What's with the Thigpen fixation?

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by Sam Hall

You can't honestly say that Brees had 635 attempts last season and only got hit three times per game. You're stretching things again.

Did you read the goddamn post?

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/ext...d-hurries-2008

Not counting sacks, Brees was hit 36.5 times in 14 games.

Do the ****ing math.

If he was hit 36.5 times in 14 games, that's 2.6 times per game.

And actually, you need to re-read my post. I had accidently listed those numbers based on 12 games played, when it was actually 14.

Here are the actual numbers:

Translation: Until hits taken are an official NFL stat, I have my doubts. Seems like there is no uniform guidelines as to what a hit is, or isn't.

For sake of conversation, let's play with these numbers.

Through 14 weeks, Brees was supposedly hit 36.5 times.

That averages out to 2.6 times per game.

So, the best we can do is assume he was hit 42 times over the course of the season.

Add that to the 13 sacks he took, and we have contact on 55 out of 635 pass attempts. Or contact every 11.5 pass attempts.

Roethlisberger wasn't on the list, so we don't have numbers to do the math - but it shows he was hurried the same number of times that Brees was.

Let's be fair and say that BR took HALF (which is being generous, IMO) of the hits that Brees took. 1.5 per game.

That's 21 hits over the course of the season, added to the 46 sacks he took. Contact on 67 plays over the course of the season, out of 469 pass attempts - or contact every 7 pass attempts.