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I don’t have much to say right now about Ben Roethlisberger’s off-field issues. He’s now had two different woman accuse him of sexual assaults. Time will tell how those cases shake out. For now, it adds some risk to those who choose to select the high-profile quarterback.
In a separate arena, there’s also increased risk in choosing Roethlisberger. He hangs onto the ball a lot longer than the typical NFL quarterback, and that makes him more suspectible to potentially missing time with an injury. He definitely gets hit more than the majority of quarterbacks.
Look at the chart below, which shows the average number of pass plays per sack. Quarterbacks like Drew Brees and Peyton Manning are getting sacked, on average, only once per every 35 times they attempt to pass. With Roethlisberger at quarterback (he tends to hang onto the ball), the Steelers are down at 11.2 over the last three years – last in the league.
So even setting aside off-field issues, Roethlisberger is less likely than many other quarterbacks to stay in the lineup for all 16 games. He missed one game last year, with a concussion.
AVERAGE PLAYS PER SACK, 2007-2009
Att = pass attempts
No = number of sacks
SPP = Sacks per Pass Plays.
Att No SPP
1832 49 38.4 New Orleans
1737 50 35.7 Indianapolis
1393 57 25.4 Tennessee
1814 78 24.3 Arizona
1693 78 22.7 Denver
1677 79 22.2 Houston
1476 73 21.2 Cleveland
1712 87 20.7 New England
1468 75 20.6 San Diego
1628 90 19.1 Dallas
1577 88 18.9 NY Giants
1559 91 18.1 Atlanta
1565 97 17.1 Cincinnati
1384 86 17.1 Carolina
1672 104 17.1 Green Bay
1736 110 16.8 Philadelphia
1594 102 16.6 Miami
1576 101 16.6 Tampa Bay
1660 107 16.5 Chicago
1673 113 15.8 Seattle
1500 108 14.9 Baltimore
1568 113 14.9 Washington
1525 117 14.0 Jacksonville
1434 113 13.7 NY Jets
1437 115 13.5 Minnesota
1365 110 13.4 Buffalo
1640 137 13.0 Kansas City
1637 137 12.9 St. Louis
1681 149 12.3 Detroit
1357 129 11.5 Oakland
1550 150 11.3 San Francisco
1484 146 11.2 Pittsburgh
—Ian Allan
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