. 6. Maxx Crosby had a true breakout 2021 season and led the NFL in pressures, becoming only the third player to post more than 100 in a season since 2006 (101). Watt is the reigning Defensive Player of the Year, but Garrett posted the better PFF grade and pressure rate and had several other stats go in his favor last season. His roll could be very similar to how Kyle Van Noy played with the Patriots in 2019. Edge rusher rankings for top 32 NFL EDGEs heading into 2022 led by Myles Garrett and T.J. Watt The NFL's top 32 edge rushers in 2022 come in all shapes and sizes, but they all have one thing in common: They can get after opposing QBs. Double team rate as an edge (x) by pass rush win rate as an edge (y) for the 2020 regular season. (ESPN / NFL Next Gen Stats) pic.twitter.com/T3BX8kbxNA, Seth Walder (@SethWalder) October 12, 2021. His play over the first three years of his career should give New Orleans confidence that he is more than capable of stepping back into a starting role, though. Crosby faced a very weak run of right tackles all season, but he still remained just as productive against better opposition. The players are also ordered by their potential fantasy impact for the 2021 season in each section. So tell me again how many 19.5 sack seasons has Nick Bosa recorded? Would love your thoughts, please comment. Stacked d-line + scheme. Fantasy Points: Mayowa is not a stud by any means, but he is a critical part of the Seahawks plans. Burns 22.1% pressure rate on third down in 2020 was second among edge defenders with at least 50 pass-rush opportunities behind only Shaquil Barrett. 12. Breaking Down Donald vs. Watt vs. Howard. The Cowboys rookie edge rusher demonstrated Thor-like power in the first half of Dallas' deliver-on-Mike-McCarthy's-guarantee win in the nation's capital over the Washington Football Team, a. Jadeveon Clowney, Browns And his 89.8 overall grade wasnt just tops among all rookies in 2019; it was second among all players behind only T.J. Watt. There is risk involved here. He created 26 incompletions, fourth best among edge rushers, though he didn't match his peers in double-team effectiveness (five wins on 64 attempts, 7.8%). 49 Oregon S Jevon Holland. Using PFFs play-by-play grading and advanced metrics such as pressure totals and run-stop percentage that can be found in Premium Stats 2.0, here are the top 32 edge defenders in the NFL heading into the 2021 season. By definition, infamy = being famous for something BAD. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Official subreddit of The Cleveland Browns. I dont think any defensive lineman in the league, with the exception of Aaron Donald, can impact the game like Myles Garrett. Join the, near the 1:30 mark of this highlight video from the game. Generated 13 quarterback pressures against Ohio State in 2021 (25.5% pressure rate). Fantasy Points: Reddick did not meet expectations in his first three seasons with Arizona. Look at the edge rusher double team rates and the defensive tackle double team rates. Double team rate at edge (x) by pass rush win rate at edge (y), through Week 5. Aidan Hutchinson was double-teamed like an elite edge rusher as a rookie Double team rate at Edge (x) by pass rush win rate at Edge (y) for the 2022 NFL season. 23. Nine sacks in the regular season and four sacks in the playoffs, including a brutal terrorizing of Eric Fisher in the Super Bowl. 13, 14.5 and 15-sack seasons in a row represent rare production by Watt. Yeah, he doesn't get double teamed nearly as often as the other top edge rushers. Expect Buffalo to continue to lean on him in 2021 while grooming recent draft picks such as A.J. He brings a veteran presence to a defense he is very familiar with. However, he still has a better pass rush win percentage (20.7%) than Khalil Mack (20.0%) - who is double-teamed over 10% less than Smith. He recorded at least 40 pressures in each of his final four seasons with the team, including a career-high 77.7 PFF grade in 2019. We could see him play more on the interior again in Arizona. The goal of the edge defender designation is to avoid comparing players who have very different roles, something that has reared its head in a Pro Bowl ballot or two over the years. For the most part, he was an every down player for Dallas in 2020 as he took 809 of a possible 1108 defensive snaps. The addition gives them two solid bookend edge rushers in Hendrickson and Sam Hubbard. In addition to a worrisome injury history, he also faces a crowded position and likely starts training camp as a backup OLB. At 32 (Miller) and 31 (Jones) years old, will the veterans be able to bounce back? Bud Dupree (Ten) The Titans secured Dupree to more than $16 million a year. Bud Dupree, Titans Over the past three seasons, Hughes 19.8% pass-rush win rate ranks fifth among qualifiers at the position. 