07-08-2019, 06:49 PM
(07-08-2019, 06:25 PM)Synric Wrote: Pressures which includes Sacks and QB Hits is now a stat measures through GPS tags in every players shoulder pads. It shows if the defender is closer to the QB than the guy that was blocking him in a set amount of time.
It is now a stat which we have definite precise numbers through Next Gen Stats and PFF.
Pressures are not listed as a Next Gen stat, or at least not as I can find on their site. PFF doesn't have access to the GPS trackers and evaluates a pressure per human judgment on game film. The metric you describe is also terrible. If a DE gets closer to the QB than the T right when the ball is thrown, it's a pressure whether the DE is 5 inches from the QB or 5 yards from the QB. On a HB screen, I guess everyone on the OL gets dinged for a pressure since they are literally supposed to let the DL go.