This would be an area that if I had an army of young eager interns at my disposal as part of TSIO Consulting for UW I would look into ... what’s the relative performance of QBs for plays where they are confined to the pocket vs allowed to scramble AND how do those numbers look in particular for mobile QBs like Arizona’s Khalil Tate. I’d want to know what those numbers look like both against UW and the conference as a whole. I’d want to subgroup as well to performance against relatively peer schools as well. And obviously extend that to other conferences.
My hypothesis is that breaking the pocket for a QB leads to substantially more explosive plays (on a rate basis) and lower turnover rates. While sacks are very important in creating negative plays, there is also a risk/reward element to them defensively that needs to be balanced.
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Seems to check all the right boxes.
We're not getting a woof.
My hypothesis is that breaking the pocket for a QB leads to substantially more explosive plays (on a rate basis) and lower turnover rates. While sacks are very important in creating negative plays, there is also a risk/reward element to them defensively that needs to be balanced.