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Surprised this hasn't been posted here before.
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/under-pressure/2012/under-pressure-long-and-short-sacks
"On the other hand, as has been apparent to anyone who has watched the Cardinals play, the Cardinals linemen should be picking up the check whenever they go out to dinner with Kevin Kolb or John Skelton. Among quarterbacks with 25 or more pass plays this year, Skelton and Kolb rank second-to-last and last in short-sack percentage. Kolb’s 6.1 percent short-sack percentage is nearly double that of any non-Cardinals quarterback.
There’s a pretty clear logic that short sacks are largely, although not entirely, the result of the offensive line. A missed hot read on a defensive-back blitz can mean a short sack is the result of a quarterback or wide receiver’s mistake, but more often, it’s the result of a lineman blowing his block before the quarterback has time to get rid of the ball.
On the other hand long sacks (those that take three or more seconds) are generally the result of either good defensive coverage, a poor play call, or a quarterback who decides to hold the ball too long. It’s hard to blame the line for a long sack.
Looking at the long sacks adds further evidence to the idea that the Cardinals front five is playing with tissue-paper consistency. Kolb is right around the league average in long sacks. The problem isn’t Kolb holding the ball: it’s the line failing to make their blocks."
To be fair they don't say if they're accounting for depth of drop so a short sack they define is sacked in less than 2.4 seconds. In the first 5 games (4 games and 1 drive) Kolb was "short sacked" 11 times, next closest was Brees with 7, in 69 more pass attempts.
This doesn't have the Buffalo loss which included more short sacks or the game yesterday where Skelton probably had some short sacks based on the short drops. Kolb had the highest percentage of short sacks, Skelton had the 2nd highest perecentage. Kolb was nearly double any other non Cardinal QB.
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/under-pressure/2012/under-pressure-long-and-short-sacks
"On the other hand, as has been apparent to anyone who has watched the Cardinals play, the Cardinals linemen should be picking up the check whenever they go out to dinner with Kevin Kolb or John Skelton. Among quarterbacks with 25 or more pass plays this year, Skelton and Kolb rank second-to-last and last in short-sack percentage. Kolb’s 6.1 percent short-sack percentage is nearly double that of any non-Cardinals quarterback.
There’s a pretty clear logic that short sacks are largely, although not entirely, the result of the offensive line. A missed hot read on a defensive-back blitz can mean a short sack is the result of a quarterback or wide receiver’s mistake, but more often, it’s the result of a lineman blowing his block before the quarterback has time to get rid of the ball.
On the other hand long sacks (those that take three or more seconds) are generally the result of either good defensive coverage, a poor play call, or a quarterback who decides to hold the ball too long. It’s hard to blame the line for a long sack.
Looking at the long sacks adds further evidence to the idea that the Cardinals front five is playing with tissue-paper consistency. Kolb is right around the league average in long sacks. The problem isn’t Kolb holding the ball: it’s the line failing to make their blocks."
To be fair they don't say if they're accounting for depth of drop so a short sack they define is sacked in less than 2.4 seconds. In the first 5 games (4 games and 1 drive) Kolb was "short sacked" 11 times, next closest was Brees with 7, in 69 more pass attempts.
This doesn't have the Buffalo loss which included more short sacks or the game yesterday where Skelton probably had some short sacks based on the short drops. Kolb had the highest percentage of short sacks, Skelton had the 2nd highest perecentage. Kolb was nearly double any other non Cardinal QB.