(05-20-2020, 11:54 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(05-20-2020, 10:46 AM)JackCity Wrote: Surprised more people aren't mentioning how big a need interior pressure is. They're going from multiple seasons with at least one elite pressure players inside every year (Malik, Calais) to now relying on a huge Taven Bryan breakout and whatever Smoot can offer inside for a few snaps

The short answer as to why it's not mentioned is that interior players have been acquired and a tweak in scheme suggests interior players will be more focused on sound run defense over ability to pressure. 

Secondly, how many of Campbell's 71 pressures last year do you think came from the inside?  I'd wager it's well under 50%. 

The Taven Bryan element of this topic is an interesting one to watch, because he's actually pretty adept at getting penetration vs the pass. He's just not very instinctive to the ball once he gets past his blocker. That may develop. 

(Hamilton's profiles all suggest he'll need some time to develop before he can pressure consistently from the inside.) 

If the new acquisitions are able to keep QBs from stepping up in the pocket the Jags should have a capable enough rotation of ends to clean up.

I'd say Calais had sub 50% pressures inside too but also Calais Campbell inside forced defenses to dictate blocking schemes to account for him and the ability to move him around multiple alignments with high success is invaluable to a dline, that is all gone now. A lot of that wouldn't necessarily show up in raw pressure stats. 

Hamilton projects as a run stopper with enough pass rushing juice to stay on all 3 downs, but not really someone who can be a consistent disruptor in the pass game. 

Where would you rank our group in terms of interior pressure around the league?

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