Some unheralded standouts featured on this unit, including some stellar performances this last season. Watt missed time with a punctured lung, so he did not have a full season’s worth of stats, but was impactful as ever in his minutes on the field. He finished with 7 sacks, which is ho-hum for him, but again, consider the playing time. Alex Highsmith became a star under Martin. Compiling 14.5 sacks in a breakout 2022. This past season, he battled through injuries to lead the team with 9.5 sacks. If he played a full year, he would have easily eclipsed 10.
