Let’s not beat around the bush, Solomon Thomas did not get close to living up to expectations after being drafted third overall in the 2017 draft. He only had three sacks but the total sack number isn’t what’s most concerning. It’s the fact that he looked so ineffective as a pass rusher on most snaps.



According to Sam Monson of Pro Football Focus, “(Thomas) rushed the passer 401 times in his rookie season, and affected the quarterback only 30 times for one of the worst pressure rates of any defensive linemen in the game.”



Thomas is a ‘tweener. He isn’t quite big enough to play full-time inside but doesn’t have the height and length that is typical of an edge rusher. Monson noted that Thomas was more effective in the small sample size of snaps when he rushed from the interior though he wasn’t spectacular there either. According to PFF, he generated a pressure every 14.5 snaps from the edge but...