Mike Green’s Week 7 get-right chance comes with a brutal assignment.
After an uneven showing in Week 6, the Baltimore Ravens edge rusher has to turn the page fast, and now he’s staring at one of the league’s toughest tackles in Cincinnati’s Amarius Mims. It’s the kind of matchup that can swallow a young pass rusher whole.
Mims has become a real problem in 2026, and he’s giving the Bengals something they’ve badly needed: stability on the offensive line. Drafted in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, he’s developed into a top-level player and has made life miserable for some of the NFL’s best edge threats.
The size gap alone tells part of the story. Mims checks in at 6-foot-8 and 350 pounds, with massive reach.
Green is 6-foot-3 and 250 pounds, with shorter arms. On paper, that’s a rough draw for Baltimore’s young defender, and on the field it turns into a fight on every snap.
Green has still put together a solid second season overall. He has 2 sacks and 12 pressures, and he’s been respectable against the run. The biggest step forward has been his added physicality, which has helped him hold up better on the edge.
But the last time out, against the Cleveland Browns, he managed only 1 pressure and was nearly invisible against the most-sacked quarterback in the league this year. That sort of output won’t be enough against Mims, who has been close to untouchable.
Through five games, Mims has allowed just 1 sack and 2 QB hits. He also shut down T.J. Watt, Will Anderson Jr., and Danielle Hunter, holding all three to 0 sacks and 0 pressures.
The advanced numbers are even louder. Mims’ 4.0% pressure rate and 96.1% pass-block win rate on an island both lead the NFL. That puts him ahead of standard-bearers like Trent Williams and Tristan Wirfs.
He’s also facing edge rushers one-on-one at an unusually high rate. Mims has taken 87.6% of his pass-blocking snaps in isolation, which ranks second in the league. That makes his numbers even more impressive, because he’s spending so much time without extra help.
For Green, that means there won’t be many easy paths to success.
Still, there is a route. Green’s leverage gives him a fighting chance against Mims’ sheer size.
He’s quick, explosive, and bends well, and those traits can help him win low against a taller blocker. There will be moments when Green can get underneath Mims and create an advantage.
The bigger issue is finishing the rush. Green has to keep building his play strength, because when he does get into the backfield, he can lose balance and end up reaching for the quarterback instead of staying upright and finishing the play. Against a tackle with Mims’ length, that habit can get erased fast.
There may also be some help from the scheme. Jesse Minter can create easier looks for Green with stunts, especially if interior linemen like Calais Campbell can force Mims to protect his inside shoulder and open up a lane for Green to loop through.
Even with all that in place, this is still going to be a long afternoon. But the talent is there for Green to become a legitimate edge threat. Sunday gives him a chance to show it.
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