Third-year defensive end, Cameron Heyward, picked up his first sack of the season and added a pair each of hits and hurries on 28 pass-rushing snaps to post a Pass Rushing Productivity number of 14.3 on the day – the best of the week for a 3-4 DE. Heyward did the bulk of his work against the Patriots’ Connolly-Wendell-Mankins interior, stunting on occasion to come loose and press the middle of the pocket. His positives as a run defender, however, were largely from slicing moves inside of New England’s tackles that resulted in two run stops. After a 2012 season that saw him come on at the end, Heyward has built on it, grading green in four of his last five games while seeing his pressure and run stop numbers climb in that span.

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