In our mailbag yesterday, reader falconsaftey43 posed an interesting question to me. How much does pressure effect quarterbacks? Inherently, we know that it should but what does the data tell us? Since it’s the last week of the offseason and I need something to write about, I’m expanding the idea. So thank you falcon. There is no check but my gratitude is in the mail.
We can go through last year’s defensive charting to sorta through the data. Here is how the opposing QB performed with and without pressure.
A stark contrast. Under pressure, a QBs completion percentage drops by nearly 18%, their YPA by almost three yards, with a 1:1 touchdown to interception ratio.