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For well over a year the signature on my posts was No Pass Rush, No Pass Defense. If you have been around to read the drivel I write here, you will note I do not claim to be a deep thinker when it comes to football. But the fact is, defensive backs struggle to cover receivers in this league for many reasons.
The most telling is the rules the league sets up to give the receiver the advantage. The owners think high scoring affairs are more thrilling, and what the audience wants. I might agree up until I see Brown, with arms raised and back to the QB, draw the foul because the receiver stopped.
To me this rule is the same as a flop in basketball. Or the shooter jumping into the defender, acting like he has a shot, to draw the foul. I bet I am not the only one who thinks this.
What helps the defenders more than anything is to get the QB off his throwing spot. Sacks are greatness, and that one by Parsons for the 11 yard loss last night was a thing of beauty. But sacks are decreasing as time goes by league wide.
Pressuring the QB is more common, and has a more lasting effect than a sack. Hitting the QB, even if the ball has left - within the rules - really does more to get into the head of the QB than a few sacks.
Last night is a prime example of this. As the game wore on, Dallas was hitting Hill in the pocket. The sacks surely helped, but driving him off his spot to throw had a pronounced result.
I am not discounting his injury. But some of those errant throws were to avoid getting hammered by the defensive front. And as the game wore on, the pressure was all around Hill on what seemed to be every play. Even flushing him out of the pocket, there was pressure from defenders closing to cause him to make a less than perfect pass. Because the Saints had him run the ball, which was effective, to get the pass rush off of Hill. Remove those rushes and that game would have been far more acceptable for the Dallas fans.
Yet if you look at the results, the four picks were directly related to the pressure Dallas put on Hill.
To extrapolate this, the Dallas offensive line could not keep the Saints from pressuring Dak. Nor could they open up a consistent hole for the running game. Dallas could not run the ball enough to keep the defenders from pinning back their ears and going after Dak.
The boo birds came out loud and clear last night, but this causes me ask the question, do you people who despise Dak truly understand this game at all?
If Dak is having to rush throws, or move off his spot - and the pressure on him allowed the defensive backs of the Saints to play tight coverage, and pass after pass were swatted away - this and a lack of rushing to keep the pocket clean is more responsible for the offense sputtering than anything else.
And before you mention the long TD of Pollard, that was an aberration than the norm. Even Brady looks human when the pressure closes in and stays around him.
The pick was directly caused by pressure - and a hand to the facemask and visor.
The last few weeks the pressure placed on Dak is a prime example of what I mean. Seems a great number of people want to blame Dak and not this pressure, which is more disruptive than a sack.
Gregory should be back, along with Gallimore for the Washington game. That will add to the pressure Dallas can put on Taylor Heinicke.
But for the Dallas offense, Kellen Moore needs to find a way to create a pocket and slow the pressure put on Dak, or this will again be a long afternoon.
Because pressure on the quarterback is the key to success on any given Sunday.
https://www.milehighreport.com/2021...ly-lead-to-good-defensive-outcomes-in-the-nfl
The most telling is the rules the league sets up to give the receiver the advantage. The owners think high scoring affairs are more thrilling, and what the audience wants. I might agree up until I see Brown, with arms raised and back to the QB, draw the foul because the receiver stopped.
To me this rule is the same as a flop in basketball. Or the shooter jumping into the defender, acting like he has a shot, to draw the foul. I bet I am not the only one who thinks this.
What helps the defenders more than anything is to get the QB off his throwing spot. Sacks are greatness, and that one by Parsons for the 11 yard loss last night was a thing of beauty. But sacks are decreasing as time goes by league wide.
Pressuring the QB is more common, and has a more lasting effect than a sack. Hitting the QB, even if the ball has left - within the rules - really does more to get into the head of the QB than a few sacks.
Last night is a prime example of this. As the game wore on, Dallas was hitting Hill in the pocket. The sacks surely helped, but driving him off his spot to throw had a pronounced result.
I am not discounting his injury. But some of those errant throws were to avoid getting hammered by the defensive front. And as the game wore on, the pressure was all around Hill on what seemed to be every play. Even flushing him out of the pocket, there was pressure from defenders closing to cause him to make a less than perfect pass. Because the Saints had him run the ball, which was effective, to get the pass rush off of Hill. Remove those rushes and that game would have been far more acceptable for the Dallas fans.
Yet if you look at the results, the four picks were directly related to the pressure Dallas put on Hill.
To extrapolate this, the Dallas offensive line could not keep the Saints from pressuring Dak. Nor could they open up a consistent hole for the running game. Dallas could not run the ball enough to keep the defenders from pinning back their ears and going after Dak.
The boo birds came out loud and clear last night, but this causes me ask the question, do you people who despise Dak truly understand this game at all?
If Dak is having to rush throws, or move off his spot - and the pressure on him allowed the defensive backs of the Saints to play tight coverage, and pass after pass were swatted away - this and a lack of rushing to keep the pocket clean is more responsible for the offense sputtering than anything else.
And before you mention the long TD of Pollard, that was an aberration than the norm. Even Brady looks human when the pressure closes in and stays around him.
The pick was directly caused by pressure - and a hand to the facemask and visor.
The last few weeks the pressure placed on Dak is a prime example of what I mean. Seems a great number of people want to blame Dak and not this pressure, which is more disruptive than a sack.
Gregory should be back, along with Gallimore for the Washington game. That will add to the pressure Dallas can put on Taylor Heinicke.
But for the Dallas offense, Kellen Moore needs to find a way to create a pocket and slow the pressure put on Dak, or this will again be a long afternoon.
Because pressure on the quarterback is the key to success on any given Sunday.
https://www.milehighreport.com/2021...ly-lead-to-good-defensive-outcomes-in-the-nfl
