According to Next Gen Stats, the Los Angeles Rams have the highest pressure rate in the NFL as the defense is pressuring the quarterback on 41.3% of dropbacks through four games. This is in spite of having the NFL’s least-expensive edge rushers, defensive linemen, and linebackers in the NFL, and Jared Verse is ranked fifth overall in the league for individual pressure rate at 18%.
Only Myles Garrett, Will McDonald, Danielle Hunter, and Will Anderson have a higher pressure rate through four games than Verse, and teammate Braden Fiske is 11th at 15.9%.
That’s great news for a Rams defense that is relying heavily on two rookies and two second-year players who have been significantly more productive than the average defensive linemen picked at their draft positions; for Fiske to be doing this much as a second round rookie, it’s starting to add up why L.