Mojouw
07-30-2018, 10:48 AM
Mods, if this doesn't belong here - move to where it does. Interesting article that argues that teams now have only 2 seconds to rush the passer!
"If you can combat this [short quick passing - my edit, Mojouw], you can win. In 2017, the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles were the only team in the NFL who applied pressure (https://profootballfocus.com/news/pro-how-speed-to-apply-pressure-affects-overall-pass-rushing) on the quarterback within 2.5 seconds on 30 percent of pass plays, according to Pro Football Focus, while the Pittsburgh Steelers were second at 28 percent. Both of those teams got to the quarterback within 2.33 seconds on average."
https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2018/7/30/17629632/two-seconds-or-less-speed-fast-pass-rush-philadelphia-eagles-pittsburgh-steelers
While most of the article is insightful and well researched, this line kinda takes some of the steam out of it -- "Among the Steelers’ front seven are three first-round picks who can dominate a passer: Cameron Heyward, Bud Dupree, and T.J. Watt."
This comment makes me so THANKFUL for Munch -- "You have almost no time for practice, and yet offensive line coaches do the same stupid drills that have no correlation with playing offensive line,” Schwartz said."
OK. I'll stop now. Anyway, really interesting article. And makes you think about how to create pressure in the current NFL. One thing is for sure, it seems to jive with Tomlin's comments that you can't just line up the OLBs and say "Go!".
"If you can combat this [short quick passing - my edit, Mojouw], you can win. In 2017, the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles were the only team in the NFL who applied pressure (https://profootballfocus.com/news/pro-how-speed-to-apply-pressure-affects-overall-pass-rushing) on the quarterback within 2.5 seconds on 30 percent of pass plays, according to Pro Football Focus, while the Pittsburgh Steelers were second at 28 percent. Both of those teams got to the quarterback within 2.33 seconds on average."
https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2018/7/30/17629632/two-seconds-or-less-speed-fast-pass-rush-philadelphia-eagles-pittsburgh-steelers
While most of the article is insightful and well researched, this line kinda takes some of the steam out of it -- "Among the Steelers’ front seven are three first-round picks who can dominate a passer: Cameron Heyward, Bud Dupree, and T.J. Watt."
This comment makes me so THANKFUL for Munch -- "You have almost no time for practice, and yet offensive line coaches do the same stupid drills that have no correlation with playing offensive line,” Schwartz said."
OK. I'll stop now. Anyway, really interesting article. And makes you think about how to create pressure in the current NFL. One thing is for sure, it seems to jive with Tomlin's comments that you can't just line up the OLBs and say "Go!".