Article written yesterday - interesting
rest - http://www.denverpost.com/2017/12/01...s-broncos-nfl/When Calais Campbell takes his first step at the snap of a football, his brain presses a stopwatch. Success for an NFL pass rusher such as Campbell, a former Denver South star, is defined by what happens between the time that clock starts and the time it hits 2.5 seconds.
“If (quarterbacks) hold the ball longer than 2.5,” Campbell said this season, “we’re supposed to be there.”
That brief snapshot has increasingly become an eternity for the offensive linemen whose livelihoods depend on keeping players like Campbell away from their quarterback. The comments by Campbell, a veteran defensive end for Jacksonville, came in late October, after the Jaguars defeated the Colts 27-0 while racking up their second 10-sack game of the season.
And numbers like that are popping up everywhere across a league where offensive line play has sunk to a new low.