Oct 23 2012
Under Pressure
Last week I wrote an article about the defensive lineman who had the most quarterback pressures in the league. Reread the old article below then refer back to the week seven stats to see how the Cardinal’s offensive line faired against the Minnesota defensive ends.
Week 7 total quarterback pressure statistics
******************************************WRITTEN OCTOBER 18, 2012**********************************
The statistic “total quarterback pressures” is the combined total of sacks, hits and hurries a lineman can make on an opposing teams quarterback. Here is a list of 4-3 defensive ends who,according to profootballfocus.com have had the most quarterback pressures through six weeks:
Week 6 total quarterback pressure statistics
If you are keeping score at home, of the eight listed players, four of them have played against the Cardinals.
Cameron Wake had 29% of his total QB pressures against the Cardinals
Chris Long had 24% of his total pressures against the Cardinals
Chris Clemons had 23% of his total pressures against the Cardinals
Chandler Jones had 19% of his total pressures against the Cardinals
If the Arizona Cardinals can’t figure out a way to get the offensive line from “absolutely terrible” to “pretty bad,” my guess is we can expect to see valley resident, Jared Allen much higher on the list by this Tuesday.
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