A few pages pack someone was posting sack rates. Football outsiders tracks sack rates by standard downs and passing downs so I wanted to show a snapshot of different teams over a number of seasons to show the ebb and flow from one year to the next. We’ve all heard it’s not just the QB. It’s also the play call, the protection call, the receivers, the offensive line and the RB if he has protection assignments. It can also be the play design.
Another big factor that comes into play is if you’re playing against a schedule of opponents that have elite pass rushers in most years. There’s not enough elite pass rushers to go around and unfortunately some of our more permanent rivals never seem to be left wanting. I think when you’re up against an elite pass rush you’ve got two options in the pass game. First you can use a quick passing attack including passes behind the LOS. If you want to stretch the field you almost certainly should use max protection to buy the receivers enough time to get downfield. You probably need around 3 seconds for a 20 yard pitch and catch because receivers are only so fast.
One of the reasons, maybe the biggest reason, I gave up after the Georgia game was that I was convinced Chaney was doing absolutely nothing to try to help his QB. I guess it could have been Pruitt calling plays and protections. Hell, for all I know it could have been Fulmer. All I know is I was convinced it was complete incompetence by the staff – and then Pruitt on the radio after the game blamed the players. SMDH. That’s one thing I’m certain will change with JH. jmo.
Anyway, here are the standard downs and passing downs sack rates for a number of teams from 2015 thru 2020.
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