Boca Raton, Fla. — NFL coaches like to say that sacks don't matter as much as quarterback pressures, but the statistics say otherwise.
The top six teams in quarterback sacks last season finished a combined 69-27 and all made the playoffs.
No. 1 (Denver) won the Super Bowl and No. 6 (Carolina) was its opponent.
Slightly behind that group were the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions, three teams that were in the mix in the NFC but didn't quite have enough juice to push into title contention.
Now approaching the planning stages for next season, Packers coach Mike McCarthy has a firm grasp on some of the things that need to get done in order for his team to end its playoff disappointment.