Excellent analysis. People just keep on evaluating him by sacks and that's way too narrow measure. Point about staying upright/keeping his balance is EXTREMELY important and IMO the most overlooked attribute in football; defender not much good on the ground. He'll never lead the league in sacks but he'll consistently be in high single digits/low double , while delivering the run support/area coverage you point out. Complete player; my only wish he'd get those long arms up more often and knock some passes down
Its the run defense thats pathetic and IMO the weak LB unit is the culprit. The front 4 will always be outnumbered vs 5 Onlinemen, TE, FB, etc. Watch the better 4-3 defenses like bears and how its the LBs that are making the run stuffing tackles.