Factoid
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I think pass protection is going to be a huge problem for Jay Cutler. The Bears don’t have much of an offensive line, and they’ve also handed over their offense to Mike Martz, whose system tends to allow a bunch of sacks anyway.
So far, that’s exactly how out it’s playing out.
Cutler has dropped back to pass 47 times, and he’s been sacked on 10 of those plays. Kamerion Wimbley of the Raiders sacked him 4 times in a half. That works out to over twice as often as almost every other starting quarterback
The numbers are below. Shown are quarterbacks who’ve attempted at least 25 passes and have a decent chance to potentially start on opening day. Numbers include pass attempts, sacks, and average number of pass plays per sack.
MOST SACKED QUARTERBACKS IN THE PRESEASON
Att Sac Avg
53 0 --- GB Aaron Rodgers
49 0 --- JAC David Garrard
45 0 --- ATL Matt Ryan
37 0 --- SF Alex Smith
54 1 55.0 CIN Carson Palmer
53 1 54.0 ARI Derek Anderson
51 1 52.0 IND Peyton Manning
49 1 50.0 DEN Kyle Orton
48 1 49.0 CLE Jake Delhomme
48 1 49.0 SD Philip Rivers
46 1 47.0 DET Matthew Stafford
45 1 46.0 HOU Matt Schaub
37 1 38.0 BUF Trent Edwards
34 1 35.0 WAS Donovan McNabb
26 1 27.0 NYG Eli Manning
50 2 26.0 NO Drew Brees
47 2 24.5 MIA Chad Henne
42 2 22.0 NE Tom Brady
57 4 15.3 CAR Matt Moore
42 3 15.0 SEA Matt Hasselbeck
27 2 14.5 MIN Brett Favre
50 4 13.5 KC Matt Cassel
62 5 13.4 BAL Joe Flacco
53 5 11.6 PHI Kevin Kolb
31 3 11.3 PIT Dennis Dixon
41 4 11.3 OAK Jason Campbell
20 2 11.0 PIT Byron Leftwich
49 5 10.8 STL Sam Bradford
48 5 10.6 NYJ Mark Sanchez
46 5 10.2 DAL Tony Romo
23 4 6.8 ARI Matt Leinart
28 5 6.6 TEN Vince Young
37 10 4.7 CHI Jay Cutler
—Ian Allan
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Posted by Brian Grzybowski | Aug. 30 at 08:45 PM
You have to think the Bears will fire Martz if Cutler is approaching 50 sacks. There's no way they want any part of David Carr's dubious record of 76 sacks in the '02 season. More intriguing to me is weather Cutler can make a serious run at the record for combined turnovers (interceptions + fumbles). It's a surprisingly hard stat to find but I think the record is George Blanda's 1962 season with 44. If he can toss in 10 fumbles (and getting sacked 4 times a game will help) then I think he gets it. Incidentally, the record for fumbles in a season is 23, shared by Kerry Collins and Duante Culpepper (2001 & 2002, respectively). If you're in a league that deducts 1 point per sack and 2 points per turnover then a conservative estimate is that Cutler is starting out in a 110 point hole (40 sacks + 35 turnovers). I feel that is a low estimate- if the over/under for points lost to sacks and turnovers was 120 I would take the over...assuming he starts 16 games.