While concerns around turnovers and penalties (legitimate or not) continue to pester the New Orleans Saints, one early season worry looks to be trending in the right direction. After opening the season with just one sack in the first two games, the Saints defense has piled on 6 sacks in the two games since. On Sunday, the defensive line was disruptive and impacted several plays as the pass rush began to emerge as a silver lining in an otherwise concerning start to the season.
Defensive linemen Cameron Jordan and Marcus Davenport were particularly effective splitting a sack on Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins and adding additional hits as well. Davenport applied pressure on a play that turned into an incomplete pass in the red zone while Jordan had similar moments throughout. Add to that the consistent timing of the pressures that were accused on third down, the pressure plays coming from the second level from linebackers Pete Werner and Demario Davis and even a sack from the interior thanks to Kentavius Street.
