All sacks may count the same on the stat sheet but not all sacks are earned equally. Brandon Thorn does a great job contextualizing quality versus non-quality sacks. According to his latest “sack score” update that ranks the quality of each player’s sacks, Pittsburgh Steelers’ EDGE Alex Highsmith has the second-highest score in the league of 9.5. That ranks ahead of Myles Garrett, Matthew Judon, and everyone else except for Dallas’ Micah Parsons.
I charted/graded 460 sacks by 93 DL through 11 games this season to help bring clarity on which pass-rushers are getting home showing the highest degree of skill and efficiency against the most difficult circumstances.