Factoid
Below see the chart showing which quarterbacks have been the easiest and hardest to sack this season.
Hardest includes some names you would expect to see: Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Matt Ryan. And a couple that will surprise – Kerry Collins and Matt Schaub. Also, Carson Palmer is up there, even though Cincinnati has a lesser offensive line (he was sacked too often last year before being lost for the season).
The four easiest players to sack are all guys you would expect to see near the bottom: Aaron Rodgers, Trent Edwards, JaMarcus Russell and Matt Cassel. If Jared Allen wins the defensive player of the year away, he should send Rodgers a thank-you card (all but 3 of Allen’s sacks came in the two highly-watched games between Minnesota and Green Bay).
MOST SACKED QUARTERBACKS, 2009
When sacks are adjusted per passing play (13 sacks in 87 pass attempts would equal 13 percent – 13 divided by 100 total pass plays).
Att Sac Pct
313 7 2% Peyton Manning, IND
197 6 3% Kerry Collins, TEN
310 10 3% Tom Brady, NE
265 12 4% Drew Brees, NO
326 15 4% Matt Schaub, HOU
260 12 4% Carson Palmer, CIN
257 12 4% Matt Ryan, ATL
275 13 5% Eli Manning, NYG
315 15 5% Kurt Warner, ARI
269 13 5% Kyle Orton, DEN
170 9 5% Marc Bulger, STL
203 11 5% Matt Hasselbeck, SEA
282 16 5% Joe Flacco, BAL
154 9 6% Derek Anderson, CLE
264 17 6% Tony Romo, DAL
214 14 6% Matthew Stafford, DET
274 18 6% Philip Rivers, SD
338 19 5% Jay Cutler, CHI
266 18 6% David Garrard, JAC
214 15 7% Mark Sanchez, NYJ
256 18 7% Brett Favre, MIN
221 16 7% Jake Delhomme, CAR
262 23 8% Ben Roethlisberger, PIT
158 16 9% Chad Henne, MIA
228 25 10% Jason Campbell, WAS
163 18 10% Donovan McNabb, PHI
155 18 10% Shaun Hill, SF
225 27 11% Matt Cassel, KC
153 19 11% Trent Edwards, BUF
182 23 11% JaMarcus Russell, OAK
260 37 12% Aaron Rodgers, GB
—Ian Allan
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