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Cappy
This quote has me puzzled, how in the world are you concerned with high pressure schemes after week 8 of the 2020 season when everyone knows that high pressure schemes have been the kryptonite of this offense for the past 2 and a half years?

Is that true?

2019 present unique issues because the OL was a mess, and under those circumstances, execution just cannot be easily stabilized.

So let;s look at 2018. Stats from PFR.

Pressures per game. I will consider anything over 7 a problem. All games with over 7 pressures are bolded.

Oakland, win. Pressures, 4.
Arizona, win. Pressures, 10.
LAC, win. Pressures, 3.
Minn., win. Pressures, 7.
Seattle, win. Pressures, 7.
Denver, win. Pressures, 6.
SF, win. Pressures, 4.
Green Bay, win. Pressures, 20.
Saints, loss. Pressures, 12.
Seattle, win. Pressures, 6.
K.C, win. Pressures, 21.
Detroit, win. Pressures, 7.
Chicago, loss. Pressures, 7.
Phil., loss. Pressures, 10.
Arizona, win. Pressures, 5.
SF, win. Pressures, 4.

Dallas, win. Pressures, 2.
Saints, win. Pressures, 10.
Patz, loss. Pressures, 16.

In 2018, they had over 7 pressures in a game 7 times. In those games they went 4-3.

4-3, while not the best, is not bad either. So they did win games--crucial ones at that--when heavily pressured.

I think it's fair to say they struggled with it at times, while winning more games than losing under those conditions.

But I would not call it an "achilles heel." To me that implies a killer weakness they cannot overcome. They did overcome it though, several times.

And if you do the numbers as 7 or more pressures being the issue (they never lost a game where there were less than 7 pressures), then the numbers look better. In 2018 they played 11 games with 7 or more pressures, and in those games they went 7-4.

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/26/2020 06:22PM by zn.