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Suh recorded 41 tackles, a career-low 2.5 sacks
and four fumble recoveries in 16 games in 2019 during his first
season with the Buccaneers. He also scored two touchdowns, the
first time he found the end zone since his 2010 rookie campaign.
While Suh's 2019 statistics likely aren't eye-opening, he often
competed against double teams.
"I wanted the entire defense, if we could, to stay together,"
coach Bruce Arians said Wednesday. "They played so well
together. Each piece of the puzzle knew each other. Suh was a
big, big part of it. Not as much in the sack game as much as his
interior pressure and the great job he did last year against the
run. I mean, we were No. 1 against the run in the league last
year, and a lot of it was because of him and Vita (Vea)."
The 33-year-old Suh spent his first five seasons with the
Detroit Lions (2010-14) before joining the Miami Dolphins in
2015 on a six-year, $114 million contract. That was then the
richest contract for a defensive player in NFL history.
Suh has collected 519 tackles and 58.5 sacks in 158 career games
with the Lions, Dolphins (2015-17), Los Angeles Rams (2018) and
Buccaneers (2019) since being selected with the second overall
pick of the 2010 NFL Draft.
--Field Level Media
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