There’s been a rather lengthy thread debating Willie Colon vs. Flozell Adams over at Steel City Insider. As part of that, I was asked to “show my work” to explain how I assign sacks. So here’s my worksheet for the Steelers sacks in 2009.
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Here ya go.
| Game | Opp. | Sacker | Blame | Sack Value | Rushers | Down | Distance | Yds Lost | Time of hit | Game Time |
| 901 | Titans | Jason Jones | Trai Essex | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 2.8 | 09:01 1Q |
| Beats him quickly, but takes two tries to tackle Roethlisberger | ||||||||||
| 901 | Titans | Tony Brown | Max Starks | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2.3 | 05:27 1Q |
| Confusion bc of blitz | ||||||||||
| 901 | Titans | William Hayes | Max Starks | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3.9 | 00:16 1Q |
| Overmatched by DE and Roethlisberger’s holding the ball; Not helped by Roethlisberger’s scramble | ||||||||||
| 901 | Titans | Jacob Ford | Heath Miller | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3.9 | 00:16 1Q |
| Overmatched by DE and Roethlisberger’s holding the ball; Not helped by Roethlisberger’s scramble | ||||||||||
| 901 | Titans | Jevon Kearse | QB/Play Call | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1.8 | 06:34 4Q |
| Unblocked, line slants left, but leaves Kearse free | ||||||||||
| 902 | Bears | Alex Brown | Max Starks | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3.5 | 10:52 3Q |
| Roethlisberger looks around forever, eventually Starks is beaten | ||||||||||
| 902 | Bears | Alex Brown | Justin Hartwig | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2.1 | 12:14 4Q |
| Blitz up middle, Hartwig’s man makes initial hit | ||||||||||
| 903 | Bengals | Pat Sims | Chris Kemoeatu | 0.5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3.3 | 05:54 4Q |
| Odom doesn’t get credit, but he makes the sack happen by splitting Kemo/Hartwig double team, forces Roethlisberger to tuck | ||||||||||
| 903 | Bengals | Robert Geathers | Justin Hartwig | 0.5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3.3 | 05:54 4Q |
| Odom doesn’t get credit, but he makes the sack happen by splitting Kemo/Hartwig double team, forces Roethlisberger to tuck | ||||||||||
| 904 | Chargers | Alfonso Boone | QB/Play Call | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4.5 | 11:43 2Q |
| Ben does it again, eventually Boone beats Hartwig to get free | ||||||||||
| 904 | Chargers | Larry English | QB/Play Call | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6.3 | 07:40 1Q |
| Roethlisberger gets a sandwich, eventually English gets free | ||||||||||
| 904 | Chargers | Tim Dobbins | Chris Kemoeatu | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 2.2 | 11:03 2Q |
| X-blitz with a DB and LB, maybe Kemo out of position, blocks down when Hartwig could have handled that man and left him to pick up blitzer | ||||||||||
| 905 | Lions | Copeland Bryan | Trai Essex | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 3.3 | 12:17 4Q |
| Roethlisberger sees no one open, Essex’s man Jordon Dizon drives him back to cause the problems | ||||||||||
| 905 | Lions | Andre Fluellen | Justin Hartwig | 0.5 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 09:57 4Q |
| Steelers have enough blockers but Fluellen beats Hartwig to outside | ||||||||||
| 905 | Lions | Cliff Avril | Justin Hartwig | 0.5 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 09:57 4Q |
| Steelers have enough blockers but Fluellen beats Hartwig to outside | ||||||||||
| 905 | Lions | Julian Peterson | Max Starks | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 4.3 | 08:35 4Q |
| Peterson overruns Roethlisberger after speed rush, but Ben holds ball which gives him chance to catch him from behind | ||||||||||
| 906 | Browns | David Bowens | Matt Spaeth | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2.6 | 12:41 1Q |
| Spaeth falls to ground as Bowens easily tosses him | ||||||||||
| 906 | Browns | Brandon McDonald | Rashard Mendenhall | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2.8 | 06:54 4Q |
| Mendenhall gets suckered by fake blitz off Pittsburgh’s left doesn’t see DB coming from right side | ||||||||||
| 906 | Browns | Jason Trusnik | QB/Play Call | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5.5 | 06:14 4Q |
| Roethlisberger has plenty of time, but tries to make something big happen | ||||||||||
