And that's why Clowney even got the meager number of tackles he got in the game. Attention was all placed on Garrett.
IMO, each guy is used differently by different teams.
I remember Anthony Weaver, for example.
He had a good year statistically for the Texans in 2006 and then was pretty quiet the next two years.
I had reviewed all of his games and I noticed that the Texans were using him to set the edge most often.
In a nutshell, they want him to contain one side so that Mario Williams can attack from the other side.
When Weaver got to the Ravens; they used him differently.
His sacks and TFLs improved dramatically.
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As for the game, I look at it this way.
There's about 8 drives on the average per game (if I remember correctly).
11 starters, a number of rotational players.
A guy, Clowney, for example, only needs to make a big play to stop a drive and make a couple of contributions in helping to stop another drive, then he would have done his job.
And Clowney had done at least that. Even though I haven't reviewed his individual play carefully, that was the observation I had.