Quarterback Pressure Quotes

I don't know too many pass rushers playing at 40.

I love getting after that quarterback! That's my deal: sacking the quarterback.

Every quarterback can be rattled. There's no guy who can't be.

I’m concerned that if one of those two areas doesn’t play up to par – if they give up some points or they can’t run the football – and it gets stuck on Russell Wilson’s shoulders…if he has to stay in the pocket against good defenses, read coverages, make the right plays, see the field, that’s where I worry.

Going after the QB is like playing king of the mountain. When you get the QB, you're on top of the mountain.

That's the key to defending any quarterback: to make them throw before they want to throw.

We always think we can get to the quarterback, put pressure on him.

I like to win, I like to compete and I like to sack the quarterback. I imagine there's a team out there looking for that.

When you've got a quarterback's rhythm in the game, you can be a pretty deadly pass rusher.

You've got to try to find ways to dominate in any way - it ain't about getting sacks, it's about making the big plays. If that's pressing the quarterback, making them throw a pick - whatever you've got to do to try to dominate the game.

It feels good to get sacks and to know I can do it.

The SEC is a line-of-scrimmage league. You'd better be good up front, or you're going to have some long days.

I think you have to go deep into the bag of tricks, so to speak, to try and slow down the quarterback.

I don't think I can fully explain what happens when you take on the role of quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. Sometimes, I can't even explain it to myself.

Right now Von Miller is the best pass rusher in the world. He looks exactly like Derrick Thomas did in his heyday. He can absolutely destroy a football game.

When I'm lined up in the middle, it's a lot of freelancing and blitzing.

No matter how fast or how slow you get to the quarterback, it all goes to slow motion when you get there. Everything just stops. You don't see anything but the quarterback. You don't hear anything but the quarterback's breath. It's almost like you're a shark. Your eyes get real big and everything's just quiet.

Andre Tippett was an impact player who consistently played at a level that set him apart. Accounting for him limited what an offense could do. He made quarterbacks nervous.and rightly so.

Our whole philosophy was to intimidate the quarterback. We were able to do it. We were pioneers. People still recognize us as, maybe, the best defensive line of all time.

That's the only way you can stop a guy like Cam Newton. Hit him. He's unstoppable, so whenever he does try to run like a running back, you got to punish him.

Any team, if you can rattle the quarterback you have an opportunity to win the game.

That's my thing. Pass rusher, yeah, you can call me a pass rusher.

You add a good receiver and that will take pressure off your quarterback.

You don't want to read about your quarterback in the newspaper every day of the week.

When you can recognize hot throws and blitzes, that's when they can slow down their blitz and they don't want to blitz you as much because you're getting the ball out.