Fencer
Pro Bowl Player
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Per Chris Price, using numbers from the NFL gamebooks (whatever those are) and PFF -- http://itiswhatitis.weei.com/sports...ts-pass-rush-numbers-for-2014-regular-season/
Hits track remarkably closely to 2X sacks.
But the correlation breaks down for hurries.
Judging by PFF numbers from November --https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2014/11/12/sig-stats-pass-rushing-productivity/ -- no one Patriot's full-year numbers were terrifically high (but we already knew that). Meanwhile, in a tidbit from that article:
It's been a good year for the team-switching Ayers brothers.
Hits track remarkably closely to 2X sacks.
Sacks (via gamebooks)
DE Rob Ninkovich: 8 (54 yards)
LB Dont’a Hightower: 6 (50 yards)
DE Chandler Jones: 6 (49.5 yards)
LB Akeem Ayers: 4 (35 yards)
LB Jamie Collins: 4 (30 yards)
DL Chris Jones: 3 (17.5 yards)
DL Sealver Siliga: 2.5 (11.5 yards)
Quarterback Hits (via gamebooks)
DE Rob Ninkovich: 16
LB Dont’a Hightower: 12
DE Chandler Jones: 12
LB Jamie Collins: 7
DL Chris Jones: 6
LB Akeem Ayers: 5
DL Sealver Siliga: 4
But the correlation breaks down for hurries.
Quarterback Hurries (via PFF)
DE Rob Ninkovich: 33
LB Akeem Ayers: 23
DE Chandler Jones: 19
LB Jamie Collins: 17
LB Dont’’¢a Hightower: 17
DL Vince Wilfork: 16
DL Dominique Easley: 7
DL Chris Jones: 7
LB Jerod Mayo: 5
DE Zach Moore: 4
DL Casey Walker: 3
DL Sealver Siliga: 4
Judging by PFF numbers from November --https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2014/11/12/sig-stats-pass-rushing-productivity/ -- no one Patriot's full-year numbers were terrifically high (but we already knew that). Meanwhile, in a tidbit from that article:
Former Broncos defensive linemen Robert Ayers has been a revelation since making the switch to the New York Giants, turning a backup end role come sub-package tackle role into phenomenal production.
It's been a good year for the team-switching Ayers brothers.