A truly dominant first season with the Green Bay Packers vaulted outside linebacker Za’Darius Smith to the very top of Doug Farrar’s edge rusher rankings for Touchdown Wire.
Smith, who signed a four-year deal with the Packers in 2019, broke out as the NFL’s most disruptive edge rusher last season, tallying 13.5 sacks during the regular season and leading all players in total pressures.
His body of work convinced Farrar to rank Smith above all other edge rushers entering 2020, noting his unique ability to rush the quarterback and disrupt the passing game from all angles and from any gap in the defensive front.