A good pass rush opens a lot of doors for a team. It can mask a weak secondary and win games when opponents are forced to pass the football. It truly can make a huge difference in tight games and you typically see teams that can effectively rush the passer win championships. The Baltimore Ravens have historically had a pretty good pass rush, but that wasn’t the case in 2019.
In fact, the team’s lack of effective pass rush is one of the biggest reasons they couldn’t win it all last year.
Baltimore finished with a pedestrian 37 sacks in 2019, 21st in the entire league.