” There usually isn’t a free rusher tackling a QB in the pocket.”
Happens quite often .... with predictable results.
Quite often? EVERY run outside the pocket by a QB besides him running out of bounds has a greater chance of injury than being in the pocket and that includes when he slides.
QBs in the pocket get hit how often in a game? Ten snaps out of the sixty in a game? Now insert a run first QB into that equation. How many times will he get hit? MUCH more than 10 per game.
It’s common sense and absurd to think that coaches/GMs are going to go against years of experience and their better judgment and roll back NFL offenses to suit a “running” QB.
By the way, your article is absurd. It placed Colt McCoy in the running category because they use statistics to determine who is a running QB. It also doesn’t measure strictly running plays by a running QB. It mixes runs resulting from a scramble, QB kneel-downs, etc. When you find some stats that only measures the number of injuries occurring from strictly run plays of the QB to the number of injuries resulting from pocket pass plays, post it. The article did affirm my point that NFL GMs and other personnel pros would rather not have QBs run with the ball.