| 907 | Vikings | Ben Leber | Rashard Mendenhall | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2.8 | 12:49 1Q |
| Medenhall faiils to get over quick enough. Hits Leber, but Leber runs through block for sack | ||||||||||
| 907 | Vikings | Jimmy Kennedy | Chris Kemoeatu | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 3.7 | 00:42 1Q |
| Roethlisberger pump fakes twice, holds ball too long, moves up in pocket into Kennedy’s range | ||||||||||
| 907 | Vikings | Asher Allen | Heath Miller | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4.3 | 03:45 4Q |
| Allen comes on CB blitz from backside. Roethlisberger rolls out but doesn’t see him, gets hit from behind to fumble | ||||||||||
| 909 | Broncos | Elvis Dumervill | Max Starks | 0.5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5.63 | 08:03 1Q |
| Dumervill beats Starks around the corner while Reid runs over Mendenhall | ||||||||||
| 909 | Broncos | Darnell Reid | Rashard Mendenhall | 0.5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5.63 | 08:03 1Q |
| Dumervill beats Starks around the corner while Reid runs over Mendenhall | ||||||||||
| 909 | Broncos | D.J. Williams | Max Starks | 0.5 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3.1 | 01:37 1Q |
| Starks tries to come off of one blocker onto Williams, but barely gets a punch, Davis blitzes trough A gap, Mendenhall tries to cut him but Davis jumps over him | ||||||||||
| 909 | Broncos | Andra Davis | Rashard Mendenhall | 0.5 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3.1 | 01:37 1Q |
| Starks tries to come off of one blocker onto Williams, but barely gets a punch, Davis blitzes trough A gap, Mendenhall tries to cut him but Davis jumps over him | ||||||||||
| 909 | Broncos | Kenny Peterson | Chris Kemoeatu | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 2.5 | 11:30 3Q |
| Peterson beat Kemoeatu with slip move to Kemo’s outside | ||||||||||
| 910 | Bengals | Jonathan Fanene | Matt Spaeth | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4.4 | 07:42 1Q |
| Yes, Spaeth lost his man eventually, but Roethlisberger held the ball way too long | ||||||||||
| 910 | Bengals | Dhani Jones | QB/Play Call | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2.4 | 03:36 1Q |
| Empty backfield, Roethlisberger checks down, but no one available to block Jones | ||||||||||
| 910 | Bengals | Jonathan Fanene | Chris Kemoeatu | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4.5 | 04:54 2Q |
| Again on Roethlisberger, Fanene eventually grabs Ben while still being blocked, but Roethlisberger holds it too long | ||||||||||
| 910 | Bengals | Robert Geathers | QB/Play Call | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1.7 | 00:59 2Q |
| Geathers unblocked because of poor line call. Steelers slant left, leaving Geathers on no one | ||||||||||
| 911 | Chiefs | Mike Brown | QB/Play Call | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 1.7 | 02:44 4Q |
| Foster blocks down while two blitzer attack his gap, but he doesn’t free up to pick up either of them. Moore gets one, but other comes unblocked | ||||||||||
| 911 | Chiefs | Derrick Johnson | Mewelde Moore | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2.4 | 01:47 4Q |
| Johnson jumps up, grabs Roethlisberger while Moore is still blocking him | ||||||||||
| 911 | Chiefs | Alex Magee | QB/Play Call | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1.6 | 01:02 4Q |
| Same blitz as first sack, just from other side…Steelers scheme is poor as guard blockds down, leaving Moore to block two blitzers again | ||||||||||
| 913 | Raiders | Trevor Scott | QB/Play Call | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0:15 3Q |
| Raiders send one more than Steelers block. Maybe Moore should have blocked inside instead, but Scott comes unblocked | ||||||||||
| 914 | Browns | Corey Williams | Justin Hartwig | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10:58 1Q |
| Williams just slips past Hartwig’s right shoulder | ||||||||||
| 914 | Browns | Hank Poteat | QB/Play Call | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2.6 | 05:45 1Q |
| Steelers go empty, overload blitz with CB coming from Big Ben’s left leave san unblocked man for sack | ||||||||||
| 914 | Browns | Marcus Bernard | Willie Colon | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2.1 | 15:00 2Q |
| Steelers go empty again. This time Browns only send 4, but because Steelers block left (which was because of an apparent overloard) LB at Steelers right left unblocked | ||||||||||
