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Teams and front-seven players are deservedly knocked for failing to rack up pass-rushing production over a long period of time. But what exactly do the negative effects of a silent pass-rush look like on a given play?
Let’s look back at the Jets’ 2019 season for examples of how poor pass-rushing can hamper the defense.
Weak four-man rush
The simplest form of pass-rush failure is the inability to create pressure with a four-man rush.
When a team rushes only four, they do it so they can drop seven defenders into coverage to give themselves a numbers advantage in the backend.