In his first year as the Washington Commanders' starting quarterback, Sam Howell is on pace to set a new NFL record for the most times a quarterback has been sacked in a single season. Through five games, the second-year passer has been sacked 29 times for 185 yards of lost yardage. If that pace keeps up, he will end up being sacked 99 times for 629 yards of lost offense in 17 games this season.
He will smash the record David Carr set the record in 2002 when he was brought down 76 times and yards lost to a sack of 489 by Randall Cunningham in 1986. (Both of those were set during 16-game seasons, but Howell is on pace to eclipse those numbers without needing the 17th game.)
Heading into the season the offensive line was seen as a big question mark and that issue hasn't been resolved, but in the preseason it became apparent Howell was holding onto the ball for quite some time.
Well, with this topic remaining a huge area of concern for Washington observers, though Eric Bieniemy seemed to have a slightly optimistic view on the sack situation, Kevin Sheehan brought in Travis May of Mojo.com who has some in-depth analysis of Howell's issues with pressure and getting sacked and how most of the sacks is both but primarily attributed to the quarterback.
To get all of the info from May, listen to the full conversation from The Kevin Sheehan Show on the audio player above.
