Somehow, Za’Darius Smith did not win a single award for NFC Defensive Player of the Week in 2019. His breakout season with the Green Bay Packers saw him lead the team with 13.5 sacks, a sixth-place finish in the entire NFL.
Z was passed over a few times last season, most notably in week 16 when he recorded 3.5 sacks of Kirk Cousins to help the Packers clinch the NFC North. However, that left him a half-sack of Chandler Jones, who had four that week for the Arizona Cardinals in their win over the Seattle Seahawks.