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In this week’s Reacts survey, we have only one question, and it focuses on the defense. We want to know who you believe will lead the team in sacks this season.
For all those who might not know, the all-time official sack leader for the Washington franchise is Ryan Kerrigan.
Per Pro Football Reference, he finished his 11-year career in burgundy & gold with 95.5 sacks, finishing with at least 11 sacks in a season four times. Kerrigan’s highest total was 13.5 in 2014, but in ’18 & ’19, he put together back-to-back seasons with 13 sacks each. His final two years in DC were his least productive from a sack perspective, yielding 5.5 sacks per season. Kerrigan’s consistency extended to his ability to stay healthy as well; in 11 seasons, he missed only 4 games, all of them in 2019.
The ‘unofficial’ career sack leader for the Redskins
Older fans may remember watching the wrecking ball named Dexter Manley, who played on two of Washington’s Super Bowl-winning teams back in the last century. Many people will insist that it is Manley, not Kerrigan, who deserves the mantle of ‘all time franchise sack leader’.
The argument rests entirely on the 6.0 unofficial sacks that Dexter recorded during his rookie season in 1981, which came right before the NFL began tracking sacks as an official statistic.
Seen in this light, Manley set the standard in his 9 seasons playing in a Redskins uniform.
Let’s look at some current Washington players to see what kind of sack numbers they have put up in their careers.
One thing that jumps out at me is that Deatrich Wise tops the list despite having played less than 2 games in 2025 and, thus, producing zero sacks. At 31 years of age, Wise played for 9 years in New England before joining the Commanders, averaging about 4.5 sacks per season, with a low of 2 in a Patriots uniform in 2019.
Dorance Armstrong, currently 29 y.o., was on a 1-sack-per-game pace last season before getting injured in Week 7 and missing the final 10 games. In his 6 seasons with the Cowboys, he compiled just 2.5 sacks in his first three years, but 21 in his final three years in Dallas playing for Dan Quinn. Armstrong has produced 10.5 sacks in 23 games as a Commander. His career average is 5 sacks per 17 games.
Odafe Oweh is 27 years old, and is the only player on this list to have double-digit sacks in a single season, which he accomplished in 2024 playing for the Ravens. He had strong production...
