Cameron Heyward, for some reason, recently embroiled himself in an analytics debate. Responding to the suggestion that pressures are better than sacks, the Pittsburgh Steelers Pro Bowler strongly disagreed. He used his platform to elucidate his thoughts even further.
“If you can get a guy on the ground, you take it. If you have a pressure, yeah, good job, kudos, but he still completed the ball”, Heyward argued. He said that NFL coaches don’t value pressures over sacks. He might, however, want to refresh his memory on Dick LeBeau’s thoughts on pressure. The former Steelers defensive coordinator seemed to value it pretty highly–arguably more than sacks.