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Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees. It’s not a coincidence that those guys tend to stay healthy for 16 games almost every year. It’s not that they’re tougher than other quarterbacks; they just do a better job of getting rid of the ball.
Below see the list of all quarterbacks with 200-plus pass attempts this year. Manning, Brady and Brees are all in the top 4 amoung quarterbacks. It doesn’t matter which defense you see these guys lined up against, they’re not going to give up many sacks.
At the other end, you have the quarterbacks who tend to hold onto the ball and take sacks. JaMarcus Russell, Aaron Rodgers, Matt Cassel, Ben Roethlisberger, David Garrad and Jason Campbell. These guys will tend to get sacked, and that also makes them more likely to get injured.
MOST FREQUENTLY SACKED QUARTERBACKS
The number of passing plays, on averge, that each quarterback gets sacked.
Att Sac Avg
221 30 8.4 JaMarcus Russell
444 47 10.4 Aaron Rodgers
392 41 10.6 Matt Cassel
400 38 11.5 Ben Roethlisberger
412 35 12.8 David Garrard
398 33 13.1 Jason Campbell
336 27 13.4 Donovan McNabb
239 19 13.6 Brady Quinn
202 16 13.6 Josh Freeman
297 22 14.5 Mark Sanchez
321 23 15.0 Jake Delhomme
375 25 16.0 Matt Hasselbeck
377 24 16.7 Matthew Stafford
457 29 16.8 Jay Cutler
444 28 16.9 Tony Romo
433 27 17.0 Brett Favre
426 26 17.4 Joe Flacco
330 20 17.5 Chad Henne
390 23 18.0 Carson Palmer
247 14 18.6 Marc Bulger
276 15 19.4 Alex Smith
406 22 19.5 Philip Rivers
410 21 20.5 Kyle Orton
417 21 20.9 Eli Manning
473 23 21.6 Matt Schaub
433 20 22.7 Kurt Warner
347 15 24.1 Matt Ryan
432 15 29.8 Drew Brees
490 15 33.7 Tom Brady
216 6 37.0 Kerry Collins
502 10 51.2 Peyton Manning
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