If You've Been Wondering About Our Pass Rush...

[Hoenheim]

should you really be surprised? Mario Addison : 31 yrs old / Peppers = 39 in January /  KK  is nearly 30 , Poe is 28 but would be 29 heading into next year .

I'm sure some of it is Washington's coaching but sweet fuging jesus man, our pass rush has been god aweful and I believe age is a huge factor. We need to spend probably at least 2 or 3 of our top picks next year on the D-line. 

[ellis]

We’re actually near the top of the league in pressure %. The secondary has been atrocious. 

[cardiackat88.]

Get the little Bosa brother.

[ellis]

[ellis]

Lot of blitzing. 

Definitely need some better production from the DT’s. Interior pressure has been a non-factor.

[Hoenheim]

I dont give a fug about those stats man, what I'm watching over and over on game days is the defensive line crapping the bed in key moments late in games and not even breathing on the QB as they burn us way down the field. Just go with the eye test man. 

We may but up there in pressures but what is pressure? Are we actually getting to the QB and forcing fumbles/mistakes? NOPE. 

[Hoenheim]

5 minutes ago, cardiackat88. said:

Get the little Bosa brother.

hes likely going in the top 5 unless hes got a serious medical condition. He's the Myles Garret of this incoming draft. 

[ellis]

I agree. And it’s mostly blitz pressure, which puts stress on a mediocre secondary. 

[LinvilleGorge]

7 minutes ago, je1005 said:

We’re actually near the top of the league in pressure %. The secondary has been atrocious. 

According to PFF. I call BS. QBs knit socks in a clean pocket against our pass rush. It's not just that we aren't getting pressure, we aren't even creating the illusion of getting pressure.

[LinvilleGorge]

3 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

hes likely going in the top 5 unless hes got a serious medical condition. He's the Myles Garret of this incoming draft. 

Quite possibly #1 overall.

[ellis]

Once again.

It’s blitz pressure. And that’s leading to a lot of man to man situations, many of which we are losing badly. 

The absence of interior line pressure has killed this team in 2018.

[CBDellinger]

4 minutes ago, je1005 said:

Lot of blitzing. 

Definitely need some better production from the DT’s. Interior pressure has been a non-factor.

Winner.

Gotta have the push in the middle.  Otherwise the qb can climb the pocket and mitigate pressure from the outside.  And if they can do that when you blitz, the d is toast.  

[ellis]

We blitz. A lot. Like, really too much. 

It’s a product of stagnant DL pressure. It’s not proactive defense, it’s reactive defense. That’s never where you wanna be. 

[ellis]

Stopping the run and blitz pressure doesn’t mean anything if you have Elder and Munnerlyn out there getting embarrassed on basic coverage concepts, while your #1 CB is biting on pump fakes in Cover 3 on an opening play of a game.