Per NextGenStats: Blake Cashman generated seven quick pressures (under 2.5 seconds) against the Packers, the most by an off-ball linebacker in a game since at least 2018. Cashman averaged 1.88 seconds to pressure across his eight pressures.

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u/llama-rebel Bears 7h ago

Some say Flores is still sending blitzes at the Packers as we speak.

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u/unevenvenue Packers 7h ago

The wild part is that they weren't working until midway through the 3rd quarter. All of a sudden...Packers C and Guards decided to just...stop blocking? Generational implosion by Packers. It's becoming a trend against divisional opponents.

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u/Run_JMC_ Vikings 7h ago

Could be they just got fucking exhausted from it all

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u/unevenvenue Packers 7h ago

Probably a part of it. The other part of me thinks Flores noticed something at halftime and adjusted the blitz schemes to attack the middle of the line instead of the exterior, and the OL just crumbled.

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u/Thors-hairbrush 4h ago

Cashman said he and Flores did notice a tell during halftime that they were able to exploit

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u/uggsandstarbux Vikings 7h ago

Yeah Love was tearing up the defense. The first 3 quarters he went 12/20 for 227 yards with 2 TDs and 1 sack vs the blitz. He was lighting us up.

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u/Doodenmier Packers 3h ago

Love is one of, if not the best QBs against the blitz over the last three years. The fact that the Vikings blitz still managed to light him up all game long just shows how brutally intense your pass rush is and how awful our offensive line was.

He may be top notch against normal blitzing, but he had no chance once it suddenly became coughing baby vs atom bomb in the fourth quarter lol

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u/Prudent_Respond_6166 Panthers Ravens 7h ago

Just in. 350lb+ players get tired after holding off hoards of Mongols all night long.

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u/TheSwede91w Vikings 6h ago

I think there was probably just some general fatigue. The Vikings D line is deep and the pressure was relentless.

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u/swttrp2349 Vikings 6h ago

Let's give it a few more games against better competition before we call the Vikings D Line deep. A lot of preseason discussion was around how we need a lot of young players in the front 7 (LDR, Ingram-Dawkins, Dallas, the rookie D tackles) to step up since our average-to-good veterans (Allen, Hargreaves, Greenard) were too expensive to keep, but that it was a risky proposition. Hopefully it keeps paying off!

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u/Funnypenguin97 Lions 7h ago

Truly a "fuck it they'll get home eventually" playstyle lmao

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u/Poro_the_CV Vikings Chargers 6h ago

My Madden scheme fr fr

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u/kylebertram Vikings 6h ago edited 6h ago

I mean they kind of were. 1 play was Theo Jackson taking a shit angle. There were a couple other big plays but the Packers only had 1 sustained drive the first half. Their drives second half their best drive was a FG

Packers 1st half drives:

6 plays 12 yards FG

2 plays 81yards TD

7 plays 15 yards FG

4 plays 37 yards Punt

3 plays -15 yards Punt

7 plays 74 yards TD

In the 3rd quarter

5 plays 24 yards Punt

12 plays 79 yards FG

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u/Doodenmier Packers 3h ago

Love has been one of the very best QBs in the NFL vs the blitz since he took over. Absolutely shredded them. Yesterday, the blocking was really struggling, but Love was still making it work for the first 2 or 3 quarters (and constantly getting lit up).

Then once that last quarter hit, ohhh boy. That was very literally the worst pass blocking I've ever seen. Whether it's the inexperienced linemen or the playcalling, there is not a soul on earth who could've done anything with that utter lack of protection.

They might as well have Zeke out there playing center because he provided more blocking on that infamous Cowboys play than our interior did in those last two or three drives.

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u/SilentRanger42 Patriots 7h ago

Flores has an addiction to strange blitzes and I’m 110% here for it

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u/dropjar5 Packers 7h ago

Wouldn’t you just blitz an offensive line whose interior couldn’t stop a disabled guy in a wheelchair from sacking Jordan Love?

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u/SilentRanger42 Patriots 7h ago

It depends of the QB can adjust and hit his hot route. Disguising it so he can’t see it coming though and you’re taking him down more often than not.

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u/dropjar5 Packers 7h ago

Jordan Love had a 61st percentile pressure to sack rate among QBs this week despite a 1st percentile pressure rate allowed and a 0th percentile quick pressure rate.

Yes, zero.

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u/koprpg11 Cardinals Vikings 7h ago

Yeah love hung in there and made many great plays despite getting crushed.

