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  • #1489
    zn
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    I said in a different post that running/scrambling qbs tend to get sacked more as a rule, not less. This stuff here represents a quick and dirty effort to verify that.

    Well it’s true, generally.

    A lot of this is just self-explanatory.

    #1. TOP 10 QBS, RUNS FOR FIRST DOWNS

    Cam Newton
    Russell Wilson
    Colin Kaepernick
    Terrelle Pryor
    Robert Griffin III
    Andrew Luck
    Alex Smith
    Geno Smith
    Michael Vick
    Nick Foles

    #2. TOP 10 QBS, RUSHING YARDS

    Russell Wilson
    Colin Kaepernick
    Robert Griffin
    Terrelle Pryor
    Alex Smith
    Geno Smith
    Andrew Luck*
    Andy Dalton
    Nick Foles*
    EJ Manuel
    Ryan Fitzpatrick

    #3. “TOP RUNNING QBS” IE. LISTS #1 & #2 COMBINED

    Cam Newton
    Russell Wilson
    Colin Kaepernick
    Terrelle Pryor
    Robert Griffin III
    Andrew Luck
    Alex Smith
    Geno Smith
    Michael Vick
    Nick Foles
    EJ Manuel
    Ryan Fitzpatrick

    #4. BOTTOM HALF OF 41 RANKED QBS, SACK PERCENTAGE UNDER PRESSURE. This list is backwards–it goes from worst to best IN the bottom half. Here, I red-bold any qb who is ALSO on the “top running qbs” list (list #3).

    Matt Flynn
    Thaddeus Lewis
    Ryan Tannehill
    Christian Ponder
    E.J. Manuel
    Brandon Weeden
    Nick Foles
    Aaron Rodgers
    Kellen Clemens
    Colin Kaepernick
    Cam Newton
    Ben Roethlisberger
    Geno Smith
    Russell Wilson
    Joe Flacco
    Jake Locker
    Mike Glennon
    Terrelle Pryor
    Robert Griffin III
    Alex D. Smith

    9 of the qbs from List #3 are also on List #4. The 3 who aren’t: Luck, Vick, and Fitzpatrick

    #5 BEST 10 OUT OF 41, SACK PERCENTAGE UNDER PRESSURE. I blue-bold any qbs on this list who are also on List #3.

    Matthew McGloin
    Peyton Manning
    Matthew Stafford
    Josh McCown
    Jason Campbell
    Jay Cutler
    Matt Schaub
    Andrew Luck
    Ryan Fitzpatrick
    Sam Bradford

    #6 TOP 10 QBs, SACK PERCENTAGE (GENERAL, NOT “UNDER PRESSURE”). I blue-bold any qbs on this list who are also on List #3.

    Peyton Manning 2.7%
    Matthew Stafford 3.5%
    Josh McCown 4.7%
    Andy Dalton 4.7%
    Jason Campbell 4.8%
    Jay Cutler 5.1%
    Philip Rivers 5.2%
    Andrew Luck 5.3%
    Sam Bradford 5.4%
    Drew Brees 5.4%

    #7 THE RUNNING QBs (LIST #3) GENERAL SACK PERCENTAGE. That is, List #3 qbs with their sack percentage. Note: anything over 5.8% is bad; anything over 8% is really bad. I blue-bold the qbs on this list who have a decent sack percentage (under 5.8%).

    Cam Newton 8.1%
    Russell Wilson 9.8%
    Colin Kaepernick 8.6%
    Terrelle Pryor 10.2%
    Robert Griffin III 7.7%
    Andrew Luck 5.3%
    Alex Smith 7.1%
    Geno Smith 8.8%
    Michael Vick 9.6%
    Nick Foles 8.3%
    EJ Manuel 8.4%
    Ryan Fitzpatrick 5.7%

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    Now, there are all kinds of things that get said about this. Some say, it is really not surprising that running/mobile qbs get sacked more. Some say, having a running/mobile qb helps you avoid sacks.

    I think it’s pretty clear that the best qbs at avoiding sacks include a very high percentage of pocket passers. Guys who read pressure and just get the ball away.

    #1509
    wv
    Participant

    Well for me, the statement “running qbs get sacked more” is perplexing.
    I’m not sure what that ‘means’ to you.

    I mean, would Roger Staubach have been a better QB
    if he had stayed in the pocket all the time?
    Would Elway or Steve Young have been better
    without running ability? Would Russell Wilson be
    better if he had no running ability?
    Would Rothlisberger be more or less
    dangerous if he had no running ability?

    Obviously the ability to run is a ‘good thing’.

    So, I’m not sure what your meta-point is here.

    Steve Young, John Elway, Joe Montana,
    Ben Rothlisberger, Roger Staubach…Ya know.
    There’s running-quarterbacks, and there’s
    running quarterbacks.

    Some of the Running-QBs are just bad QBs.

    w
    v

    #1513
    zn
    Moderator

    Well for me, the statement “running qbs get sacked more” is perplexing.
    I’m not sure what that ‘means’ to you.

    I mean, would Roger Staubach have been a better QB
    if he had stayed in the pocket all the time?
    Would Elway or Steve Young have been better
    without running ability? Would Russell Wilson be
    better if he had no running ability?
    Would Rothlisberger be more or less
    dangerous if he had no running ability?

    Obviously the ability to run is a ‘good thing’.

    So, I’m not sure what your meta-point is here.

    Steve Young, John Elway, Joe Montana,
    Ben Rothlisberger, Roger Staubach…Ya know.
    There’s running-quarterbacks, and there’s
    running quarterbacks.

