Alarming Brady Cook stat shows why Jets must bench rookie QB

Charlie Baduini

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The New York Jets, starting an undrafted free agent rookie quarterback on Sunday for the second straight game, lost in demoralizing fashion to the surging New Orleans Saints, 29-6.

Brady Cook struggled mightily in his third taste of NFL action, completing 22 of 35 pass attempts for 188 yards, no touchdowns, and one interception. The former Missouri standout was also sacked eight times.

And although it's easy to point to the offensive line as the culprit for the beating Cook took, an alarming stat points out that most of them were the quarterback's fault, and why Aaron Glenn would be wise to bench the undrafted signal caller.

Brady Cook responsible for six of the eight total sacks against the Saints

According to FanSided's Justin Fried, Cook's lack of pocket presence led to the high sack total on Sunday.

"The #Jets OL was only credited with allowing 2 sacks and 7 pressures in Week 16, per PFF. Despite this, Brady Cook was sacked 8 times on just 11 defensive pressures," wrote Fried in a post on X.

"Cook’s pressure-to-sack rate this game was a whopping 72.7%. His PtS rate this season is 53.1%, which is the worst among all 69 QBs to play in a game in 2025."

"The Jets’ pass pro was not nearly as bad as the numbers from Sunday’s game would suggest. Honestly a perfectly fine pass pro game. Cook was the big problem."

Cook's abnormally high pressure-to-sack rate should be all Glenn needs to see to warrant a quarterback change.

Veteran Tyrod Taylor was healthy enough to back up Cook on Sunday and should be healthy enough to start New York's final two games against the New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills.

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