Kollman also went and charted those 21 sacks to see how many were actually due to the offensive line falling apart, as seemed to be the theme of the 2021 season. ![]() That was due to their explosive plays and their league-leading third-down completion percentage and No. In another interesting stat from Kollman, the Bengals’ Expected Points Added on their third-down conversions (+2.41) was higher than their Expected Points Lost on their third-down sacks (-1.98). On the flip side, out of the six sacks that occurred in opponent territory, only two knocked the Bengals out of field goal range. That would mean that even if Burrow did not take a sack on those plays and instead scrambled and threw the ball away or incomplete, the Bengals were punting anyway. Of those 21 sacks, 15 came in Cincinnati territory. One key stat Kollman discussed revolved around those third-down sacks, of which Burrow took 21 such sacks. But does it have any merit? Brett Kollman of The Bootleg Football Podcast and The Film Room on Youtube dove into the film and, oddly enough, found that Burrow’s comment do indeed have some merit. That was a very interesting comment by Burrow regarding the high number of sacks he took in 2021 (51 in the regular season, 19 in the playoffs). But I think sacks are an overblown stat.” “You look at the stats, yeah, I got sacked a lot, but you look at when they happened, third-down sacks, who cares about third down sacks? I try and extend the play as long as I can on third down to get the first down, unless I’m in field goal range and it’s going to back me up, then I’ll throw the ball away and get some points. There’s good sacks and there’s bad sacks,” Burrow said on the podcast. Last month, Burrow appeared on the Full Send podcast to discuss various topics, including the sacks. ![]() ![]() One thing we knew for sure from the 2021 season: Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow was sacked a lot.
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