While Ben Roethilisberger has certainly developed a reputation as being the QB who creates his own sacks, Baltimore's very own Joe Flacco was recorded as being the "King of Holding the Ball Too Long" in 2010.
JJ Cooper, a sports blogger at Fanhouse.com logged the time of every sack in the NFL in 2010. Flacco recorded 25 sacks of 3.1 seconds or more which, five more than any other QB in the league.
The median sack time in 2010 among all QB's was 2.7 seconds.
According to Cooper:
The leaderboard of the over-time sacks is filled with names you may expect. Flacco and Roethlisberger lead the way, but Chicago's Jay Cutler isn't far behind. Michael Vick's legs get him out of trouble a lot, but they also mean that he will also rack up some sacks.
At the other end of the spectrum, Peyton Manning has an internal clock that simply doesn't allow him the hold the ball for long. Only one of his 15 sacks last season was when he held the ball for three seconds or more. It runs in the family as Eli Manning also had only one long sack. Tennessee's Kerry Collins was also notable for very few long sacks.
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