ESPN ranks Robert Quinn as one of NFL's biggest offseason upgrades

[Jack Lantern]

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ESPN ranks Robert Quinn as one of NFL's biggest offseason upgrades

The best way for the Chicago Bears to take full advantage of Khalil Mack’s generational talent is by giving him a pass-rushing teammate who can take some of the pressure off of him on a down-to-down basis. The failed experiment that was Leonard Floyd simply wasn’t cutting it over the first two...

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Quinn turns 30 this summer, but the veteran edge rusher is one of the league's most underrated players. In his only season with Dallas, Quinn racked up 11.5 sacks (eighth among edge rushers), 72 pass-rush wins (third) and a 21.5% pass-rush win rate (first) in 2019. He has reached 8.5 sacks all five seasons in which he played at least 600 snaps. In Chicago, Quinn replaces Floyd opposite superstar Khalil Mack.

Floyd impressed with 7.0 sacks as a rookie in 2016, but his totals have progressively dipped from 4.5 in 2017 to 4.0 in 2018 to 3.0 last season. He ranked ninth among edge rushers in snaps last season but struggled to only 27 pass-rush wins (51st) and a 0.8% sack rate (19th worst). Floyd is now with the Rams

 

[DC]

This defense has the potential to be #1 overall again.

And they will lead the NFL in takeaways.

 

[jtreal3]

This defense has the potential to be #1 overall again.

And they will lead the NFL in takeaways.

The only stat I care/want them to lead the nfl in, is points allowed.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

The only stat I care/want them to lead the nfl in, is WINS.

FIFY

 

[DC]

The only stat I care/want them to lead the nfl in, is points allowed.

Werd. I'll take em both!

 

[gwharris2254]

This D is gonna be Baaaad. Possibly Top Three or better.

This O has the possibility of being Bottom 5

I should change my prediction from 10-6 or 11-5
to 8-8 because of Nagy being stubborn in his ways

But its a new season and kool-aide and spring hope interferes with rational observation

 

[BearFanJohn]

The defense should be great. So, it’s on Nagy to figure out how to finish better than 29th in the league scoring. If not his seat is going to be uncomfortably warm.

 

[WestCoastBearsFan]

Who’s ready for another great Bears D to be let down by the offense!!!

 

[Porkchop]

Bears defense was the best in the league last year dismissing all the injuries.

If healthy, they just went from great to borderline illegal.

 

[Chicago Staleys]

I’ve said this is one of Paces best signing of his career.

On paper this defense looks very dangerous but us Bears fans are usually disappointed every season.

 

[KoreanBear]

I’ve said this is one of Paces best signing of his career.

On paper this defense looks very dangerous but us Bears fans are usually disappointed every season.

So true. Bears always find ways to disappoint

 

[HearshotKDS]

Who’s ready for another great Bears D to be let down by the offense!!!

I'm not sure if it's being ready for it, or just being numb to it at this point. Either way, it's a train we've all taken to the end of a line.

 

[number51]

us Bears fans are usually disappointed every season.

So true. Bears always find ways to disappoint

You poor, sad guys, it's almost like you love being miserable.

 

[KoreanBear]

You poor, sad guys, it's almost like you love being miserable.

Da bears turned me in to a masochist

 

[number51]

Da bears turned me in to a masochist

TAKE'EM TO COURT!!

 

[Pegger]

I think the 'upgrade' portion of this has something to do with Quinn being decent, but also has a larger weighting on just how bad Floyd was. When Hicks went down it left Mack all by himself.

 

[Jack Lantern]

I think the 'upgrade' portion of this has something to do with Quinn being decent, but also has a larger weighting on just how bad Floyd was. When Hicks went down it left Mack all by himself.

72 pass-rush wins (third) and a 21.5% pass-rush win rate (first) in 2019

This is just decent to you?? These are high end stats.

 

[Pegger]

72 pass-rush wins (third) and a 21.5% pass-rush win rate (first) in 2019

This is just decent to you?? These are high end stats.

He was good. Lawrence got the double teams most of the year, so he did well in 1-on-1 situations. I'm not saying he was bad, just the largest part of the upgrade was that Floyd was a dud.

 

[msadows]

He was good. Lawrence got the double teams most of the year, so he did well in 1-on-1 situations. I'm not saying he was bad, just the largest part of the upgrade was that Floyd was a dud.

 

[msadows]

According to that graph(which supposedly is from nextgen stats), Lawrence got about 1.5 more double teams a game.