In football, pressure is production.
The NFL Playoffs begin this weekend, and if you look at the two No. 1 seeds — the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks — both those defenses rank in the top six in pressure percentage. While they get there in different ways (Denver is one of the top blitzing teams in the NFL this season while the Seahawks rank near the bottom in that category) those two teams earned those No. 1 seeds largely on the backs of their defenses.
While merely pressuring the opposing quarterback is not a silver bullet (the Dallas Cowboys ranked first in pressure percentage) it certainly helps.
But before the NFL
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