Mike Green has a chance to turn a strong Week 2 into something bigger, and the Dallas Cowboys’ offensive line is the next obstacle in front of him.
The second-year edge rusher flashed against the defense in Week 2, even if that performance got buried. Now he gets a tougher assignment. Dallas has held up well in pass protection this season, ranking 10th in pass block win rate, per ESPN, so Green will have to earn whatever he gets.
Still, this matchup gives him a real opening. The Cowboys are sturdier inside than they are at tackle, and that’s where Green can try to make his money.
On passing downs, he should avoid having to deal with Tyler Booker and Cooper Beebe. The concern is out on the edges, where Tyler Guyton and Terence Steele line up.
Guyton is in his third year and checks in at 6-foot-7, 325 pounds. Steele is 6-foot-6 and 320. For a smaller-framed rusher like Green, that’s not exactly the kind of size advantage you want to see across the line.
But the production hasn’t matched the bulk. Guyton has a 74.0 overall grade from PFF, but his pass-blocking grade sits at 61.9. He has given up four pressures and one QB hit in 2026.
Steele’s numbers are even rougher. He has a 48.3 PFF grade and a 54.2 pass-blocking grade, along with three pressures, one sack, and one penalty. That’s been a shaky enough start to make every snap a little uneasy for Dallas.
Green, meanwhile, is coming off a week that finally gave him something to build on. After an underwhelming 3.5-sack rookie season, a Ravens defense that signed Trey Hendrickson to a four-year, $112 million contract, and a Week 1 outing that included just 17 defensive snaps, he needed a response. He got one in Week 2: 32 snaps, his first sack of the season, and an 80.1 grade from Pro Football Focus.
Now the question is whether he can stack another one.
Green’s game is built on speed, bend, athleticism, and motor, and those traits give him a shot to stress Dallas off the edge. If he can use his lower center of gravity to work around those massive tackles, he could create chances at Dak Prescott in the backfield.
The size matchup may favor the Cowboys on paper. The numbers suggest Green has a real path to make it matter anyway.
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