Micah Parsons had 4 QB hits yesterday, do you want to guess the last time DeMarcus Lawrence had that many?
4 years ago against the Cardinals when he had 3 sacks in 2017, where he had 6 hits. And before that?
Never! He has never had 4 or more QB hits in a game besides that Cardinals game.
And Randy Gregory?
Also never!
So you might be thinking yea, but our edge rushers are meh, how about a future HOF'er like Khalil Mack?
You also have to go all the way back to 2017 for his last 4+ QB hit game, and he only had exactly 4 in that particular game. And before that?
He got exactly 4 twice in 2016, went 4+ twice in 2015 (4 once, 7 another time), and zero in 2015. So in his 7+ seasons Khalil Mack has gotten 4+ QB hits in a game exactly five times, and only ever once more than 4.
And how about the Redskins vaunted Montez Sweat and Chase Young?
A total of 0 games with 4+ QB hits over 3 combined seasons!
Myles Garrett?
Three times in 4+ seasons, and only once over 4.
Joey Bosa?
5 times in 5+ seasons, and only once over 4.
It's only one stat in a vacuum but there is a strong correlation between QB hits and sacks, which is to say that usually the league's top sack leaders more or less directly correlates to the league leaders in QB hits. Last year the top 10 was TJ Watt, Leonard Williams, Carl Lawson, Aaron Donald, Chris Jones, Joey Bosa, DeForest Buckner, Trey Hendrickson, Stephon Tuitt, and Za'Darius Smith.
Out of those 10, 6 finished in the top 10 in the league in sacks, Buckner finished 11th, while 2 of the other 3 (Bosa, Jones) are two of the best pass rushers of this generation.
Now, I'm not saying Parsons is ever going to be the pure pass rusher any of those guys are but it is pretty god damned special that our rookie LB, who was drafted to play a role akin to a Bobby Wagner or Devin White, had to basically move to full-time edge rusher in the 2nd game of his career and put up a stat line that rivals some of the best edge rushers of this generation, some of whom are lock future HOF'ers.