Best Pass Rushers

Who are your top 5 pass rushers you've used this year? Guys that get through for pressure with no abilities or with abilities (if so which ability did you use)?

My top 5 so far:

1. Reggie White

2. Derrick Thomas

3. Maxx Crosby

4. Myles Garrett

5. Matt Judon

I get the most pressure on the QB from Ray Lewis (at OLB and DE) and William Perry…makes perfect sense, right?

Kyleb63 said:

I get the most pressure on the QB from Ray Lewis (at OLB and DE) and William Perry…makes perfect sense, right?

What formation are you running for those guys?

Blitz Kearse and Too Tall.

I use Kearse at DT a lot. For some reason his speed is effective even at DT

Then comes Peppers, ZC TJ, and TOTW Rashan Gary

Hassan Reddick 

TJ Watt

Maxx Crosby 

Jevon Kearse Blitz Ed. 

Derrick Thomas 

I run Ravens Defense and use mostly my top pass rusher as RLE that’s where I find out who I like.

I have gotten the "best" pressure from Donald...but..."best" is still inconsistent on the best day. I have tried just about everyone all over the line...and there are none that are noteworthy...some are better than others (such as Donald), but none that I have used are worth obtaining.

derrick thomas has been far and away best for me and also Maxx Crosby has been an animal since started using him, great SPD pass rusher, I like thomas more than TJ Watt...

I would say JJ watt would prob be number 1, haven’t used him yet but his attributes and abilities are crazy, and that would push everyone down your list 1 spot

1. TJ Watt (Speedster)

2. A Donald - better on edge than interior 

3. D Thomas (DON)

4. Perry

D Thomas was an animal with DON but i had to take it off bc it’s inconsistent/expensive. Without it, he’s ok at best

overall, pass rush is super inconsistent this yr.  it seems either me OR my opponent have a dominant pass rush in a game, never both.

kanadianrice said:

What formation are you running for those guys?

Dime Normal

Tj, Maxx, term, Kearse. All you need

Geega444 said:

1. TJ Watt (Speedster)

2. A Donald - better on edge than interior 

3. D Thomas (DON)

4. Perry

D Thomas was an animal with DON but i had to take it off bc it’s inconsistent/expensive. Without it, he’s ok at best

overall, pass rush is super inconsistent this yr.  it seems either me OR my opponent have a dominant pass rush in a game, never both.

Definitely not a Steel City fanatic, but gosh that TJ Watt Zero Chill (no abilities) was the first time all year i've felt liek i finally began to get some decent, organic pass rush without having to rely on loop or glitchy A-gap blitzes.  Using David Bakhtiari Monday Mixup as my DT1, he's also been very good.  Aaron Donald (Terminator) is my opposite bookend to TJ Watt.  Dexter Lawrence remains as DT2 for now, mostly due to his sheer size (weight), but i also tinkered with running Mean Joe Greene here.  Defense is extremely difficult this year.