Rushing the passer is something the Jets were supposed to be able to do well this season, and while pressure on the QB has been inconsistent at times, it has definitely been a factor as the Jets are on pace for a sixty sack season.\u00a0 In a conference call with JetNation.com last week, defensive-line coach Karl Dunbar was asked about the work that goes in to preparing for a quarterback who possesses\u00a0not only the ability to throw the ball well, but also the ability to scramble away from pressure and throw on the run.\u00a0 Dunbar acknowledged the difference a defender has in preparing for a mobile quarterback as opposed to what he referred to as a “lawn deer”.\u00a0 Passers who, as Dunbar put it, “like to sit back in the pocket and throw instead of run”.<\/p>\n
Through their first 4 games this season the Jets have faced\u00a04 quarterbacks who don’t fit that description.\u00a0 Over the past three weeks the jets have\u00a0faced Aaron Rodgers, Jay Cutler, and Matthew Stafford.\u00a0 Each of whom throws the ball well while\u00a0avoiding the rush, and each\u00a0one is just as likely to gain yards on the ground as they escape pressure just as often as they get sacked.\u00a0Even rookie signal caller Derek Carr has been sacked only once in three games since the Jets brought him down twice in the season opener. Despite\u00a0facing such an athletic group,\u00a0the Jets\u00a0defense has amassed fifteen sacks through their first four games. DE Mohammed Wilkerson leading is leading the pack with three QB take downs.<\/p>\n
With Philip Rivers and the Charges next up on the schedule, this will be the Jets’ first opportunity to bring pressure against a quarterback who lacks escapability, having been sacked 81 times in the past two seasons.\u00a0 Following the match-up with San Diego, it’s Peyton Manning who’s as immobile as they come, but he just gets rid of the ball too quickly for defenses to get him.\u00a0 After Manning, the Jets will have\u00a0a run of those “lawn deer” quarterbacks that Dunbar talked about when they face Tom Brady’s Patriots in week 8, Kyle Orton and the Bills in week 9, followed by Alex Smith and the Chiefs, before taking on Ben Rothlisberger’s\u00a0Steelers heading in to the bye week.\u00a0 As of today, Smith, Rothlesberger and Brady are among the top-ten most sacked quarterbacks in the NFL.\u00a0 For\u00a0 a defense that has struggled to force turnovers (2 fumble recoveries, zero interceptions) and currently sit at -5 in the turnover department, pressure on the quarterback will be critical if the Jets hope to turn their season around.\u00a0 So here’s to hoping that Dunbar and his lineman are ready for deer season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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