The dude has been averaging 7 sacks per season in limited snaps. He is generally injury free. He isnt making a ton of money and was a 4th round pick. I know yall want 4 Aaron Donalds on the Dline before you are satisfied but i think we are very lucky to have Sweat. 

Or just compare Sweat to Chase Young who is a #2 pick and averages around the same number of sacks.

Shut up sleepy 

I don’t think people are down on him. He had a bad second half of the year but the whole team did. I think it’s fair to say he’s not a #1 DE and right now it’s between him and Huff so there’s reason for concern.

He disappeared last year and wasn't a factor rushing the QB or stopping the run for a good 10 weeks. For a guy you are relying on to be a starting DE and play a large amount of snaps he didn't produce or help the team much at all. There are also the reports that he went freelancing to improve his numbers and STILL didn't produce sacks which is even worse. Add in the fact that Fangio runs a 3-4 and Sweat can't cover, it made a ton of sense to trade him based on fit

He's ok - nothing much to get excited about tbh

43 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

I don’t think people are down on him. He had a bad second half of the year but the whole team did. I think it’s fair to say he’s not a #1 DE and right now it’s between him and Huff so there’s reason for concern.

If he was a #1 DE who gets 12 sacks a year he would be getting 25 million on the market and we wouldnt be able to afford him anyway. Pick your poison.

Most teams have one #1 guy and a bunch of "other guys" on the Dline. Sweat is perfectly serviceable as one of those other guys. 2022 was an anomaly.

I'm ecstatic.... at least we kept one out of the 2 coolest sack celebrations on the roster :)

I'm not down on him, but, I'm not singing praises for him. I don't think he even touched a QB over the final 6 games last season. But, the whole Defense SUCKED. He was a part of that suckiness.

1 hour ago, LacesOut said:

I'm not down on him, but, I'm not singing praises for him. I don't think he even touched a QB over the final 6 games last season. But, the whole Defense SUCKED. He was a part of that suckiness.

He had 4 QB hits over the final 6 games

5 hours ago, opa-opa said:

If he was a #1 DE who gets 12 sacks a year he would be getting 25 million on the market and we wouldnt be able to afford him anyway. Pick your poison.

Most teams have one #1 guy and a bunch of "other guys" on the Dline. Sweat is perfectly serviceable as one of those other guys. 2022 was an anomaly.

I agree. I think he’s a good #2 who’s shown upside but he’s definitely not a #1.

4 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

I agree. I think he’s a good #2 who’s shown upside but he’s definitely not a #1.

Why do you two keep talking about DE's like they are wrs with the #1 and #2 talk lol. It's not like one gets to rush the passer and the other doesn't because he isn't the #1 DE lol. 

32 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

He had 4 QB hits over the final 6 games

How many sacks????

6 hours ago, Mat said:

Add in the fact that Fangio runs a 3-4 and Sweat can't cover, it made a ton of sense to trade him based on fit

 

10 minutes ago, LacesOut said:

How many sacks????

Zippo but you said "not even touched" 

11 hours ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Why do you two keep talking about DE's like they are wrs with the #1 and #2 talk lol. It's not like one gets to rush the passer and the other doesn't because he isn't the #1 DE lol. 

Huh? You want to have a stud DE on your team ideally. Every team would want a stud DE. Some teams build to have 2. What I’m saying is right now we don’t have that stud DE. That’s what I’m referring to.

2 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

Huh? You want to have a stud DE on your team ideally. Every team would want a stud DE. Some teams build to have 2. What I’m saying is right now we don’t have that stud DE. That’s what I’m referring to.

I knew what you were referring to. I just felt like being obtuse lol. 

45 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

I knew what you were referring to. I just felt like being obtuse lol. 

Fair enough bud fair enough.

16 hours ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Zippo but you said "not even touched" 

Didn't he also force 2 intentional grounding penalties in that stretch? While I believe they should credit those as sacks statistically, they don't --- and topics like this are why it's a shame they don't. 

The other non-stat that fans completely ignore is offensive holding. How the refs call a game can have a big impact on a pass rusher's stat line. 

48 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

Didn't he also force 2 intentional grounding penalties in that stretch? While I believe they should credit those as sacks statistically, they don't --- and topics like this are why it's a shame they don't. 

The other non-stat that fans completely ignore is offensive holding. How the refs call a game can have a big impact on a pass rusher's stat line. 

I did the last 6 games but, if you do the last 7 he had 7 QB hits 3 in one game week 10. So probably in there somewhere he did

For about 10 weeks the closest he got to a QB1 was when he strolled past Hurts on the Birds sideline. 

Poor rush discipline, and that seemed to get even worse down the stretch last year. He's good overall I guess, but not good enough to just do what he wants. At this point, don't seem him improving there.

On 4/8/2024 at 9:59 AM, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

I don’t think people are down on him. He had a bad second half of the year but the whole team did. I think it’s fair to say he’s not a #1 DE and right now it’s between him and Huff so there’s reason for concern.

This.  They'll bounce back under a legit DC.  I'm not sweating it.  

On 4/9/2024 at 5:52 AM, Bwestbrook36 said:

I knew what you were referring to. I just felt like being obtuse lol. 

He’s pretty underrated IMO. 
 

He had a down few games but overall he’s been a nice player. The pick 6 vs Dak will always be dope. 

On 4/19/2024 at 2:06 PM, time2rock said:

This.  They'll bounce back under a legit DC.  I'm not sweating it.  

I hope you are right. I don’t think they are as bad as it all looked. They weren’t helped by coaching and scheme. That said they also lost talent and that defense just isn’t that good right now.