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Originally Posted by doomy3
I still don't think he has been proven wrong. AFAIK, he has said that Brees took AS MANY hits as BR, not more. I don't see how that can be proven false. This whole thing got started when posters began saying that Brees would break in two playing in Pittsburgh. I still don't see how that is an absolute statement. It's not like BR took twice as many hits as Brees or somthing. And again, a large portion of those hits BR took were because he holds onto the ball too long.
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Actually, go back and re-read the thread. He just recently changed his tune to admit they may have taken an equal number of hits. (which is also incorrect)
I've statistically already proven that wrong with the data that has been given.
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Even if you take "hits" out of the equation for BR, since he's not on the list and we don't have a solid number...
Brees took contact on 55 of 635 pass attempts. Or contact every 11.5 pass attempts.
Assuming BR NEVER got hit OTHER than sacks, he had contact on 46 of 469 attempts. Or contact every 10.2 attempts.
So, Roethlisberger took more contact per attempt on SACKS ALONE, than Brees did with sacks and hits combined.
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