that’s simplifying something that is far from being simple…
if no one is putting pressure up front, professional receivers are going to get open regardless of the coverage… and the top qb’s are going to pick it apart.
Thats easy. Having great coverage. If noone is open the rush will get there.
Or, I wish we blitzed more like Spaignola does as QB's are considerably less accurate under duress.
The best offenses have QB's that get rid of the ball quickly which negates to a degree the pass rush.
Scholars here are buzzing madly about pressures. Joey Bosa had a crazy number of pressures but how many resulted in incompletions? He had 2 more sacks than Kwity and played roughly 175 more snaps.
Detroit's Hutchinson, in their playoff loss, had no pressures, no sacks, and 1 tackle as I recall. And a heckuva player.
Truth is you better have really good ability at both, including highly intelligent fast players in the back seven.