Pro Bowl Quarterbacks & Sacks

Big Dan the 'Burgh Man and I were talking Saturday afternoon and he posed the following question: Has a quarterback ever made the Pro Bowl in a season during which he was sacked more than Ben Roethlisberger has been sacked this season (i.e. 47 times)?

It seemed a good question -- could it be that Ben Roethlisberger was the holder of a dubious, not to mention obscure, record? Using Pro Bowl rosters at Pro Bowl Online and statistics available at NFL.com I discovered the answer, at least a partial answer, to Dan's question.

Going back ten years here are the Pro Bowl quarterbacks with the ten highest sack totals during their regular season:

Player	Season	Sacks
Drew Bledsoe	2002	54
Steve Beuerlein	1999	50
Marc Bulger	2006	49
Rich Gannon	1999	49
Ben Roethlisberger	2007	47
Duante Culpepper	2004	46
Michael Vick	2004	46
Steve Beuerlein	1998	44
Donovan McNabb	2003	43
Tom Brady	2001	41

So while Big Ben's season has been noteworthy, and his sitting out of the final game of the 2007 regular season ensured that he wouldn't move up on this list, it's not a record.