09-26-2022, 12:41 PM
(09-26-2022, 11:43 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: That's just it. Our pressure percentage is middle of the pack. ie The offensive line isn't giving up an excessive amount of pressures. But, Burrow gets sacked off of that pressure at a league-leading rate:
'Teams are not blitzing Burrow—he’s been blitzed on 20 percent of his dropbacks, the fifth-lowest number in the league. Teams are not soundly beating the Bengals’ offensive line—though certainly, facing T.J. Watt and Micah Parsons in consecutive weeks to open the season has presented its challenges. Simply, when Burrow is pressured (on 31 percent of his dropbacks, a league-average number), he is getting sacked off of that pressure at a league-leading rate (38 percent).
This is the same sensation the Bengals experienced last season—Burrow had a league-average number of pressured dropbacks, but a league-high number of sacks. Burrow’s high sack numbers wouldn’t go away if the 2016 Cowboys’ offensive line was playing in front of him. This is his play style. He’s a gamer, a risk taker, an I-can-make-you-miss-er. This is who he is.'
https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2022/9/23/23367966/cincinnati-bengals-offense-struggles-joe-burrow-zac-taylor
Pressure numbers alone don't tell the story. According to Profootballreference.com Burrow has the 23rd shortest "pocket time" (time from snap to throw or pressure) but is 12th is "pressure percentage". So he is getting pressured a lot despite getting rid of the ball very quickly.
As for last year their numbers are a bit different from yours. They show Birrow as the 12th highest pressured QB with the second highest sack percentage.
