4. Chandler Jones, Arizona Cardinals
Which NFL player has the most sacks since the 2012 season? If you guessed Chandler Jones with 96, you would be correct. Both with the Patriots (who selected him in the first round of the 2012 draft out of Syracuse) and the Cardinals (his team since 2016), Jones has done his thing in relative obscurity, but always at a high level. 2019 marked a career high in sacks with 19.0 and total pressures with 75, and he led the NFL in both sacks (17.0) and tackles for loss (28.0) in 2017. Jones’ suddenness off the snap allows him to combine power and speed in interesting ways, and he has the diagnostic abilities to know when to stop heading for the pocket and peel off to take after a running quarterback or running back. He’s always suffered from a lack of recognition in relation to his on-field accomplishments, but Jones has been one of the top handful of edge defenders in the NFL for a long time.