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Originally Posted by keg in kc
Interesting article from december shows that Brees was top-10 in the NFL in both hits and hurries to that point of the season: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/ext...d-hurries-2008
I have to admit I was surprised by that. The guy was only sacked 13 times in 600+ attempts and completed 65% of his passes, which aren't exactly the kind of numbers that shout 'under pressure'. |
The Saints don't have a great oline and when you pass that much you are bound to get a lot of pressure. The number of sacks given up says as much about a QB as it does the line. How many times have we seen teams give uo 40+ sacks and then a better QB comes in and all of a sudden the number of sacks goes down drastically? Or vice-versa. Brady was barely touched last year and Cassel was sacked 40+ times this year. And generally more mobile QBs are sacked
more because they try to keep the play alive too long.