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This year they are in the top 10 in hurries.
Total Team Defensive Hurries: 2015 NFL Season
And almost any defensive coach will tell you that pressures and hurries are more important than sacks. Sacks are an incredibly overrated stat.
And almost any defensive coach will tell you that pressures and hurries are more important than sacks. Sacks are an incredibly overrated stat.
Really? They had exactly ZERO sacks and the fewest QB pressures of the season, yet had the their best 3rd down efficiency rating of the season. So exactly how can you make the lack of a pass rush with a poor 3rd down ratio comparison? You see the fact is that it doesn't always work they way. It does SOMETIMES, but not always or even regularlyThey have different personnel than they had last year, plus they are using different defensive schemes. It's as simple as that
And yes, this might prove to be an issue, especially on 3rd down
ummm...pressures and hurries are VERY important, but they're LESS important than sacks...
if you get a sack, its a more successful pressure/hurry, in a way a pressure/hurry is .8as good as a sack because
1. no yardage is lost
2. there is definetely not reception, but w/ a pressure or hurry a reception can still happen
saying pressure and hurries are better than sacks is mind boggling from an intelligence perspective
In 2015 New England finished 2nd in the nfl in sacks.
Why the big drop off? Is this an issue going forward?
ummm...pressures and hurries are VERY important, but they're LESS important than sacks...
if you get a sack, its a more successful pressure/hurry, in a way a pressure/hurry is .8as good as a sack because
1. no yardage is lost
2. there is definetely not reception, but w/ a pressure or hurry a reception can still happen
saying pressure and hurries are better than sacks is mind boggling from an intelligence perspective
I dont think the argument was hurries are better, but rather that the ranking (1-32) for hurries is more important than the ranking for sacks.ummm...pressures and hurries are VERY important, but they're LESS important than sacks...
if you get a sack, its a more successful pressure/hurry, in a way a pressure/hurry is .8as good as a sack because
1. no yardage is lost
2. there is definetely not reception, but w/ a pressure or hurry a reception can still happen
saying pressure and hurries are better than sacks is mind boggling from an intelligence perspective