00:05look sometimes a team needs a beautiful win and sometimes that same team just needs to survive
00:12the rain embrace the ugly and find somebody who can go and get the quarterback the jets
00:18they did exactly that in their 17 to 12 win over the browns and because everybody wants tomorrow
00:23yesterday the past few weeks we've heard questions about when new york's number two overall pick
00:28would start making the kind of pass rushing plays that everyone expected well in week five david
00:34bailey provided a pretty loud answer and after further review what the rookie did on sunday
00:39was more than just a three sack game it was the david bailey breakout the jets had been waiting for
00:45from the beginning sunday's game belonged to the jets defense cleveland they finished the matchup
00:50with just 198 total yards and only 13 first downs deshaun watson was sacked eight times tied for the
00:57most sacks the jets have recorded in a game over the last 40 seasons four of those sacks came before
01:03the half and david bailey was right in the middle of the sack fest now it was impressive to watch
01:09bailey in action against the browns and what was evident was the burst off the line and the ability
01:14to close space before watson could settle into the pocket and it kept happening one sack then another
01:20then the third by the end of the afternoon bailey produced a hat trick recording his first three
01:26sack game as a pro and that's important because the conversation around bailey was starting to change
01:31not necessarily because he wasn't affecting plays because we saw the pressures he was producing but
01:37the question for some was when was all of that pressure gonna start turning into production that you
01:43couldn't ignore well you can't ignore the numbers in week five against cleveland 28 pass rushes nine
01:49pressures that's a 32.1 pressure rate to go along with those three sacks and bailey had an average get
01:56off of just 0.84 seconds next gen stats also credited bailey with five quick pressures his nine total
02:03pressures tied the most by an nfl rookie in a game since jared verse in week seven of 2024 and
02:10through
02:11five weeks bailey now leads all nfl rookies with 26 pressures and nine quick pressures so when you look
02:18bailey's number and actually watching him in the first four weeks of his nfl career this didn't
02:23exactly come out of nowhere the pressure had been building literally it had been building we talked
02:28about the fact there had been questions about why a player drafted second overall and viewed as one of
02:33the premier pass rushers in this class hadn't produced more disruptive plays he had two sacks through
02:39four games despite both coming in the first two weeks but the jets kept saying the impact was there
02:45even when it wasn't always showing up in the box score prior to this week's five matchup aaron glenn
02:51said that bailey would make impact plays and that some of what he was already doing was helping other
02:56jets make plays on sunday the impact was everywhere for everyone to see but this is where i think bailey's
03:03performance became more than just a stat line the jets defense they controlled cleveland for most of the
03:09afternoon the browns they'd manage just two field goals then with six minutes left watson finds denzel
03:15boston for a 29 yard touchdown and all of a sudden cleveland leads 12 to 10 and i know some
03:21of you were
03:21thinking here we go again same old jets however special teams gives the jets a break braylon allen he
03:28cashes it in with the 22 yard touchdown run now it's 17 to 12 and it's on the defense to
03:34finish what they
03:34had started that brings us to third and six late in the fourth quarter and number 31 was coming
03:40again watson felt him has to escape the pressure in cleveland they are forced into fourth down
03:45three sacks already on the stat sheet but david bailey he's still affecting the game without
03:51getting another one and that's really the part of this performance that should excite the jets
03:56look sacks can come and go consistent pressure that travels if you look at it now we go back to
04:03the
04:03game cleveland they get one final opportunity no timeouts they've got to throw everyone in the
04:08building knows that the jets pass rush is coming and on fourth down will mcdonald gets home first
04:13for the strip sack that finally ends it and david bailey he's also right there that's eight team sacks
04:19for gang green three for bailey and a jets defense that needed to close the football game and they
04:25actually closed it now you know i'm always about pumping the brakes and making sure we don't do too much
04:30so
04:30let's not turn five nfl games into a hall of fame speech right here david bailey still a rookie which
04:36means there's going to be ups and downs and adjustments with him but the reason this performance
04:42matters isn't just because he finished with three sacks it's because the numbers underneath them tell
04:48you this wasn't three random plays for me it's the nine pressures the five quick pressures the 32
04:53percent pressure rate and now more pressures than any other rookie in the sport for weeks the jets
05:01kept saying the impact was coming against cleveland the pressures became sacks the new misses became
05:07game-changing plays and one of the jets biggest questions started looking a lot more like one of
05:13their biggest reasons for optimism going forward so if you were waiting for the david bailey breakout well
05:19you don't have to wait anymore in the nasty rain with the jets desperately needing a win their rookie
05:25pass rusher did exactly what great pass rushers are supposed to do he made the quarterback uncomfortable
05:30made him move and three times he put him on the ground and when cleveland needed to throw late well
05:36number 31 was still coming now after further review david bailey didn't just have a big game in week
05:41five he gave the jets their first real glimpse of what a game-wrecking version of david bailey can look
05:48like
05:49so
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