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Put two players who do the same job side by side. For each stat you see where both rank in the league, and whether the gap between them is bigger than the noise a few plays create.
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Pittsburgh Steelers · LB
Buffalo Bills · LBOn the stats that count, Jack Sawyer and Michael Hoecht are too close to separate with the plays we have. 3 are too close to call.
The year so far: Pressures per 100 snaps
Where each has ranked among edge rushers after every week. Solid line is Jack Sawyer, dashed is Michael Hoecht.
Stat by stat
Pressures per 100 snaps
Too close to callA 1.296th of 141
0.3worse to better5.0B 1.198th of 141
Sacks per 100 snaps
Too close to callA 0.081st of 141
0.0worse to better1.3B 0.671st of 141
Tackles for loss per 100 snaps
Too close to callA 0.094th of 141
0.0worse to better2.2B 0.095th of 141
“Clearly ahead” means the gap is bigger than what the plays behind each number could produce by chance. “Slightly” means it points one way but could still be noise.
The money
Contract and cap numbers side by side. Bars share one scale, so the longer bar is the bigger number. A bigger number is not a better one: it is only what each is paid.
Average per year
Jack SawyerA$1.3MMichael HoechtB$7.0MWhat the contract pays on average each year.
Cap hit this season
Jack SawyerA$1.2MMichael HoechtB$3.4MWhat he counts against his team's cap in 2026. It can be far from the average year on a deal that is backloaded.
Share of the cap
Jack SawyerA0.4%Michael HoechtB1.1%This season's cap hit as a share of the league cap.
Total value
Jack SawyerA$5.2MMichael HoechtB$21.0MGuaranteed money
Jack SawyerA$951KMichael HoechtB$12.4MFully guaranteed at signing, as OverTheCap reports it.
Pay rank at his job
Jack SawyerA117 of 138Michael HoechtB53 of 138Among the players at that job we hold a contract for, 1 is the highest paid.
- Among the 138 edge rushers we have a grade and a contract for, Jack Sawyer is 103rd on the field and 117th in pay. His grade is still an early read, so this says nothing yet about whether his pay is fair.
- Among the 138 edge rushers we have a grade and a contract for, Michael Hoecht is 106th on the field and 53rd in pay. His grade is still an early read, so this says nothing yet about whether his pay is fair.
Contract figures as of 2026-10-12, read from public cap pages for all 32 teams. A player with no row there, such as a practice-squad name, shows “not tracked”. See pay against play for every position.
Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.
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