    Some of the Running-QBs are just bad QBs.

    w
    v

    Sometimes, I will just bite off small pieces and given em a good chew. Like, if this were science, I would have just carbon dated a fossil. Doing that isn’t a commentary on the nature of human existence.

    So, I’m not thinking about the general category of “the running/mobile qb” or judging the type in general or downgrading them.

    I was just kicking around the idea that running qbs get sacked more. The context of that is, debates over the years with guys who say they get sacked LESS. For example, last fall, I had debates with some guys who said that because he was more mobile, Clemens got sacked less than SB. Actually he got sacked at a higher rate. Whenever this kind of thing comes up, in fact, I say the same thing–the r/m qb gets sacked more, not less.

    So it just occurred to me to ask, have I ever actually seen that quantified? I looked. No one had done it, not that I saw in a fast search. So, I just went ahead and did it.

    So I haven’t even climbed the ladder yet up to the more complicated issue of comparing them.

    I think all I showed is that in terms of sack percentages, the pocket passer tends to do better.

    But someone could easily say, yeah, well, but, there are other advantages to having a r/m qb that balance that. And I would probably go…sure.

    #1516
    wv
    Participant

    Well, i’m not even sure i would agree that there is one
    category we could call ‘running QB.’

    Ya know. There’s Staubach. And Kaepernik. And Tarkenton.
    And Russell Wilson. And Steve Young. And Montana. And Rothlisberger.
    And Cam Newton. And Randall Cunningham. Troy Aikman. And RG3. And even Andrew Luck.

    I’m not sure, but i think there are different categories QBs in that group.

    w
    v

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    #1520
    zn
    Moderator

    Well, i’m not even sure i would agree that there is one
    category we could call ‘running QB.’

    Ya know. There’s Staubach. And Kaepernik. And Tarkenton.
    And Russell Wilson. And Steve Young. And Montana. And Rothlisberger.
    And Cam Newton. And Randall Cunningham. Troy Aikman. And RG3. And even Andrew Luck.

    I’m not sure, but i think there are different categories QBs in that group.

    w
    v

    Well, when you get down into the details…that’s true. But I’m fine for now with the simple difference in 2 categories.

    I think it’s roughly true that there’s a style of qb who uses his legs as a part of his game–to run or to scramble or to both–and then pocket passers who have varying degrees of lesser mobility.

    So for example Bradford is more mobile than Warner but as long as I’m relying on rough categories, I put them both on the “pure pocket passer” side.

    So Bradford v. Newton in its own different way amounts to the same as Warner v. McNair.

    #1524
    wv
    Participant

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>wv wrote:</div>
    Well, i’m not even sure i would agree that there is one
    category we could call ‘running QB.’

    Ya know. There’s Staubach. And Kaepernik. And Tarkenton.
    And Russell Wilson. And Steve Young. And Montana. And Rothlisberger.
    And Cam Newton. And Randall Cunningham. Troy Aikman. And RG3. And even Andrew Luck.

    I’m not sure, but i think there are different categories QBs in that group.

    w
    v

    Well, when you get down into the details…that’s true. But I’m fine for now with the simple difference in 2 categories.

    I think it’s roughly true that there’s a style of qb who uses his legs as a part of his game–to run or to scramble or to both–and then pocket passers who have varying degrees of lesser mobility.

    So for example Bradford is more mobile than Warner but as long as I’m relying on rough categories, I put them both on the “pure pocket passer” side.

    So Bradford v. Newton in its own different way amounts to the same as Warner v. McNair.

    Then i think its only fair if i bring in other positions. For example
    i would argue that “Running RBs” get tackled less
    than stationary pocket RBs.

    Think about that algebra, right there.

    w
    v

    #1525
    zn
    Moderator

    Then i think its only fair if i bring in other positions. For example
    i would argue that “Running RBs” get tackled less
    than stationary pocket RBs.

    Think about that algebra, right there.

    w
    v

    Look, now you’re just running circles around me. You said you would only do that when I defended fumblers.

    .

    #1568
    nittany ram
    Moderator

    I’d be interested in seeing a comparison of “games missed per season due to injury” between running QBs and pocket QBs.

    And that sounds like a lot of work so you better get started now.

    Chop chop.

    #1575
    rfl
    Participant

    Just a small point.

    There’s a difference between scramblers who move and then throw and RUNNING QBs who take off to gain yards on their feet.

    My point about QBs is simple: they must be able to beat defenses throwing. Fran Tarkenton–and Wilson?–ran around and then killed you throwing. Marino did it standing tall. The point is … be able to beat a good defense throwing.

    “Running” QBs don’t really believe in the pass and don’t have the patience to learn the reads. When it isn’t there easily, they cut and run. I never believe in those guys. And, yes, it makes sense to me that they would be more susceptible to sacks. A read-and-throw QB can beat the pass rush with 2 steps.

    By virtue of the absurd ...

    #1591
    wv
    Participant

    Just a small point.

    There’s a difference between scramblers who move and then throw and RUNNING QBs who take off to gain yards on their feet.

    My point about QBs is simple: they must be able to beat defenses throwing. Fran Tarkenton–and Wilson?–ran around and then killed you throwing. Marino did it standing tall. The point is … be able to beat a good defense throwing.

    “Running” QBs don’t really believe in the pass and don’t have the patience to learn the reads. When it isn’t there easily, they cut and run. I never believe in those guys. And, yes, it makes sense to me that they would be more susceptible to sacks. A read-and-throw QB can beat the pass rush with 2 steps.

    What would you call Montana?

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    v

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