Quote:Was our pass rush that much better on paper to start last season? I'm not expecting to repeat last year's success from a total sacks standpoint, but we were able to manufacture a pretty good pass rush last year despite not having a premier guy on the line which we do not have again this year. I get the concern and I wouldn't say I'm overly confident of a top 15 pass rush this season, but if we end up somewhere in the middle of the pack I won't be surprised and I think that would be acceptable given that we don't have our premier guy playing this year.

I agree that on paper, we didn't look much better in terms of pass rush last year and still managed a great deal of sacks. However, Marks led the team with 8.5 sacks if I'm not mistaken and he's coming off an ACL tear in week 17. Chances are his explosiveness off the ball won't be there like it was last year and besides that, you don't want your interior d linemen leading your team in sacks anyway. The pass rush on this team looks to be non-existent on paper and in the preseason. It's a huge concern.

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