The Dude

The san diego defense recorded and impressive 61 sacks this season. This has been repeatedly thrown in our faces so lets break it down




23% vs. Oakland ( 2 games) and the 31st passing offense: 14

19% vs. Kansas City ( 2 games) and the 22d ranked passing offense : 11

9% vs. Seattle and the 20th ranked passing offense :6

7% vs. Pittsburgh and the 9th ranked passing offense: 5

7% vs. San Francisco and the 29th ranked passing offense : 5

7% vs. Cleveland and the 23d ranked passing offense : 5

6% vs. Denver ( 2 games) and the 25th rated passing offense : 4

5% vs. St Louis and the 4th ranked passing offense : 3

5% vs. Buffalo and the 28th ranked passing offense : 3

3% vs. Baltimore and the 11th ranked passing offense : 2

3% vs. Cincinnatti and the 6th ranked passing offense : 2

2% vs. Arizona and the 10th ranked passing offense : 1

0% vs. Tennessee and the 30th ranked offense: 0 sacks: 0

BelichickFan

I have no idea what the point is but it's amazing they averaged 7 sacks against the Raiders.

FWIW here's where those teams rank in sacks allowed :

Oakland : 32
KC : 22
Seattle : 20
Pittsburgh : 9
SF : 29
Cleveland : 23
Denver : 25
St. Louis : 4
Buffalo : 28
Baltimore : 11
Cincy : 6
Arizona : 10
Tenessee : 30

The Dude

Do you comprehend?

21 sacks versus the 22d, 25th, and 20th ranked offenses in regards to passing.

one better 45 against the 31st, 25th, 22d, and 20th



There are only 32 teams in the league you know

The Dude

you just made the point. San Diego piled up massive amount sof sacks against weak o-lines

boltssbbound

WTF does this have to do with anything? Yeah, we didn't record a sack versus the Titans. And we only beat them 40-7. Boo hoo. The Titans also didn't record a first down in that game until midway through the third quarter.

61 sacks while our best pass rusher missed 25% of the season, our 2nd best pass rusher missed 19% of the season and our best DL pass rusher missed 37% of the season. Too bad for you all those guys are back healthy now. Had we been a bit healthier, we probably would have broken the '85 Bears record for most sacks in a season.

BelichickFan

That averages the 19th best (13th worst) OL faced.

Look, the Chargers will get their sacks. Fine, whatever. We're going to punt some drives. What matters is that it's not more than about 3 times and that Brady holds onto the ball. No fumbles. No INTs while throwing to get rid of the ball. Take the sack, punt, try again.

boltssbbound

You know, the Bolts contributed to those rankings.

The Dude

The Bears played much tougher teams than your girls in sand diego did

AzPatsFan

Belichick says Sacks are overrated and He's right as rain. Add up the number of fumbles, INTs, 3rd and didn't make its, and 4th and didn't make its, and you have a much more reliable measure of a Defense. All are turnovers . so for that matter is th epunt but that is included in the 3rd and didn't make it figures.

Sacks, pressured incompletions, PDs and INTs when totaled are a much better measure of a pass defense, than an outlandish sack total. Sacks may stop a drive. Fumble INTs definitely do. PDs of the tip variety have a much higher probability of generating an INT and turnover, than a sack.

Sixty one sacks pumped up by 14 against the hapless Raiders alone, doesn't mean as much. Beside the Pats have 47 sacks themselves and play a read-and-react before pass rushing scheme. That statistic is probably just as, if not more spectacular, if you consider it.

BelichickFan

Duh.

But they only contributed 1 out of 16 games. By the way they really rank tied for 20/21 in opponents sacks faced because I forgot to factor in their AFCW opponents twice.

Look, we know the Charger pass rush is good. Allright ? But even with the numbers from SD subtracted they haven't exactly faced the top OL in the league most weeks.