Surprising "pressure rate" numbers for Dalton and our defense.

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(07-05-2018, 03:56 PM)fredtoast Wrote: According the FootballOutsiders the Bengals defense ranked 4th in the league in "pressure rate" on the opposing QB.  They were one of only 4 teams to rank in the top ten each of the last two seasons, and only the Broncos and Bengals have ranked in the top ten for each of the last three years.

The Bengals ranked 11th in DVOA (FO's metric for ranking defensive efficiency) "with pressure" and 30th when they did not get pressure. Since they have decent DVOA with pressure that generally means they get pressure without sending multiple blitzers that leave too few men in coverage.  But the fact that they suck so bad when they don't get pressure means they have problems in coverage. 


But here is the real surprise regarding "pressure".  Andy Dalton had the 9th LOWEST pressure rate among starting QBs.  His DVOA under pressure was 22nd and he was 13th when not under pressure.

It really isn't surprising that Dalton was ranked there.  The scheme is very much "ball out quickly" and that was almost out of necessity given the deficiencies on the offensive line.  

The interesting stat was regarding the defense.  I wonder how much of that could be attributed to the "don't get beat over the top"mentality and how much of it is poor safety/LB coverage of TEs and underneath.