Consistency can be the most difficult aspect for a rookie to achieve at the professional level. Very few are consistent from the day they walk into the NFL. Enter Los Angeles Rams defensive end Jared Verse.
Verse immediately stepped into the Rams lineup and provided a significant presence off the edge, as both a run defender and pass-rusher.
This past weekend, the 19th overall draft pick posted a staggering 50 percent pass-rush win rate against the Chicago Bears, according to Pro Football Focus. The performance tied for the best this season.
Some will argue that one sack isn’t enough production. Those numbers will increase over time with similar effort.
“It’s play fast, react fast,” Verse said. “So I’m gonna go as hard as I can, go after it as fast as I can, I’m not gonna slow down, but that split second before I make contact with the person, I have to slow down, I have to level my feet out, get my two feet in the ground, slow myself down a little bit and be like, ‘OK, what levels do I have on him? Do I have his back hip? Let me aim for his back hip.’ Like, what do I have?”
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