There is unfortunately a lot of focus on the edge-rushing position in Washington right now, but not for reasons that you’d hope for.
After an impressive comeback from down 24-3, Washington had a chance to stop the Detroit Lions and send the game into overtime, yet a roughing-the-passer call on rookie DE Chase Young knocked the Lions into field-goal range, where they promptly ended the game off the leg of Matt Prater.
Young later owned his mistake and vowed to be better, so we should all be able to move on. Can we proceed to talk about the good things that happened at that position now?
Montez Sweat had a solid performance on Sunday, and though it doesn’t show up in the stat sheet at all — Sweat had just one total tackle — the second-year player earned Pro Football Focus’s top edge-rushing grade of the week.
Montez Sweat: 💦
Jersey #: 90
Week 10 Grade: 90Highest graded Edge Rusher in Week 10 😤 pic.twitter.com/TmK7Cr8zDZ
— PFF Washington (@PFF_Washington) November 16, 2020
Though his stats were unimpressive, Sweat continually made his presence felt in the backfield, and he kept Matthew Stafford uneasy when necessary. It’s been made clear over the past several weeks that this former first-round pick is one of the young and budding players on the Washington roster that has a chance to be really good in the future, and we’re starting to see that this year.
