4/11/2023 0 Comments Tj watt sttsIf you subtract out their head-to-head games, the Steelers gave up 34 sacks to the Browns 36. In their head-to-head matchups, the Steelers sacked Baker Mayfield 13 times, while the Browns sacked Ben Roethlisberger 4 times. The Browns allowed 49 sacks in 2021, the Steelers allowed 38. (Spoiler: this is my favorite part of this whole article.) The Steelers recorded 13 sacks against the Browns in two games this season.Ĭlearly the Browns are a much worse pass blocking team than the Steelers then, right? And those team mates got to Baker Mayfield. That’s an impressive number, but even more impressive, Watt narrowly missed several other sacks because he was half a second later to the quarterback than a team mate. Those 5.5 sacks are 11.2% of the Browns total sacks given up. Watt recorded 5.5 sacks (6 if you go by PFF counting). a zero score for pass blocking, and Myles Garrett recorded one sack.īut he’s only half the equation, because while Garrett recorded 1 sack in their head-to-head matchup, T.J. And how did the Steelers manage to stymie the PFF 1st team all-pro? By putting rookie Dan Moore Jr. So it wasn’t even the Browns struggling to sack Ben Roethlisberger, it was specifically Myles Garrett. In fact, the Browns sacked Roethlisberger twice in each game they faced him, those 2 sacks are pretty close to the 2.3 sacks the Steelers allowed per game over the course of the season. 2.6% of the times Ben Roethlisberger was sacked, it was Myles Garrett. In 16 games Ben Roethlisberger was sacked 38 times. Watt and Myles Garrett’s sack difference was from those two head-to-head games. Funnier still, Mason Rudolph played in one game, all four quarters and a full overtime and was never sacked.īut I will agree that a large portion of T.J. So playing the Steelers screwed Myles Garrett because you can’t sack a quarterback that throws in 2.2 seconds.Įxcept that problem seems to be a Myles Garrett specific problem because the Steelers allowed 38 sacks on the season, a number that puts them right in the middle of the league. Winning rush-reps but the ball's gone before QB can feel pressure. You can see these unrealized pressure plays on tape. The difference between Watt and Garrett's sacks could easily be 2 games vs Roethlisberger. Watt.Įvery half-sack counts when you are justifying your clickbait logical and unbiased decision. Watt grossly overstating what should be only a 6 sack lead for T.J. So, in this case “closer than it looks” equates to a 6.5 sacks lead for T.J. Watt was credited with 3 half-sacks, and those would bring his 22.5 sacks to 24 sacks. So if you are going to give two players credit for sacking the quarterback, they each get half a sack.Īnd he’s right, Garrett had 4 half-sacks in 2021, and if you count them all as full sacks, his number goes from 16 to 18.īut he, surprisingly, leaves out that T.J. This is a legit argument, half sacks are a big factor in sack totals, and they are only half sacks because the NFL doesn’t want defenders on a team to have more sacks than their team does. Remember, NFL divides up sacks not because they believe they're qualitatively worse plays, just to make the box score add up.- Sam Monson January 11, 2022
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