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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sunshinepacker" data-source="post: 726690" data-attributes="member: 9033">Because the hits and hurries lead to bad passes which lead to INTs far more often than sacks lead to fumbles. QB rating falls off a cliff when a QB is under pressure. Yes, sacks are more notable and are a certain loss of down but a bad pass, while higher variance in outcome, has a higher chance of leading to a much better outcome for the defense (e.g., change of possession).You can dislike the stat all you want but evidence points that it matters a great deal and carries over from season to season. Remember 2011 when Clay had 6 sacks but a huge amount of hits and hurries? Turns out that the hits and hurries were far more predictive of his ability than the sacks. Same thing holds true for most players.</blockquote>

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