Bengals took a sack on 10.3% of dropbacks
The Cincinnati Bengals allowed a sack on 10.3% of dropbacks (29 sacks on 281 dropbacks), 3rd-highest of 19 teams, in the 2021–2026 playoffss (covered history).
- Window
- The 2021–2026 playoffss (covered history)
- Games
- 7
- Denominator
- 281 dropbacks (attempts + sacks)
- Cohort
- 19 teams
- Sacks are shared between protection, scheme, receivers and the quarterback. This is a team number.
Source & definition
Definition: Sacks taken divided by dropbacks, where dropbacks = pass attempts + sacks taken (scrambles excluded). Summed over games.
Fields: stats_team_week.sacks_suffered, stats_team_week.attempts
Provider: nflverse data releases (schedules, weekly team/player stats, play-by-play) · dataset nflverse-2026-10-20-run2
Calculation: team.sack_rate_allowed@1 · rules v1 · template v1 · computed Oct 20, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC
Qualification: ranked only with at least 100 dropbacks (attempts + sacks); this entity qualified.