When Drake Maye lost to the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl on Sunday night, he ended up setting a record for most sacks taken in a postseason in NFL history.
The New England Patriots quarterback was sacked six times by Seattle, putting him at 21 for the playoffs.
That is a new record, beating Joe Burrow’s 19 sacks in his run to a Super Bowl appearance against the Los Angeles Rams.
But, if you look at the situations more closely, you’ll see that Burrow far outperformed Maye in the Super Bowl.
As you can see in the post below, Burrow was under pressure more, had less time to throw, and had an offensive line that was far inferior in terms of talent.
Burrow also performed much better than Maye in terms of passer rating and QBR.
Both, though, ended up being near the bottom of all QBs to play at least three postseason games since 2000 in terms of EPA.
Of course, Maye was the very worst (-29.2) while Burrow was 11th worst (-0.0).
While it’s tempting to compare the situations of two second-year QBs making surprising runs to the Super Bowl, the stats and eyeballs suggest that Burrow did a lot more to elevate his team than Maye, even if the latter is the new owner of a dubious record.
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