Historically, sacks kill offenses, but a deeper look at Daniels’s college stats suggests the Commanders rookie can overcome them at the next level.
Overall, Daniels was sacked on 20.2 percent of the dropbacks in which he was pressured, which ranked 79th in the FBS and was more than two percentage points higher than the national average.
The only other first-rounder with a worse “pressure-to-sack” rate was Chicago’s Caleb Williams (21.9 percent), but the data also suggests Williams was more elusive in the pocket as he tried to buy time and make explosive plays. It took longer to sack Williams than any other quarterback in the country (4.