Interesting Note about the 13 Sacks

[DaBruinz]

So, I was looking at the number of sacks that the Pats had given up. It's 13 according to Pro-Football-Reference and it sounds really HIGH. So I went looking at PFF to track who had given up the sacks since PFR doesn't readily track that.

Will Campbell - 1 sack(s) allowed
Jared Wilson - 0 sack(s) allowed
Ben Brown - 0 sack(s) allowed
Garrett Bradbury - 0 sack(s) allowed
Michael Onwenu - 0 sack(s) allowed
Morgan Moses. - 1 sack(s) allowed

Henry, Hooper, Henderson, Stevenson, Gibson = 2 sacks allowed (combined)

So, that's 4 sacks allowed of the 13.. Are they really placing the other 9 on Maye himself?

I typically only rely on PFF to track stats like sacks and snap counts at a position.

Anyone have a different site that tracks sacks?

 

[jmt57]

I don't know of any sites that track the individual sacks allowed, but there are a few that track team totals.

Week One vs Raiders: four sacks, loss of 11 yards
Week Two at Dolphins: three sacks, loss of 19 yards
Week Three vs Steelers: five sacks, loss of 18 yards
Week Four vs Panthers: one sack, loss of zero yards


While the Patriots are up there in number of sacks allowed, the yardage lost is not nearly as bad (11th best/least).

Minnesota is first/worst in sacks allowed through four games (5 games for SF and Rams)

Sacks Allowed
18 - Vikings
17 - Titans
15 - Ravens
13 - Cardinals, Bengals, Patriots, Giants
12 - Raiders
11 - Jets
10 - Texans, Commanders
9 - Browns, Rams, Saints, Eagles, Steelers
8 - Packers, Dolphins, Bucs
7 - Bills, Bears, Chiefs, 49ers
6 - Panthers, Cowboys, Seahawks
5 - Falcons
4 - Lions, Colts
3 - Broncos, Jaguars

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Sack Yardage Lost:
120 - Titans
114 - Vikings
103 - Ravens
91 -- Texans
87 -- Raiders
83 -- Jets
83 -- Cardinals
78 -- Giants
74 -- Cardinals
69 -- Packers
67 -- Chargers
64 -- Steelers
59 -- Commanders
57 -- Eagles
57 -- Buccaneers
57 -- Saints
55 -- Panthers
55 -- Rams
54 -- Browns
52 -- Chiefs
51 -- Bears
48 -- Patriots
42 -- Falcons
38 -- 49ers
35 -- Cowboys
34 -- Bills
34 -- Colts
34 -- Seahawks
31 -- Dolphins
27 -- Jaguars
25 -- Lions
16 -- Broncos

NFL Football Stats - NFL Team QB Sacked per Game | TeamRankings.com

NFL Football qb sacked per game, by team.

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On the other side of the coin, Patriots have the fifth worst percantage of sacks:

NFL Football Stats - NFL Team QB Sacked Percentage | TeamRankings.com

NFL Football qb sacked percentage, by team.

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[jmt57]

Week One Sacks vs Raiders
1st Qtr, 4:58, 1st & 10 at NE 28, down 7-0; (shotgun) Maye sacked out of bounds at NE 27 by Maxx Crosby (-1 yard)
3rd Qtr, 5:11, 3rd & 5 at NE 30, down 14-10; (shotgun) Maye sacked at NE 28 by Tyree Wilson (-2 yards)
4th Qtr, 6:15, 1st & 10 at NE 44, down 20-10; (no huddle, shotgun) Maye sacked at NE 36 by Malcolm Koonce, fumbles, recovered by Will Campbell (-8 yards)
4th Qtr, 0:30, 2nd & 10 at LV 26, down 20-10; (shotgun) Maye sacked out of bounds at LV 26 by Jonah Laulu (no gain)

Week Two Sacks at Miami
1st Qtr, 13:05, 1st & 10 at 50, tied 0-0; (under center) Maye sacked at NE 47 by Bradley Chubb (-3 yards)
2nd Qtr, 9:09, 1st & 10 at MIA 38, up 12-7; (under center) Maye sacked at MIA 43 by Chop Robinson (-5 yards)
3rd Qtr, 9:54, 3rd & 7 at NE 20, down 17-15; (shotgun) Maye sacked at NE 9 by Jordyn Brooks (-11 yards)

Week Three Sacks vs Steelers
1st Qtr, 14:15, 2nd & 6 at NE 31, tied 0-0; (shotgun) Maye sacked at NE 31 by Cameron Heyward (no gain)
1st Qtr, 5:59, 3rd & 5 at NE 45, down 7-0; (shotgun) Maye sacked at NE 41 by Derrick Harmon (-4 yards)
2nd Qtr, 3:39, 2nd & 6 at PIT 48, down 14-7; (under center) Maye sacked at NE 45 by T.J. Watt (-7 yards)
4th Qtr, 7:49, 1st & 10 at PIT 33, tied 14-14; (shotgun) Maye sacked at PIT 37 by Nick Herbig (-4 yards), fumbles, recovered by T.J. Watt
4th Qtr, 1:31, 1st & 10 at PIT 37, down 21-14; (shotgun) Maye sacked at PIT 40 by T.J. Watt (-3 yards)

Week Four Sacks vs Panthers
3rd Qtr, 12:25, 1st & 10 at CAR 43, up 28-6; (under center) Maye sacked at CAR 43 by Tershawn Wharton (no gain)



Remove plays that did not lose yardage and the number of sacks drop from 13 to 10. Running out of bounds for no gain is considered to be a sack? Then there are four more sacks for only three yards or less, leaving us with seven - all of a sudden the number of sacks allowed doesn't look so bad. The number of big-loss plays traditionally associated with a sack isn't that high.

On the other hand the Patriots are taking sacks at a high rate when coming out of the locker room: two on the first drive of the game, and another on the opening drive of the second half.

Two sacks that result in fumbles in four games is not good either, that seems to be a fairly high percentage.