Cardinals' Defense Transformed: Josh Sweat's Arrival Set to Shake Up NFC West Rivals
Arizona finished the 2024 regular season with the seventh-worst pressure rate in the league (37.1%). But Sweat figures to help bolster the Cardinals in that area after leading the Eagles with 8.0 sacks in 2024. The 2021 Pro Bowl selection ranks eighth on the franchise’s all-time sack list with 43.0, and his 33.0 sacks over the past four seasons are the 17th most in the NFL.
Sweat has also totaled the 14th-most adjusted sacks (48) since 2021 and is one of only 26 edge rushers with 100 or more run disruptions over that span. An adjusted sack occurs when a defender achieves a pressure on a sack play, even if that defender does not actually record the sack, while a run disruption is when a defender wins his matchup against a specific blocker or blockers and is able to defend multiple gaps successfully.
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