most tackles for loss by an nfl defensive end in first two years

J.J. Watt had the most tackles for loss by a defensive lineman in his first 2 seasons, with 52 tackles.

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Data note: Tackles For Loss: player season data complete from 2001

	NAME	TFL	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	J.J. Watt	52	32	118	19	137	26.0	186	0	0	0	4	4	0
2	Aaron Donald A. Donald	40	32	82	35	117	20.0	127.5	0	0	0	2	1	0
3	Khalil Mack K. Mack	37	32	111	39	150	26.0	164	1	6	1	7	3	0
4	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	37	32	118	26	144	33.5	235	0	0	0	8	2	1
5	Jason Taylor J. Taylor	32	32	94	47	141	27.0	207	1	4	0	11	6	1
6	Hugh Douglas H. Douglas	31	31	84	16	100	22.0	154	0	0	0	4	0	0
7	Maxx Crosby M. Crosby	30	32	56	30	86	17.0	107.5	0	0	0	4	1	0
8	Jason Pierre-Paul J. Pierre-Paul	30	32	91	25	116	21.0	148	0	0	0	4	2	0
9	Dwight Freeney D. Freeney	29	31	73	5	78	24.0	181	0	0	0	13	3	1
10	Joey Bosa J. Bosa	28	28	83	28	111	23.0	137.5	0	0	0	5	1	0
11	Kevin Williams K. Williams	28	32	88	33	121	22.0	131	2	10	0	2	4	1
12	Simeon Rice S. Rice	27	32	80	14	94	26.5	191	1	30	0	8	0	0
13	Will Anderson Jr. W. Anderson Jr.	26	29	56	26	82	18.0	131.5	0	0	0	1	1	0
14	Melvin Ingram M. Ingram	25	32	71	28	99	17.5	142	1	8	0	2	4	1
15	John Abraham J. Abraham	25	32	105	23	128	23.0	112.5	0	0	0	7	3	1
16	Gary Walker G. Walker	25	32	72	23	95	14.0	88.5	0	0	0	2	2	0
17	DeMarcus Ware D. Ware	24	29	62	19	81	16.0	96.5	2	3	0	2	1	0
18	Aaron Smith A. Smith	24	32	76	22	98	13.5	54.5	0	0	0	1	3	0
19	Aidan Hutchinson A. Hutchinson	23	34	70	33	103	21.0	158	4	31	0	3	4	0
20	Sheldon Richardson S. Richardson	23	32	84	61	145	11.5	70.5	0	0	0	2	1	0
21	Andre Carter A. Carter	23	31	85	16	101	19.0	141.5	0	0	0	5	2	0
22	Brady Smith B. Smith	23	29	52	21	73	14.5	83	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	Chandler Jones C. Jones	22	30	64	60	124	17.5	106.5	0	0	0	4	1	1
24	Jared Allen J. Allen	22	31	80	9	89	20.0	112	0	0	0	7	2	0
25	Kevin Carter K. Carter	22	32	55	23	78	12.0	68.5	0	0	0	0	1	0

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154.3

148.8

146.4

141.7

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Patriots	4	3	0	.571
Jets	2	5	0	.286
Dolphins	1	5	0	.167
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Steelers	5	2	0	.714
Bengals	4	2	0	.667
Ravens	4	3	0	.571
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	2	0	.667
Colts	2	5	0	.286
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Titans	1	6	0	.143
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Lions	4	2	0	.667
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Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
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Seahawks	3	3	0	.500
Rams	3	4	0	.429
Cardinals	2	5	0	.286