QB Career Pre-Season Sack%

Identifying which defenses to play in Pre-Season can be very tricky. A low Vegas total helps, but the big points are scored through sacks, interceptions, and defensive touchdowns. Unfortunately, interceptions are an incredibly noisy stat, and we don’t have big enough samples on most QBs to be trustworthy. Sacks are much less noisy despite being impacted by the offensive lines. This is a list of the career pre-season sack rates for all QBs currently on a depth chart.

QB TEAM DEPTH CHART DROPBACKS SACK%
Cody Kessler Jacksonville Jaguars 2 87 15%
Taysom Hill New Orleans Saints 3 23 13%
Robert Griffin Baltimore Ravens 2 117 13%
Alex Tanney New York Giants 4 242 12%
Joe Callahan Philadelphia Eagles 4 123 11%
Phillip Walker Indianapolis Colts 4 44 11%
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Derek Carty is the creator of THE BAT X (for MLB) and THE BLITZ (for NFL) projection systems, widely considered the gold standard for projections and the driving force behind multiple Milly Maker winners. You may also know him from ESPN.com, from his time on Baseball Tonight and SportsCenter, or from his early career managing the fantasy sections for Baseball Prospectus and The Hardball Times. While perhaps best known for DFS, he also has an elite track record in both sports betting (career ~13% ROI on thousands of publicly-tracked bets as of the end of the 2023-24 NFL season) and season-long fantasy expert leagues (11 titles while placing in the top 3 in roughly half of all leagues). On the sports betting side, you may recognize his work from EV Analytics, ScoresAndOdds, Covers, and Unabated. For season-long fantasy, THE BAT X is prominently featured at FanGraphs. While known mostly for his analytical skills, he’s also proud to be the only active fantasy or betting analyst to have graduated from MLB’s exclusive Scout School. Follow Carty on Twitter – @DerekCarty