The 2021 campaign was both promising and frustrating for Jonathan Greenard.
The former 2020 third-round pick from Florida transitioned from playing as an outside linebacker in a 3-4 scheme to a down lineman in Lovie Smith’s Tampa 2 with a 4-3 base. As a defensive end, Greenard flourished with 8.0 sacks in his second season.
However, those sacks came in 12 games; the Houston Texans’ leading sacker missed five games on the year. Certainly Greenard would have been able to generate more sacks in those missing contests and become the first Houston defender since J.J. Watt in 2018 to record double-digit sacks.
