Time To Pressure
November 20th, 2025
Quick.
Just because you are quick doesn’t mean you can put a quarterback on the ground.
Regular readers know what Joe thinks of pressures. They’re “almost-sacks.” As in the only two things that count with “almost” are horseshoes and hand grenades.
Joe always goes to war with people who hoist quarterback pressures as something meaningful. Joe thinks they are failures. As always, good quarterbacks are not affected by pressures.
(Did pressure bother Josh Allen last Sunday? Or Drake Maye the previous weekend?)
Anyway, Joe brings this up because Doug Analytics shows the quickest edge rushers in the NFL. Problem is, just because one is quick off the snap doesn’t mean he will get a sack.
The quickest guy off the snap is Abdul Carter. Giants fans are already freaking out how he only has a half-sack. Giants fans have not forgotten how he wanted Lawrence Taylor’s number.
At No. 12 on this list of the fastest guys to wave hello to quarterbacks is Bucs outside linebacker YaYa Diaby. It takes him an average of 2.5 seconds to get in the vicinity of quarterbacks.
But, sadly, for whatever reason, YaYa isn’t able to finish the deal. Baby steps, Joe guesses.
You can see the full list below. No other Bucs’ pass rusher is on the list. Yeah, Joe too is shocked Chris Braswell didn’t make it.
How fast are the top pass rushers pressuring the QB? pic.twitter.com/gAZDtOmiY6
— Doug Analytics (@Doug_Analytics) November 19, 2025