NFL 2024 – QB vs Blitz No Blitz Splits

Here is a look at quarterback performance against the blitz and when facing no blitz.  Below you will find 4 charts:

• 2024 QB Stats
• QB Stats vs No Blitz
• QB Stats vs Blitz
• QB Sack % & QBP % broken out by Blitz & No Blitz

2024 QB Stats

Let’s start with the easy one, below is a chart of the stats for quarterback through the first 4 games of week 13.  The three charts are sorted by:

• Alphabetical first name
• Passer Rating
• EPA/dropback

vs. No Blitz

Below is a chart of quarterback performance when NOT facing a blitz.

The three charts are sorted by:

• Alphabetical first name
• Passer Rating
• EPA/dropback

vs Blitz

Below is a chart showing quarterback performance when facing a blitz.  The three charts are sorted by:

• Alphabetical first name
• Passer Rating
• EPA/dropback

Sack % & QBP % vs Blitz / No Blitz

The chart below is sorted by Dropbacks vs the blitz.  Why?  Look at the top 3 names on the list: Caleb Williams, Bo Nix, Jayden Daniels.  The three rookies who have started every game are the most blitzed quarterbacks in the league.

The interesting thing about this chart are the last three columns that break out the QB’s sack % into vs Blitz/No Blitz.  This allows us to see which quarterback are avoiding sacks even against a blitz, and which are finding ays to get sacked when facing a normal rush.

There are too many insights to list them all but here are a few:

• Deshaun Watson was a sack machine.  He took 20 sacks on 90 dropbacks against the blitz for an eye popping 22.2% sack % when facing a blitz.
• Wil Levis is also a sack machine, but he does his most dubious work when facing No Blitz.  Levis has taken 29 sacks when not facing a blitz in only 197 dropbacks for a sterling 14.7 % sack% when not facing a blitz.
• How bad Jordan Love is vs Blitz: His passer rating vs Blitz is 74.2, and EPA/dropback is a horrendous -0.36.
• How good Jordan Love is vs No Blitz: His passer rating is 105.3 and EPA/dropback is 1st at +0.27.
• Green-Green-Green(above average against No Blitz, Blitz, Overall): Love, Allen, Love, Nix, Carr, Richardson, Rush
• Red-Red-Red(below average against No Blitz, Blitz, Overall):  Williams, Daniels, Minshew, Hurts, Darnold
• When it comes to pressure, 2nd year QBs are really struggling. Here are the QBP% for No Blitz/Blitz for 2nd year QBs:
  • Stroud(36%/52%)
  • Richardson (37%/59%)
  • Levis(43%/50%)
  • The averages for the league are 30%/41%. Bryce Young is 26%/44%, so better than average against no blitz, and slightly below average against the blitz.

Low Sack %

• Quarterbacks with lowest overall sack%
  • Jordan Love
  • Derek Carr
  • Josh Allen
  • Cooper Rush
  • Lamar Jackson
  • Andy Dalton
  • Bo Nix
• Quarterbacks with the lowest sack % when facing NO Blitz
  • Andy Dalton
  • Bryce Young
  • Derek Carr
  • Josh Allen
  • Jordan Love
  • Cooper Rush
• Quarterbacks with the lowest sack % when facing a blitz:
  • Kirk Cousins
  • Jordan Love
  • Lamar Jackson
  • Derek Carr
  • Dak Prescott
  • Daniel Jones
  • Josh Allen

High Sack %

• Quarterbacks with highest overall sack%
  • Wil Levis
  • Deshaun Watson
  • Caleb Williams
  • Gardner Minshew
  • C.J. Stroud
  • Jalen Hurts
  • Sam Darnold
• Quarterbacks with the highest sack % when facing NO Blitz
  • Wil Levis
  • Daniel Jones
  • Caleb Williams
  • Gardner Minshew
  • Drake Maye
  • Geno Smith
• Quarterbacks with the highest sack % when facing a blitz:
  • Deshaun Watson
  • Bryce Young
  • Caleb Williams
  • Justin Fields
  • C.J. Stroud
  • Aaron Rodgers
  • Jalen Hurts