Situations and play calling

Sacks are where fumbles live

Holds upThe record backs this up, season after season.

This one is in the FanIQ library with the full rule, the reason it works, and every season we checked.

Held in 27 of 27 seasons, from 32,403 records measured.

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The Scramble Is Football's Best-Kept SecretWhen a quarterback tucks the ball and runs, the play works about six times in ten. Nothing an offense calls on purpose comes close, and no offense can call it on purpose.
Interceptions Get the Blame. Fumbles Do the Damage.Play for play, a lost fumble costs more win probability than an interception. We expected the opposite going in, and the data reversed us in every season since 1999.

FanIQ carries this one in full: the rule itself, why it works, the season-by-season record, and the related laws.