3. Edge defender might not have the same depth at the top that it had 2-3 years ago, but theres still a lot of quality pass rushers across the league. SR's Fab 5: Top 5 Greatest Bucs At All Positions, Bucs Training Camp Battle: Wide Receivers. Cameron Jordan has spent a career being underrated, even despite going to seven Pro Bowls. 8/10 Demarcus Lawrence, Dallas Cowboys, 90 OVR. It didnt take long for Bosa to establish himself as one of the leagues top pass-rushers. Nick Bosa, 49ers In terms of pass rush win rate, Parsons has an outstanding 32% which leads all edge rushers. Even with the trench version of double coverage placed on him, the third-year defensive end and 23-year-old is on pace to collect 17.0 sacks, which would give him both a career-high and reward him with his first season of surpassing the double-digit sack plateau. Boasting a well-refined repertoire off pass-rush moves, including the cross-chop, two-hand swipe, rip, club and swim, Hutchinson's pressure rate of 31.3% when lined up on the edge in 2021 was tops among all edge prospects. The scary part when analyzing Youngs first season in the NFL is that there is still clear room for improvement from a pass-rushing perspective. Myles Garrett 4. Double teamed at a higher rate than khalil mack and chase young last year. Brian Burns, Panthers 3. The production is good, but it only tells part of the story. The Jets havent paid big bucks for an edge rusher in double-digit years and are dishing out $30 million of guaranteed money to Lawson who was a situational player with the Bengals. 24. Those are solid numbers, but he needs to do more than solid, and he looks capable of it. Would love your thoughts, please comment. He now joins a Texans defense that appears to be shifting to a 4-3 base. Youngs 93.3 overall grade last season in that portion of the field led all players at the position. Watt turned in PFF grades of 91.3 and 91.6 in those two seasons; he has developed into a legitimate Defensive Player of the Year candidate and one of the premier edge rushers in the NFL. Those are similar numbers to Justin Hollins (three sacks, three TFL, 5 QB hits), and hes making $14.3 million less per year. Ingram still put up pass-rushing grades above 75.0 in each of the past two years and has plenty to offer teams as a pass-rusher. According to ESPN, while Mack's double-team rate declined in each of the last three seasons, his win rate declined three . He tallied 55 for the Bills last season and has averaged that figure over the past nine years. Houston is hoping the 26-year old can approach his 2019 stats he had in his last season with Buffalo, thus supplying them with 6-8 sacks in 2021. The x-axis shows double team rate. In fact out of a possible 112 total games, Attaochu has missed 38 games or 34% of his opportunities. Brian Burns has already reached that level but is evidence of how dangerous it can be to assume it will continue linearly. Remarkably, the two-time. The y-axis shows pass rush win rate. Theres little reason to expect he wont put up impressive numbers again in 2021. Bosa is a top 2-3 run-defending edge in the league on top of being an elite pass rusher. The game has rarely seen so many productive and impactful edge rushers playing at the same time. Arik Armstead, 49ers Floyd could very well leave in free agency this offseason and sign a big-money deal elsewhere after earning $10 million for one year with the Rams, but he wont find a team with Donald in the middle of its defensive line. The move to Green Bay has led to the best football of Smiths career. Hendrickson consistently generates pressure and has been good at converting those to sacks. Khalil Mack continues to be among the leagues best edge defenders and has the highest PFF run-defense grade of any edge rusher over the past two seasons (90.6). You can view more current content marked with a FREE banner, The Ravens' highest-paid player in 2020 will probably be an edge rusher, but money buys only so much stability. A clear passing situation where Clowney and McKinnley bookend the DL with Myles lining up inside could be fun to watch. Sam Hubbard, Leonard Floyd, and Maxx Crosby are the only edge rushers to rush the passer more often than Bosa in 2021. He needs to show he can get back to his league-leading pressure performance, this time in Minnesota. Few edge defenders improved more from 2019 to 2020 than Sweat did in his second year in the NFL. Broncos EDGE Von Miller Photo by: Mark Lomoglio/PR. Team Pass Block