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So, if Verse is generating pressure as effectively as some of the greatest pass rushers in modern NFL history, why isn't he viewed in the same tier? The answer is straightforward: pressure is only part of the equation. Verse consistently gets into the backfield, but he hasn't converted those pressures into sacks at nearly the same rate as the league's elite pass rushers.
Despite having the most pressures of any player through their first two seasons in the PFF era, Verse is all the way down in 30th place for sacks, below names like Kayvon Thibodeaux, George Karlaftis, Jaelan Phillips, and tied with former teammates Byron Young and Braden Fiske (who is now separated from Verse for the first time since before their Florida State days).
Myles Garrett, on the other hand, is coming off perhaps the greatest pressure-to-sack conversion season we have ever seen. Garrett recorded a sack on 27.4% of his pressures last season, an incredible rate for the future Hall of Famer. Meanwhile, Verse converted just 8.5% of his pressures into sacks, marking a second straight season in which he struggled to turn pressure into quarterback takedowns.