Not all sacks in the NFL are created the same, that much is certain.
That’s why Trench Warfare’s Brandon Thorn tracks sacks through his True Sack Score metrics, which measures sacks based on four different types: rare high quality; high quality; low quality; and coverage/cleanup.
Unsurprisingly, Pittsburgh Steelers star pass rusher T.J. Watt leads the NFL in not only sacks through the first five weeks with 8.0, he also leads Thorn’s True Sack Score metrics with no other pass rusher even close.
Thorn has Watt down for a score of 9 in his True Sack Rate with Watt having all of his sacks come as at least high quality (one point).