(06-11-2021, 02:34 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(06-11-2021, 02:18 PM)Dimson Wrote: To be fair though, a 3-4 uses 3 linemen and any non-lineman rushing is considered a blitz. If you are getting home with just your front 3, then you are going to have a very, very good season. Rushing 4 is the norm and so "blitzing" from a 3-4 is the norm.

Right, but you have to look at these percentages. 

There are 14 to 16 teams each year running a 3-4 defense, and Baltimore was pretty far out  ahead of all of them blitzing as much as they did. They blitzed 11% more than the nearest blitzing defense in 2019. 

Jags could be among the top 3 teams in blitz percentage after being 16th in 2020 and that’s pretty significant despite the OLB blitzing more often in this scheme.

I know I'm replying to my own comment from the preseason, but it's fun to note that the bolded speculation wound up being pretty close.

The Jags blitzed on 31.5 % of defensive snaps in 2021.  That was the 5th most in the league. 

The ravens, incidentally, came in at 31.1% showing a clear parallel between Cullen's scheme and the one he came out of most recently.

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