12-07-2018, 03:32 PM
(12-07-2018, 03:13 PM)Au165 Wrote: https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2018/defense-and-pass-pressure-2017
I don't have 2018 numbers, but 2017 was a historic rate for pressures across all of the NFL and I can tell you we aren't close to what we were last year in pressures. Our lack of pressure has killed us this year, it kind of goes back to the old adage about winning in the trenches. WJ3 said scheme was part of the problem for the CB's but Paul Dehner Jr just posted an article basically saying that after week 6 teams stopped targeting the corners and going after the LB's because they were so bad in coverage.
When you consider we have been horrible defending the run for two years with this LB group. Then you add in the fact that last year when we had pressure they were decent and this year without it they are horrible, you start getting a picture that our LB group can be hidden but when they have to stand up on their own they are bad.
From what I saw, during the 1st half of the year we actually did get a lot of pressures but it didn't lead to sacks. I think that has declined a lot recently though.
