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Saints aim to get to quarterback, disrupt timing as much as get sacks
METAIRIE, La. ― Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams is aggressive.
This we know for sure, just watching him send wave after wave of extra defenders at the quarterback. And despite getting only 20 sacks this season, opponents are noticing that the pressure is having an effect on their quarterbacks. “Albeit the sack numbers aren’t up the level that they’ve been in the past, but they are affecting the quarterback,” Atlanta coach Mike Smith said. Then again, Smith isn’t one who buys into using the sack as an accurate metric for deciding how a team is playing on defense. “The important part of rushing the passer in my mind is affecting the quarterback, knowing where the launch point is, trying to get him off that launch point, disrupting the timing of the throws by getting him off that point …,” Smith said. Full article. Saints aim to get to quarterback, disrupt timing as much as get sacks | wwltv.com New Orleans |
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