Win Rate. Ostensibly still an off-ball linebacker, Parsons generated the best pressure rate of any pass-rusher in the league (22.4%) and was doing so as a true edge rusher, rather than simply taking advantage of favorable matchups against running backs. Garrett's pass-rush win rate of 26.3% last season ranked third among edge rushers despite facing 104 double teams. At 28, Barrett probably is who he is at this point. Von Millers injury last season made Chubb the pass-rusher that opposing offenses keyed in on. His tackle totals last year were on par with his 2019 numbers. (Y axis is overall PRWR, not just vs. double teams). pic.twitter.com/N0d8FAmih2, Seth Walder (@SethWalder) January 16, 2021. Bradley Chubb, Broncos Fantasy Points: In a surprising move, the Seahawks re-signed Dunlap and released Jarran Reed. A look at the top edge rushers set to hit free agency this month. Dupree had eight sacks in 11 games last year and 11.5 sacks in 2019. We handed out grades for each rookie from the Rams' 2022 draft class. Miller may be a declining force, but he is declining from a position of being the best edge rusher of his generation, so he has plenty of room to slip and still be a significant problem for opposing offenses. Fantasy Points: Jenkins has been in a 3-4 base defense since coming into the league in 2016. 4 pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, Ferell has recorded just 6.5 sacks in 26 starts. The Ohio State product needs to establish a go-to move and some counter options. He earned pass-rushing grades of 90.0 or higher in each of his final two seasons at FAU. In 2020, he finished with just two sacks after missing four games due to a shoulder injury. Cleveland dominates the trenches in the pass game on both offense and defense! So you have Nick Bosa #5 well ahead of Shaq Barrett, Chandler Jones, Cam Jordan, Demarcus Lawrence? His 4-sack run to a Super Bowl title will live in Bucs infamy. Here, we are going to rank them into tiers. ZaDarius Smith, Packers In my opinion, Nick Bosa has the best chance to enter the top tier next year and even push Garrett, Watt and his brother for the top spot. His pressure rate of 13.3% placed him at the 88th percentile among qualifiers at the position. 10. He still put up double digit sack numbers (10.5) to go with 41 tackles, 26 quarterback hits, and six forced fumbles (the . 1 anymore, its still impossible to remove him from the elite tier. https://twitter.com/SethWalder/status/1332509974132629505, Their dline was stacked last year, bailed them out of alot of games. He can still get after the quarterback, but at this point in his career, he may have sacrificed his ability to be an all-around player to maintain that level. From 2016 through 2019, no player in the league had a higher pressure rate with his team leading by 7 or more points than Ngakoue (14.7 percent), and 31.5 of his 45.5 career sacks have come on the . He has been effective when kicking inside the tackles and rushing the passer, posting a 20.2% pass-rush win rate on over 100 such snaps over the last two years. Trey Hendrickson (Cin) The Bengals signed Hendrickson to a four-year deal worth $60 million with $32 million getting paid in the first two years. Fantasy Points: The Bengals traded Carlos Dunlap away last year and let Carl Lawson leave via free agency this offseason. T.J. Watt, Steelers Marcus Davenport put together a career year in 2021 but has still yet to emerge as a truly dominant every-down force, which is what he needed to become to justify the draft trade the Saints made to acquire him in the first place. He can win inside, outside and with power, which makes him impossible to predict pre-snap. Arizona is taking a huge risk in the hopes that Watt can play back-to-back 16 game seasons, which he hasnt done since 2014-15. However, the sack numbers don't quite tell the whole story. His six batted passes last year ranked second at the position. In a recent piece by Pro Football Focus, they ranked the top 32 edge rushers in the . Its worth remembering that Clowney is still one of the most disruptive edge defenders in the league when healthy, though. Just curious, how much of it is TJs ability to drop into coverage? 1 and No. Fantasy Points: Lawson is no J.J. Watt and the Texans are very clear about that. If that's the case, the Niners. Clowney never posted 44 to 52 total tackles in his last three seasons with Houston, but has just 44 total tackles in the last two seasons combined. After he recorded double-digit sacks in 2020 and an 86.9 PFF pass-rushing grade, his grade slipped to 73.1 and he had six fewer pressures to his name despite more than 50 extra pass-rushing opportunities. The group has a high ceiling, and if they can rush the passer at a high level, the . Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. Barrett has taken full advantage of the increased opportunity that came with his move to Tampa Bay. No edge defender graded higher than Miller (94.6) or recorded more pressures than Miller (640) from 2011 through 2019. As for Miller and Jones, there is no question that they are capable of greatness. Dupree is coming off a torn ACL suffered in Week 12. This season according to PFF, Bosa has been on the field for 147 pass rush snaps out of the 230 defensive plays hes seen on the field. John Franklin-Meyers may never generate a lot of sacks, but he notched 50 or more pressures in each of the past two seasons and his PFF grade has improved each year of his career. Lawson is more suited to a 4-3 base defense and Houston is starting to trend towards a 4-3 base under new defensive coordinator Lovie Smith. Pair that with a league-high 88 tackles for loss or no gain against the run over that same span and you have one of the most well-rounded edge defenders in the game. He was particularly difficult to slow down on third down. (ESPN / NFL Next Gen Stats) pic . Between a suspension for hitting Mason Rudolph with his own helmet and a bout of COVID-19 blunting his effectiveness for a stretch of the 2020 season, Garrett just hasnt been able to maintain the scintillating run of play that Watt has over as long of a span. Bears edge rusher Khalil Mack has been ranked as the No. Double team rate as an edge (x) by pass rush win rate as an edge (y). He has recorded at least 42 pressures in each of his first five NFL seasons, with pass-rushing grades of 74.5 or higher in each of the past four years. Smith finished with five sacks along with ten big plas, five TFL and 14 QB hits. He has kept it on the straight and narrow lately, but it would be difficult to completely ignore his career before the past two years of breakout play, or the fact that his NFL resume includes just 1,474 NFL snaps, only around half of which have been plus play. For a 49ers team that leads the NFL in scoring defense, total defense, rushing defense, and pass TD-INT ratio allowed, it all starts up front. Shaq Lawson (Hou) Lawson was traded by Miami to the Texans to try and help offset the loss of EDGE rusher J.J. Watt. Were now in a position where the draft is all about accumulating depth at key positions. Expect Buffalo to continue to lean on him in 2021 while grooming recent draft picks such as A.J. However, he has also been an elite run defender in recent years. The Bosa brothers have become dominant NFL forces just the way they were in college, with never much to separate the two. Carlos Dunlap (Sea) Dunlap re-signed with Seattle on a two-year deal worth $16.6 million with $8.5 million guaranteed. He has been a 95th-percentile run defender at the position since 2014 and put up pass-rushing grades of 75.0 or higher for the first time in his career in each of the 2018 and 2019 seasons. 1 / 51. Plus, by request from @DaneBeavers , label colors indicate 2020 cap hit (red = high). His 77.0 pass-rushing grade last season was nearly 15 points higher than his previous career high, and his 49 quarterback pressures were 20 more than he had ever recorded previously. Old Lady Ammons is smiling in teacher heaven. Thus, he is familiar with the system and Carolina is expecting big things off the EDGE from Reddick in 2021. J.J. Watt led all edge rushers in double teams with right around 30%, Cameron Heyward is toward the bottom for . However, Jones tested out very poorly as an athlete . But Young is already an elite run defender and he plays with a temperament beyond his years. Dude just euro stepping past tackles. Highest Playoff Passer Rating In NFL History. Fixed now. He also placed second in the NFL with 13.5 sacks. Teams such as the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs neither of whom have representatives on this list should have interest. Rashan Gary finally realized his immense potential last season, earning an 89.3 overall PFF grade, which was good enough to rank inside the top five at the position. Lions' edge rusher draft priority: High. I dont know if that happens in 2021. No. Micah Parsons was a real Defensive Player of the Year candidate last season as a rookie thanks in large part to his pass-rushing prowess. Both edges are physically capable of taking over a matchup. rack up 4 sacks in a postseason on a wayRead more . The key for Cleveland will be keeping him healthy on what appears to be a much-improved defense following this offseason. 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