What happened to you? You used to do research. Taylor has more solo tackles, tackles for loss, forced fumbles, fumbles recovered and sacks in the past two seasons (and again, that is more sacks in two seasons than Clark's three). The only thing that Clark has above him is QB hits. All of that while Taylor is learning how to play in the league and learning a new position since we changed defenses.
I get that people are nostalgic for the past and I get that people see the post season production and they see stars, but the only reason anyone thinks that Clark is a good signing is they don't actually watch Chiefs regular season games to see the guy dog it.
You're right. I made that post in a rush yesterday and didn't put much thought into it. I need to do a better job of posting more well thought out arguments going forward.
Taylor only had 3 sacks through the first 10 weeks, and overall played 58 fewer snaps than in 2021. Overall the coaching staff did find a better niche for Taylor down the stretch and he posted 6.5 sacks over the final 6 games.
I wasn't a fan of 2022 Taylor as I felt like he was a liability out there at times early in the season with run gap responsibility. He has a good quick first step in pass rushing situations but overall lacks any true elite pass rush moves and isn't able to disengage once blocked.
Clark had overall better pass rushing moves and was a better run defender in my opinion. I don't know how well Clark would do in this new system here. I'm simply remembering the Clark from his Seattle days.
The eye opening stat for me after doing research as you suggested is that Clark played 717 snaps in 2022, while Taylor only played 485 snaps. With Clark entering his 9th season, it's understandable now why he's still a free agent. Lots of wear and tear on that frame.
I apologize for not better explaining my thoughts when it comes to the Clark vs Taylor comp that I had posted earlier and I appreciate you and the other poster for calling me out on it. I stand corrected .Net deserves better posts from me going forward.