Because of the bye week, we were only allowed one day for interviews with Coach Kirby and the players. In the time we had Smart discussed issues with pass rush, and how he knows that the sack numbers look low, but sacks aren’t the only thing that indicate pass rush success. Pass rush is more than that.
Coach Smart said:
“Yeah, it needs to get better, but we need an opportunity.”
Smart addressed the sack shortage earlier in the season saying that the team just hasn’t had many opportunities to sack the quarterback. He didn’t really explain what that meant then, but he went into depth yesterday saying that the average quarterback’s time to throw is “faster than it’s ever been” going into the bye week.