Juqua Parker -- Run Stopper

"BFH" -- who used to run his own deal over at sportsdork.com -- emailed this link to a new FO piece on which defensive linemen were best at stopping the run.

The Eagles have a guy in the top five.  No, not Trent Cole.  Not Bunkley.  Or Patterson.

I think we can officially start questioning the reliability of "stop rate" as a meaningful metric.

Likely issue?  It's based entirely on plays where the player had a tackle or assist.  Which means all the other plays someone is completely blocked out of the action don't hurt.

Chris Gocong's stop rate must be awesome.

UPDATE:  Lest you think I'm guilty of blowing off a stat that doesn't compute with anecdotal recollection -- which would be ironic -- here's your sanity check.  Outside runs to the left going nowhere?  Check.  Outside runs to the right going somewhere?  Check as well.