Mac_MaloneV1
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Sure. But the argument isn't really 1 sack vs. 1 pressure, though.Is that not also true of a pressure? If anything, a sack decreases the chance of converting a 1st Down in the series since there's loss of yardage. Not sure where the 4-yard example came from but your typical sack is 8-12 yards from what I can recall. That can indeed be significant for field position or for trying to kick a late FG in a half or something, etc. Whether one is better or not is a big ol' argument of opinions unless someone has numbers but sacks are more devastating to an opposing offense than a pressure on any given down. They just come farther and fewer in between so you can't make your living on that if you're a defense, so the two work together.
It's the collective impact of a high volume of pressures vs. a lower volume of sacks. Nobody is arguing that, on a singular play, a pressure is better than a sack (though, if it forces a turnover, why wouldn't it be?). The point is that 5 sacks doesn't necessarily give you more value than, say, 20 pressures.