The Pittsburgh Steelers added a pair of quarterbacks in Russell Wilson and Justin Fields, and they have one thing in common – they both take a lot of sacks. Wilson took the fourth-most sacks last season with 45, and Fields was just behind him with 44. Their offensive lines weren’t always great, but they both held onto the ball too long with the slowest time-to-throw in the NFL for qualifying quarterbacks last season.
So how many of Russell Wilson’s 45 sacks last season were simply because he held onto the ball too long or drifted into pressure while trying to escape the pocket?