Field Gulls · Sep 22, 2023
ESPN lists Seahawks player at No. 7 in Pass Rush Win Rate
Photo by Jane Gershovich/Getty ImagesDarrell Taylor haters might want to look away.
Using player tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats, ESPN Analytics created “revolutionary metrics” to measure performance in the trenches.
Today we’re looking at the their rankings for Pass Rush Win Rate, as of Monday afternoon (aka through last Sunday’s games).
Here’s their methodology, boiled down to a single sentence:
Our pass rush win rate metric tells us how often a pass-rusher is able to beat his block within 2.5 seconds.
Unsurprisingly, the Dallas Cowboys’ Micah Parsons led all EDGEs with a 36% Pass Rush Win Rate (PRWR), which includes an even better 40% PRWR when double-teamed (!!).
