VJCPatriot
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This seems kind of silly to me.
Quarterbacks are just as responsible for sacks as their lineman are. Theres a lot of evidence that quarterbacks are more responsible than the lineman (when QBs change teams, the QB's sack rates tend to stay similar).
That, and theres no description of how they're deciding responsibility. Did the LT get beat, or was there supposed to be TE there? Was he supposed to pick up the blitzing OLB, or was that the RB's job? Was he supposed to slide in and help out the guard?
The patriots regressing from 21 sacks to 47 had very little to do with the line, and everything to do with Cassel's pocket awareness starting at awful and progressing to average.
Poor statistics are worse than no statistics.
Some of it was surely Cassel's fault, but 26 more sacks allowed?? I could not blame that all on Cassel. The Pats pass protection was not very good this season, and the OL must take their share of the blame too. Most of us have been talking about upgrading Light for years. It's interesting to note that one of the guys I really liked in the draft, Clady, had the fewest sacks given up this year. I mean, wow, a rookie coming in and doing that?