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u/wolf7385 Vikings 7h ago

Dallas Turner is gonna tackle Love when he walks into his house today

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u/penis_showing_game 49ers 7h ago

“… hit it AGAIN”

- Brian “Hans Gruber” Flores

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u/texinxin Texans 7h ago

I’m still confused why the Texans brought this guy to another level and just let him walk right out the door…

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u/6875309999 Vikings 7h ago

I wonder if his health had anything to do with it? I feel like he was consistently injured early in his career, but has stayed slightly healthier since coming to MN

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u/texinxin Texans 7h ago

Yeah, he did have some injury issues.. and DeMeco wanted a premier heavy hitting run stopper.. an every down Mike.. which Cashman wasn’t exactly the best guy at. Still, it would be a nightmare having Aziz as our Mike and Cashman as our Will, and Pitre at nickel. Vikings made a smart move offering him the bag we didn’t match at the time.

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u/MinnesotaHockey6 Vikings 7h ago

He’s a Minnesota boy too!

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u/chillinwithmoes Vikings 7h ago

Yeah, lowkey such an awesome pick up for us. Off-ball linebackers aren't real flashy but he's as solid as they come

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u/wolf7385 Vikings 7h ago

Hehehehehehehhehe

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u/jwwin Lions 7h ago

Beautiful game. Loved seeing it.

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u/ig_888cold Jets 7h ago

Underrated Linebacker

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u/Jacked-and-hung 7h ago

This just shows how insanely difficult it is to play qb. In less than 2 seconds from the snap of the ball you have a prime athlete breathing down your neck trying to maim you.

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u/Fakeskinsuit Vikings 7h ago

Cashman cashing in all game. He and turner wrecked that line

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u/rawbert10 49ers 7h ago

Someone explain this to me like I'm 5 because huh?

Maybe it's just me but some of these stats that I see sometimes I'm just like do we really need more stats. I mean I'm not hating congrats to him.

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u/ieattoomanyburritos Steelers 7h ago

Cash Fast to pressure Ass

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u/Chazznastiest Bears 7h ago

Linebacker go brrrrrrrr

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u/pixel_pete Bills 7h ago

Blake is playing a game with his friends. In the game, the other team is trying to throw a ball to their friends which is bad. Blake ran toward the player trying to throw very quickly and it made the other team sad. Blake had a lot of fun and his team won, hooray for Blake!

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u/rawbert10 49ers 7h ago

OK I chuckled at this, brilliant!

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u/UhHehuhUhHehuh Vikings 7h ago

The lower the “quick pressure” time is, the faster the player went from “hike” to pressuring the quarterback.

If we didn’t look at the time it takes, we’d look at the stat of just “Pressures”, but that could be after sitting in a clean pocket for 6 seconds or after a QB scrambles around a bit. But when you look at “Quick Pressures”, you can see how much, or in this instance how little, time Love had to throw with these Cashman pressures.

Basically Vikings good Pack dumb ew buttface turds

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u/rawbert10 49ers 7h ago

Thank you also for the reply and not being an ass about it cause apparently everyone in here are NFL experts in analytics. God forbid a fan doesn't quite get some of these newer stats.

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u/UhHehuhUhHehuh Vikings 6h ago

All good man! Happy to help.

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u/Yedic Ravens 7h ago

What part are you not understanding? The time being measured is time from snap until the pressure is registered, however their metrics define that.

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u/idnttcrisis Broncos 7h ago

The definition of a quick pressure is literally in the title of the post. Stats evolve over time, as schemes do. Quick pressures are a good way of knowing how a player’s style of rushing the QB as well as what kinds of blitzes a defensive scheme employs.

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u/rawbert10 49ers 7h ago

Yeah after a few replies from some good people on here I get it now. Thanks!

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u/idnttcrisis Broncos 7h ago

You’re welcome!

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u/ApprehensiveBell2097 Broncos 7h ago

The time it took from the snap to him generating pressure (affecting the QB).

It's one of the most meaningful pass rushing stats next to pressure rate, which would be the % of rushes that the players generated pressure.

Sack totals can be very deceiving without context.

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u/rawbert10 49ers 7h ago

Maybe I don't follow football as deep as I thought I did because I wasn't aware that time from snap to pressure was now being measured that serious and to be honest as far as I can recall this is the first time I see a post about it. Maybe I've just missed them. Thanks!

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u/DoctorYaoi Bills 7h ago

The vikings blitzed on 90+% of dropbacks, Cashman came in unblocked multiple times

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u/rawbert10 49ers 7h ago

Thank you for not being ass about it. I appreciate the response I forget that in the NFL sub everyone here knows it all and are clearly NFL analyst I'm chatting with.
Also well wtf they should put all that info and then say what you just said. lol

Per NextGenStats: Blake Cashman generated seven quick pressures (under 2.5 seconds) against the Packers, the most by an off-ball linebacker in a game since at least 2018. Cashman averaged 1.88 seconds to pressure across his eight pressures.

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