Cory's Corner: Expectations For Kyler Fackrell Are Blurred

What are expectations?

Kyler Fackrell is an interesting case study because he jumped off the page with a career year last season. He registered 10½ sacks and 42 tackles, even though he only started seven games.

So the obvious question is, what are the realistic expectations for Kyler “Sackrell”. Is it fair to hope for another season 8-10 sacks, even though his highest sack total before last season was three?

The thing that is puzzling is that he was tied for 98thamong all edge rushers in hurries per Pro Football Focus with nine. (For context, Nick Perry had 10.)

Then again, it was proven last year that Fackrell has a knack for terrorizing the passer. He had two games with three sacks. The last…