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Blake Bortles

Ball probably will come out quicker this year

Jacksonville has a new offensive coordinator, Greg Olson, and I think the first order of business will be to get the ball out of Blake Bortles’ hands faster. The Jaguars don’t have a great offensive line and allowed a league-high 71 sacks last year. Bortles was sacked 55 times in his 14 games.

Some of this can be attributed to the line, but it’s also possible to just change the kind of plays their running, with the ball coming out of a lot faster.

In this regard, Olson had success the last two years with young quarterbacks. Matt McGloin was sacked only 6 times in the six games he started in 2013, and Derek Carr was sacked only 24 times while starting all of last year.

I’m not saying Olson is a magician. Terrelle Pryor started half of the 2013 season for Oakland and was sacked often. But my guess is we’ll see a different Bortles this year. I think he’ll run less, and he won’t hang onto the ball as long.

Here are the 51 quarterbacks who’ve attempted at least 200 passes over the last two years, ranked in order of how often they’ve been sacked. I’ve got Bortles and the three Olson quarterbacks in bold.

SACK FREQUENCY, 2013-14
RkPlayerAttSackPct
1.Peyton Manning1256352.7%
2.Matt McGloin23073.0%
3.Kirk Cousins359133.5%
4.Derek Carr599243.9%
5.Drew Stanton240114.4%
6.Andy Dalton1067504.5%
7.Andrew Luck1186594.7%
8.Tom Brady1210614.8%
9.Drew Brees1309664.8%
10.Jason Campbell336174.8%
11.Matthew Stafford1236685.2%
12.Brian Hoyer534305.3%
13.Sam Bradford262155.4%
14.Joe Flacco1168675.4%
15.Eli Manning1152675.5%
16.Matt Ryan1279755.5%
17.Nick Foles628375.6%
18.Philip Rivers1114665.6%
19.Aaron Rodgers810495.7%
20.Jay Cutler916575.9%
21.Carson Palmer796505.9%
22.Ben Roethlisberger1192755.9%
23.Ryan Fitzpatrick662426.0%
24.Matt Schaub368246.1%
25.Tony Romo970646.2%
26.Kyle Orton498336.2%
27.Case Keenum330226.3%
28.Matt Cassel325226.3%
29.Mark Sanchez309236.9%
30.EJ Manuel437347.2%
31.Shaun Hill229187.3%
32.Josh McCown551477.9%
33.Alex Smith972848.0%
34.Geno Smith810718.1%
35.Cam Newton921818.1%
36.Ryan Tannehill11781048.1%
37.Kellen Clemens245228.2%
38.Mike Glennon619568.3%
39.Brandon Weeden308288.3%
40.Jake Locker329308.4%
41.Chad Henne581548.5%
42.Teddy Bridgewater402398.8%
43.Russell Wilson859869.1%
44.Colin Kaepernick894919.2%
45.Austin Davis284299.3%
46.Robert Griffin III670719.6%
47.Terrelle Pryor2723110.2%
48.Blake Bortles4755510.4%
49.Christian Ponder2833310.4%
50.Matt Flynn2162610.7%
51.Michael Vick2623411.5%

—Ian Allan

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