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Originally Posted by Detoxing
There is a lot of cause to be concerned about the pass rush. They were tied for 3rd worst in the league last season.
Dorsey and Jackson combined for a whopping ONE sack the ENTIRE season. That is pathetic.
So lets go with what you've dreamed up though.
Hali continues to be Hali and gets 12-14 Sacks.
Houston Continue where he left off and get 8-10 Sacks.
Dorsey and Jackson continue Being Dorsey and Jackson: 1 Sack
The DB's rushing the QB thing is a bit of a reach, but we'll go with it.
Arenas: 2 Sacks
Berry: 2 Sacks
Now lets say we get about 10 sacks from everywhere else (which is what we got last year) : That would put us at 34 Sacks on the season.
We will have improved from 29th int the league to about 20th.
Not good enough.
BUT
If Dorsey and Jackson do what a good 34 DE would do...Produce 4-5 Sacks each on the season, then we'd be top 10.
Or....close to Elite.
Point?
Dorsey and Jackson producing a combined 1 sack per season isn't going to cut it.
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But, if Dorsey and Jackson aren't in on passing downs so how are they going to get sacks then? Point, without knowing exactly what they are being asked to actually do, how can you say they need to improve?
Jackson and Dorsey are there to enable others to make plays. Odd that after their improved play, we're talking about how DJ, Hali, and now Houston are making plays. The problem is that its still not enough because the Chiefs are not a big blitzing defense, and rely on just a couple of guys to essentially be their pass rush (hell you could almost argue one guy and amazingly its actually worked decently). I personally would like to see them get more aggressive, and I think that is actually the next step that needs to be taken. We'll see how things turn out obviously, but I think Jackson and Dorsey were told deliberately not to be super aggressive and get after the QB.