Josh Allen's sack rate this season - 2.7 percent

[Rico]

3 hours ago, dave mcbride said:

That's the lowest in Bills history (granted it's early). Flutie had a sack rate of 3.3 percent in 1998 (laughably, RJ's sack rate in six games that season was 21.3 percent) and Fergie had a couple of low rates (2.9 percent) in 1980 and 1981 although I don't trust those numbers because sacks weren't an official stat then. I'm a big believer in the idea that QBs are the ones most responsible for their own sack rates, albeit line play does of course matter. Low sack rates are huge for offensive production because sacks are drive killers. It's a great sign for both Allen and the Bills offense. He hasn't been taking the bad sacks this year like in the past.

Yeah, I don't buy that Sad Sack Fergy's was ever that low... at least it didn't pass the eye test.

[CSBill]

2 hours ago, billsfan89 said:

Kind of shocked at that. The O-line has been great the past two weeks but wasn't that great the first three weeks. Guess Josh is just able to navigate pressure so well. 

The line has been much better the past two weeks. The insertion of Brown, moving Williams, removing Ford, and having Feliciano back for KC, is all making a difference. I have to think it will only get better as they get more time together. 

 

[Doc]

4 hours ago, TPS said:

There's an article in The Athletic on stats for week 5, and there is a list of OL who had 0 pressures--Morse and Williams made it for the Bills.  Starting to wonder if the Brown move will pay extra dividends with Williams at RG? 

 

Looks like it already has.  As Brown gets more experience, it will pay even more dividends.  And the further Dawkins is removed from his severe COVID infection...

Edited October 13, 2021 by Doc

[Comebackkid]

1. teams arent blitzing josh as much....  2. josh allen is much better this year navigating the pocket and not running into pressure.   

there was an article last year showing that a lot of pressure he faced, he created himself by the way he was moving into it.

3. 0-line the last few weeks has been playing much better with newest line up.

[BADOLBILZ]

 

I was reminded of this very thing watching Carson Wentz being oblivious to the pass rush from his blindside against Baltimore.   And they have a pretty good OL.    After years of having so many QB's like that..........it's nice having a QB who doesn't regularly take surprise hits.

[78thealltimegreat]

18 hours ago, dave mcbride said:

That's the lowest in Bills history (granted it's early). Flutie had a sack rate of 3.3 percent in 1998 (laughably, RJ's sack rate in six games that season was 21.3 percent) and Fergie had a couple of low rates (2.9 percent) in 1980 and 1981 although I don't trust those numbers because sacks weren't an official stat then. I'm a big believer in the idea that QBs are the ones most responsible for their own sack rates, albeit line play does of course matter. Low sack rates are huge for offensive production because sacks are drive killers. It's a great sign for both Allen and the Bills offense. He hasn't been taking the bad sacks this year like in the past.

I think not having Cody Ford and inserting Spencer Brown might help too 

[unbillievable]

16 hours ago, billsbackto81 said:

It's because Josh has what they call "Spidey Sense". 

 

He developed it in Wyoming, where he was running for his life from the second they snapped the ball.

16 hours ago, billsbackto81 said:

It's because Josh has what they call "Spidey Sense". 

 

He developed it in Wyoming, where he was running for his life from the second they snapped the ball.

[JESSEFEFFER]

One could make a flow chart of possible outcomes for plays where a QB faces pressure.  From disastrously bad to fantastically good.  My sense is that Josh has developed his game to the point where he has skewed the outcomes toward the good end in a big way.  I would like to see the analytics applied to that.

 

injury

bad throw pick 6

strip sack fumble lost

int that hurts

sack with big loss

int that is punt-like on 3rd or 4th down

sack minor loss

escape throw away

escape-complete pass or scramble positive run

escape-extend-big play

escape-extend- TD!

 

 

 

 

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

Seems like in prior years I recall more times where a defender had a hand/arm/shoulder on him, but he twisted around and broke free.  This year, don't recall any one even getting that close very often.  Maybe that means he's getting smarter and moves out of the way before they can get even that close?