THE Indianapolis colts were one of the most effective teams last year to generate Blitzes quarter-back pressures.
According to PffTHE Foal“The pressure rate of 44.7% on the Blitzs was the highest fifth brand in the NFL during the 2024 season. At the top of the list, Green bay packers With a pressure rate of 48.3%.
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The problem, in this regard, is that the former defensive coordinator Gus Bradley has not done all this often. The rate of colts blitz last season by 17.5% Classified 30th.
Since Indianapolis ranked 22nd at the pressure rate, 26th in bags, and has often been separated by the rapid passage play, composing more pressures would not have been a bad thing.
This season, however, under the new defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo, we will see more Blitz and a more aggressive approach on defense as a whole.
“Really aggressive state of mind,” Cam bynum said Anarumo’s defense When asked how it compared to the defense of Brian Flores. “This is something that they share and they have in common, and it is the state of mind that I like to have in defense.
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“That we are going to send pressure, that we are going to mix things, variations of everything, but in the end, we want to descend with our best aggressive guys and it is the state of mind I like to have. I do not want to sit and leave things before us, I want to be able to order the offensive to be able to do what we want to do.”
The obvious objective with the Blitz is to generate pressure or a bag. But varying where these blitz come from, which position group is invited to Blitz, or using simulated pressures, can also cause a certain initial confusion for the quarterrier by throwing a different look at the opponent, which forces them to adapt to the fly.
As Anarumo discussed it, it is a question of maintaining the quarterrier and guess, and the Blitz can be a way to accomplish this, in particular with the success that the colts were able to drum last season.
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