Sacks arent the issue. If we expect to win because of sacking Manning 6 times, we will be disappointed.
Quite the opposite, BB will take advantage of this stat.
The reason for so few sacks isnt because no one gets any pressure, its because Manning will check down vs pressure. The key is bringing enough pressure to make him throw early, not to sack him, then to play well in underneath coverage, and TACKLE WELL.
On top of that, if we disguise what we are playing underneath, it can create opportunities.
I expect we get 2 Ints, and we do not get sacks until after we have opened up a lead and Manning is no longer patient to check down.
Manning really is not the same QB he was 3-4 years ago. He has gotten better in many ways, but there are also ways to use how he has changed to our favor. If we play the way I expect us to on D, we will need to tackle well after the catch, and should see a lot of cases of 3rd down completions that are not sufficient for the first down. One of the tricks in stopping Indys O is recognizing that you can dictate checkdowns, but they have been very successful getting missed tackles after the checkdown to convert.
