Sacking vs Pressuring the QB. Which is better (or more effective)?

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Fritz88

The way he answered the question seemed to me that sacks were not that important to him. He also said that their best games had one sack with a lot of QB pressure.

I personally think that pressuring someone like Manning is fruitless. You have to slip the mofo down or he will pick you apart.

I don't think you have to sack Manning... he works a lot on timing with his receivers, so throwing off that timing helps, especially if you're able to get pressure in his face. Of course, you can't give him a lot of time to throw the ball before getting the pressure on him, but it's so hard to sack him that I don't think it's a key for a defense. The Patriots and other teams have gotten some 3+ sack games, but they've also beat him with consistent pressure that ends with 0-1 sacks.