One of the most common cliches you hear in football is that a quarterback takes a lot of sacks because he is “holding onto the football too long,” but is that necessarily true? Introducing our latest metric, quarterback pressures allowed, which measures out which quarterbacks make their own lives the hardest. The pressure score against is identical to our pass block grades.
| Player | Team | Sacks Allowed | Hits Allowed | Hurries Allowed | Pressures Allowed | Pressure Score Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyler Murray | ARZ | 10 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 38 |
| Daniel Jones | NYG | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 32 |
| Jameis Winston | TB | 8 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 31 |
| Gardner Minshew | JAX | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 29 |
| Deshaun Watson | HST | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 28 |
| Jacoby Brissett | IND | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 24 |
| Marcus Mariota | TEN | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| Aaron Rodgers | GB | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 22 |
| Baker Mayfield | CLV | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 21 |
| Mitchell Trubisky | CHI | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| Patrick Mahomes | KC | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| Teddy Bridgewater | NO | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| Josh Allen | BUF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| Matt Ryan | ATL | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| Carson Wentz | PHI | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| Dak Prescott | DAL | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| Lamar Jackson | BLT | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| Case Keenum | WAS | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| Tom Brady | NE | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| Joe Flacco | DEN | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| Andy Dalton | CIN | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| Russell Wilson | SEA | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| Josh Rosen | MIA | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| Philip Rivers | LAC | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Luke Falk | NYJ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Colt McCoy | WAS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Kyle Allen | CAR | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Kirk Cousins | MIN | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Matthew Stafford | DET | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Derek Carr | OAK | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Ryan Fitzpatrick | MIA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Mason Rudolph | PIT | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Eli Manning | NYG | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Jared Goff | LA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Ryan Tannehill | TEN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Jimmy Garoppolo | SF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Chase Daniel | CHI | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Sam Darnold | NYJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Matt Moore | KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dwayne Haskins | WAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Drew Brees | NO | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Devlin Hodges | PIT | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Barkley | BUF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Taysom Hill | NO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh McCown | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrod Taylor | LAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarrett Stidham | NE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Newton | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Schaub | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Griffin III | BLT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Foles | JAX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Glennon | OAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Bortles | LA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Fales | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Gilbert | CLV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Siemian | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooper Rush | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Boyle | GB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |