Did Markus Golden Deserve a Long Term Contract? Here's a detailed film analysis • 366 Sports

Over on our Twitter account, we did a film review on Markus Golden’s sack totals. It wasn’t pretty. Golden only WON on the edge 4 times last year in his 13 (including half sacks) times getting to the QB. He stacked up numbers cleaning up and getting to the QB unblocked. He didn’t deserve a long term deal and we should all be happy the Giants didn’t give him one.

Go ahead and watch every single sack and see how unimpressive they were below:

A THREAD: Markus Golden had 10.5 sacks (13 sacks inc half sacks) last season – so @MattD366 went through and watched every sack. This is what we found:

Wins – 4
Unblocked Sacks – 4
Clean Up Sacks – 3
Coverage Sacks – 2

Let's watch all the sacks and talk about what this means.

— NY Giants 366 (@Giants366) July 25, 2020

Sack 2 vs TB: The Giants run a stunt with Golden and BJ Hill. Golden comes in completely unblocked.

Verdict: Unblocked (1) pic.twitter.com/zq9nX3La9Z

— NY Giants 366 (@Giants366) July 25, 2020

Sack 4 vs WAS: Golden gets chipped by the TE. The Giants cover well (Haskins has all day and Thompson looks wide open for the check down). Golden gets to the QB. This is all coverage.

Verdict: Coverage sack (1) pic.twitter.com/TXdoBUmfK3

— NY Giants 366 (@Giants366) July 25, 2020

Sack 6 vs NE: The Giants bring a very nice blitz here and Golden does a nice job beating Newhouse inside.

Verdict: Win (3)
Bonus: Enjoy watching Brady go down from multiple angles. pic.twitter.com/g81sFUtw6Y

— NY Giants 366 (@Giants366) July 25, 2020

Sack 8 vs NYJ: Darnold doesn't stand a chance here. Herndon doesn't pick up Golden on the edge and he just walks in for the sack.

Verdict: Unblocked (2) pic.twitter.com/HHEjQaexS2

— NY Giants 366 (@Giants366) July 25, 2020

Sack 10 vs PHI: Absolutely no one blocks Golden. He gets a free shot on Wentz.

Verdict: Unblocked (3)
Bonus: see $16M man Leonard Williams get his only sack of the season. pic.twitter.com/pRwsCCjEqi

— NY Giants 366 (@Giants366) July 25, 2020

Sack 12 vs WAS: Golden and Michael Thomas do a good job pushing the pocket. Carter actually wraps Haskins and Golden is there to help clean up.

Verdict: Clean up (3) pic.twitter.com/dsA5gX1pzS

— NY Giants 366 (@Giants366) July 25, 2020

What does all this mean? It means Golden didn't consistently win on the EDGE (which is why he went unsigned). In fact, PFF charted half of his presures last year as clean up pressures. pic.twitter.com/ExTROLeOSH

— NY Giants 366 (@Giants366) July 25, 2020

Golden is a nice value at $4.1M but not a good option as your top pass rusher. He has a motor but he isn't going to consistently get to the passer.

He's not winning consistently on the edge. Let's not hype him up to be something he's not.

— NY Giants 366 (@Giants366) July 25, 2020

The Giants did the right thing by not handing Golden a huge contract. He is not and never was worth $8M a year Giants fans wanted the team to give him.

Did Markus Golden Deserve a Long Term Contract? Here’s a detailed film analysis

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