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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Mahomes | KC | 10 | 10 | 25 | 45 | 75 |
| Deshaun Watson | HST | 14 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 73 |
| Russell Wilson | SEA | 13 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 67 |
| Dak Prescott | DAL | 15 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 61 |
| Case Keenum | DEN | 3 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 44 |
| Mitchell Trubisky | CHI | 9 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 40 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | 2 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 39 |
| Aaron Rodgers | GB | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 39 |
| Josh Allen | BUF | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 36 |
| Sam Darnold | NYJ | 6 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 34 |
| Matt Ryan | ATL | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 32 |
| Lamar Jackson | BLT | 8 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 31 |
| Matthew Stafford | DET | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| Jared Goff | LAR | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 28 |
| Baker Mayfield | CLV | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 28 |
| Eli Manning | NYG | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| Andrew Luck | IND | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 27 |
| Jameis Winston | TB | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 26 |
| Kirk Cousins | MIN | 3 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 25 |
| Josh Rosen | ARZ | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 25 |
| Philip Rivers | LAC | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| Tom Brady | NE | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| Derek Carr | OAK | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| Marcus Mariota | TEN | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| Alex Smith | WAS | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| Ryan Fitzpatrick | TB | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 |
| Nick Foles | PHI | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| Carson Wentz | PHI | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| Josh McCown | NYJ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| Joe Flacco | BLT | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| Chase Daniel | CHI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| Cam Newton | CAR | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| Cody Kessler | JAX | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| Ryan Tannehill | MIA | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| Nick Mullens | SF | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| Tyrod Taylor | CLV | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| Blake Bortles | JAX | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
| Mark Sanchez | WAS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Josh Johnson | WAS | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| Brock Osweiler | MIA | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| Jimmy Garoppolo | SF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Andy Dalton | CIN | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| C.J. Beathard | SF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Drew Brees | NO | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Nathan Peterman | BUF | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Colt McCoy | WAS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Blaine Gabbert | TEN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| DeShone Kizer | GB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Taylor Heinicke | CAR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Derek Anderson | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Geno Smith | LAC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Teddy Bridgewater | NO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| A.J. McCarron | OAK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Jeff Driskel | CIN | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sam Bradford | ARZ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Matt Barkley | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jacoby Brissett | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Schaub | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Cassel | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Henne | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Hoyer | NE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Griffin III | BLT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Glennon | ARZ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Gilbert | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Mannion | LAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Sudfeld | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joshua Dobbs | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taysom Hill | NO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooper Rush | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Allen | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Lauletta | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |