Great Article on Sacks from Draft Prospects
I'm always one to say that sacks don't tell nearly enough of the story about a pass rusher. I read an article that said sacks count for about 2% of the snaps from the elites pass rushing guys. Pressure, double teams, batted balls, holding penalties created, and being schemed for are all factors that come into play when determining if a player is a good pass rusher. With that said, sacks are game changing plays and at the end of the day, the best pass rushers who are effective at some of the qualities I listed above usually have the top sack numbers.
This article does a study on Ansah, Carradine, Jones, Jordan, Mingo, Moore, and Okafor in determining how quick they got the sack, how they got it, if they were blocked, what down they got the sack on, and if they scheme attributed to the sack (blitz or not).
I don't think it necessarily tells us who will be the best pass rusher from this draft but it's definitely gives us a bit more insight on the guys who we spend a large amount of time discussing on this sight.
Here are a couple of examples from the article:
Sack Time.
How did they get there?
I was hesitant to post this because as I said, I think we put too much focus on sacks, but I think it'll provide some good discussion. Give it a read!
Here's the article: http://secondroundstats.com/2013/02/27/pass-rushers-pt1/
I'm always one to say that sacks don't tell nearly enough of the story about a pass rusher. I read an article that said sacks count for about 2% of the snaps from the elites pass rushing guys. Pressure, double teams, batted balls, holding penalties created, and being schemed for are all factors that come into play when determining if a player is a good pass rusher. With that said, sacks are game changing plays and at the end of the day, the best pass rushers who are effective at some of the qualities I listed above usually have the top sack numbers.
This article does a study on Ansah, Carradine, Jones, Jordan, Mingo, Moore, and Okafor in determining how quick they got the sack, how they got it, if they were blocked, what down they got the sack on, and if they scheme attributed to the sack (blitz or not).
I don't think it necessarily tells us who will be the best pass rusher from this draft but it's definitely gives us a bit more insight on the guys who we spend a large amount of time discussing on this sight.
Here are a couple of examples from the article:
Sack Time.
How did they get there?
I was hesitant to post this because as I said, I think we put too much focus on sacks, but I think it'll provide some good discussion. Give it a read!
Here's the article: http://secondroundstats.com/2013/02/27/pass-rushers-pt1/