| 914 | Browns | Corey Williams | Justin Hartwig | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2.7 | 05:29 2Q |
| Williams again is virtually unblocked as loop leaves Hartwig trying to help Colon on a CB while a DT runs unblocked. This time 6 Steelers (Mendenhall stayed in, can’t block 5) | ||||||||||
| 914 | Browns | Marcus Bernard | Willie Colon | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 3.3 | 05:00 2Q |
| Only a three-man rush but Bernard beats Colon to outside. Roethlisberger holds ball, but it is a 3-man rush on 3-and-19 | ||||||||||
| 914 | Browns | David Bowens | Chris Kemoeatu | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2.9 | 06:04 3Q |
| Kemoeatu nearly whiffs on Bowens who was lined up over him straight up | ||||||||||
| 914 | Browns | Brian Schaefering | QB/Play Call | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4.6 | 0:59 3Q |
| Roethlisberger tries to tuck and run, which runs him into a sack | ||||||||||
| 914 | Browns | Brian Schaefering | Max Starks | 0.5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3.9 | 02:40 4Q |
| Schaefering drives Starks back eventually, although Ben holds ball too long | ||||||||||
| 914 | Browns | Kaluka Maiava | Rashard Mendenhall | 0.5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3.9 | 02:40 4Q |
| Mendenhall lays a lick, but Maiava bounces off for the sack | ||||||||||
| 915 | Packers | Clay Matthews | Justin Hartwig | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2.4 | 07:16 2Q |
| Two blitzing Lbs confuse Hartwig who is too slow to adjust to block Matthews | ||||||||||
| 915 | Packers | Clay Matthews | Max Starks | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2.2 | 01:12 2Q |
| Matthews easily beats Starks to the corner with speed rush | ||||||||||
| 915 | Packers | Brad Jones | QB/Play Call | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3.7 | 14:57 3Q |
| Naked boot Ben had time but holds ball too long | ||||||||||
| 915 | Packers | Brad Jones | Trai Essex | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 5.5 | 06:01 3Q |
| Essex loses Jenkins quickly who forces Roethlisberger to tuck Jones slides off Hartwig eventually for sack | ||||||||||
| 915 | Packers | Brady Poppinga | Willie Colon | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4.6 | 01:54 4Q |
| Colon’s man gets sack, but it’s all bc Ben holds ball too long | ||||||||||
| 916 | Ravens | Kelly Gregg | Justin Hartwig | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 05:09 1Q |
| Hartwig’s man doesn’t get the sack, but he does flush Ben which leads to the sack | ||||||||||
| 916 | Ravens | Haloti Ngata | Matt Spaeth | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2.5 | 02:34 1Q |
| Ngata beats Spaeth off line then runs through Mendenhall | ||||||||||
| 916 | Ravens | Haloti Ngata | Rashard Mendenhall | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2.5 | 02:34 1Q |
| Ngata beats Spaeth off line then runs through Mendenhall | ||||||||||
| 916 | Ravens | Antwan Barnes | Willie Colon | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2.6 | 06:22 2Q |
| Barnes beats Colon around the corner | ||||||||||
| 916 | Ravens | Trevor Pryce | Justin Hartwig | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2.5 | 05;32 3Q |
| Pryce just overpowers Hartwig | ||||||||||
| 916 | Ravens | Chris Carr | Ramon Foster | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2.5 | 05;32 3Q |
| Foster not nimble enough to pick up Carr | ||||||||||
| 917 | Dolphins | Joey Porter | Willie Colon | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 5.3 | 13:02 1Q |
| Roethlisberger pump fakes twice, giving Porter time to come completely around corner and sack him from behind | ||||||||||
| 917 | Dolphins | Randy Starks | Max Starks | 0.5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2.8 | 11:24 4Q |
| Confusion as Starks splits Starks and Foster’s gap | ||||||||||
| 917 | Dolphins | Randy Starks | Ramon Foster | 0.5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2.8 | 11:24 4Q |
| Confusion as Starks splits Starks and Foster’s gap | ||||||||||
| 917 | Dolphins | Nate Jones | Max Starks | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4.2 | 07:04 4Q |
| Roethlisberger holds ball too long. Is partially bothered by LB who overpowers Mewelde Moore for earlier pressure, Starks eventually falls down and his man gets up to get sack | ||||||||||
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