The 2014 season marked a new era of passing efficiency. And since the 2014 season, the passing game has remained extremely efficient. However, there were a lot of quarterback injuries in 2019: we spent most or all of the season without Andrew Luck, Ben Roethlisberger, Cam Newton, and Alex Smith; as a result, pass effic
We can quibble a bit on this, but let’s just say a sack is worse than a risky throw.
I’m not sure if this is a collected stat, but the ratios of fumbles per sack or fumbles lost per sack would likely underscore this. And a fumble behind the line of scrimmage is almost always worse than a pick.
Honestly, whatever. Risky pass thing is an interesting and generally more correct way to look at it. And I can’t agree more that the Bears should let young QBs sink or swim with a ton of passes a game