The Deacon Jones Award is given to the best player that is the sack leader in the NFL. The award was named after Deacon Jones. He was one of the most terrific, hard hitting, and aggressive lineman that the league has every seen. After he passed away in 2013, the NFL decided to honor him by giving an award in his honor.
The player that has the most sacks this season is Atlanta Falcons’ Vic Beasley Jr. Beasley is averaging around 15.5 sacks. He brings a lot of speed on the defensive side. He can get around defenders and uses his speed to push the offensive guard off of him. He likes to make a move to the inside and that is why he has been very successful this season. The Falcons are one game from the Super Bowl and they have to give credit for this young man that came into this league with a mission.
The second sack leader is Denver Broncos Von Miller. Miller averaged 13.5 sacks. Even though he started off the season slow, he finished second as far as the sack leaders. It is hard to contain Miller. He has the ability to power through Offensive Lineman and make a move around them to get to the opponents’ QB. Each year Miller has improved and has shown the league that he still can get it down on the defensive side of things.
The winner for the Deacon Jones Award will be announced Saturday Feb.4 at the NFL Honors Awards.
