One of my biggest pre-season concerns that I had almost forgotten.

[Nicomo Cosca]

(01-07-2022, 02:04 AM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: The sentence following your highlighted one explains it.

Many of the sacks this year are coverage sacks or QBs trying to scramble(Sample, Hill and sometimes Hubbard and Ogunjobi). That didn't happen very much last year. Outside of Hendrickson, not many sacks are linemen beating OL at the point of attack.

Lawson was among the 2020 league leaders in QB hits, win rate and pressures but had few sacks because someone was almost always open.

2021's Awuzie, Hilton and Apple
or
2020's WJ III, Sims and Alexander

Which one do you think helps a pass rush more?

We have the 27th ranked pass defense in the league. Accrediting them as the sole reason our pass rush is significantly improved is beyond silly. It’s improved because they went out and got guys like Hendrickson, Ogunjobi, Hill, etc. And that’s where their minds where at when they drafted Ossai as well.

But sure, his injury is totally “Paul Brown punishing us”