The Detroit Lions pass rush has been dreadful in 2020. Anyone who has watched the Lions defense has seen the woeful ineffectiveness of the team’s ability to put pressure on the opposing passer.
Now we have a visual representation of just how anemic it’s been.
In graphic detail, the analytics folks at ESPN present the Detroit Lions defense in all its resplendent failure in the pass rush. ESPN created the graph showing win rates in run defense and the pass rush for all 32 teams.
As analyst Brian Burke noted on Twitter, “Horizontal is pass rush. Vertical is run stop. Up and right are good.”
The run defense is below the bar but relatively close to level. The pass rush? Let’s just say the graph would be a lot more condensed if not for the Lions’ astonishingly low percentage.
Detroit is more than 10 percentage points worse than any other defense.