Defensive line still a major issue

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Originally Posted by holcknowsbest

i think your football knowledge is stuggling. anyone who agees with you is struggling also. a four man rush hardly ever wins, ever. lets run down some teams that blitz consistently....Pitt, New England, San Diego, Philly, Ravens.....all these teams rarely rely on thier front four to get sacks, they are known as blitzing teams. front 4 pressure is overrated. creativity in the blitz game is what gets the pressure on the qb. the teams i mentioned before are tradition power houses on defense. i am not saying front 4 means nothing but i bet if you asked any good defensive coordinator if the front 4s main goal is to stop the run or rush? almost all would say they would rather stop the run with the front 4. i am sick of this argument about how we dont get pressure with our front 4, almost nobody does. the good teams rely on the blitz to do this. i am not much on stats but the stats prove it...to be honest, would our defense be any better with dwight freeny there instead of andre carter? because last year freeny only had 5.5 sacks. carter 6. this argument gets deeper but this post is already too long.

Bringing extra guys is also how big plays in the passing game happen. That's why most teams send only 4 a majority of the time, and generally expect to get pressure. That's pretty elementary.

Pass pressure is just a big give-take conundrum. If you are stronger in the secondary, you blitz more to make the QB throw sooner and rely on the secondary to do their jobs. If your DL is stronger, you blitz less and allow the backers and safeties to help the corners.