Washington EDGE Junior Galette hitting 2017 in stride

Despite missing back-to-back seasons with two separate Achilles injuries, Washington Redskins edge-rusher Junior Galette is looking sharp so far this season, and doesn’t look like he’s been hindered by his extended time on the sidelines.
Galette started his career with the New Orleans Saints, and played a total of 2216 snaps from 2010 to 2014. The best year of his career came in 2014, where he ended the year ranked 11th of 77 edge defenders with a PFF overall grade of 84.2.
That season, Galette was formidable in the pass-rush and racked up the third most pressures (67) among the 56 4-3 defensive ends with at least 143 snaps. He ended the year ranked second among the same group with a pass-rush productivity (the PFF metric that measures pressures produced on a per snap basis with weighting towards sacks) of 12.2.
Galette signed with Washington prior to the 2015 season, but two significant Achilles tendon injuries kept him sidelined for two straight seasons. However, the time off doesn’t seem to have affected his abilities. Through three games of the 2017 season, Galette has produced eight quarterback pressures from just 39 pass-rush snaps, and ranks third among 3-4 outside linebackers with a pass-rush productivity of 16.9.