NFL Pass Rush Depth Turns the Fourth Quarter Into Debt Collection
Defensive Line Wave break down how NFL teams use fresh rushers interior pressure and late-down specialists, squeeze fourth quarter offenses.
One great pass rusher can wreck a drive.
A wave can wreck the whole plan.
That is the modern NFL problem. The offense spends all game sliding protection, chipping with tight ends and keeping backs in to help. Every little fix costs something. One less route. One slower concept. One quarterback who starts feeling the edge before it actually arrives.
By the fourth quarter, the bill shows up.
The tackle is tired. The guard is catching instead of punching. The quarterback wants the deep route, but the pocket is already folding. Then a fresh rusher jogs in with clean legs and one job: make the whole afternoon feel heavier.
That is not just depth.
That is pressure with a savings account.
Fans remember the sack.
Coaches remember the three quarters of body blows that made it possible.
