That take completely misses the fundamental problem. Purdue's defensive line was actually decent at generating pressure last season, ranking middle of the pack in the Big Ten in hurries. The issue was the secondary's inability to hold coverage for even an average amount of time. When your defensive backs are giving up a 68% completion rate on throws over 10 yards, no defensive line in the country is gonna rack up sacks. Quarterbacks were getting the ball out in under 2.5 seconds consistently because the coverage was a sieve. You can't expect a four-man rush to get home that fast. Blaming the front for the back-end's failures is just wrong. Look at the tape from the Wisconsin game, where the pocket was consistently collapsed but their QB still picked them apart with easy reads. The new edge transfers are fine, but they're bandaids if the secondary doesn't learn to tackle in space and communicate. Purdue's scheme has been asking the line to eat blocks so the linebackers can flow, and that only works if the defensive backs aren't getting beat immediately off the line. Until that gets fixed, it won't matter how many one-on-ones the line wins. The conversation is about the secondary because that's where the film shows the breakdowns happened, play after play. They need to prove they can cover before anyone starts questioning the rush.