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Originally Posted by TwistedChief
This is really interesting. Can you explain how you seem to get more pressure on the QB yet we ranked 1st in sacks and you ranked near 30th? Did all of those practices with Brady create a QB Deferential Complex and your linemen were too gentle?
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Pressure % as of late Dec
https://buffalonews.com/2018/12/19/b...game-vs-lions/
The NEP do generate pressure but lets gets real. Pats don't have the closing talent KC does. Houston, Jones, Ford. Etc....and they don't draft those kind of players either.
Additionally Pats did a lot of blitzing this year. More than Ive every seen. 35% or so IIRC so the pressure is not coming from the d-line. Its coming from Van Noy, Hightower, etc.
Lastly a BB defense is not about sacks and never will be. Edge control and gap integrity, and controlling the pocket are the priority.
Keep an eye on Adam Butler DT. I think he has been unleashed.