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I don't subscribe to that. Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you.
Seattle only got 4 sacks (total) against the Cards.
San Francisco got 6 against them.
WE got 11 - more than those 4 games combined.
True but what are we talking about here? I was talking about inflated sack totals and why they shouldn't have effected our ability to put a D-line player in the top 100. Posters are constantly talking about the fact we tied for the lead in sacks when describing our defense.
We had a top 10 or 15 defense and led the league in sacks last year, but still were snubbed by the NFL players.
The Whiners only had 38 sacks and the Seahags were even worse with only 36. Neither of their D's rely on sacks or are even very good at it. I'm comparing the Rams to teams that finished in the top 5 in sack totals. Without the good fortune of playing against the Cards twice (we also played them before the O-line started to gel later in the season) I don'y think we even sniff top 5 in sacks.
Here's total yards given up to the Cards:
Hags 407
Ranked 4th in total defense
Whiners 527
Ranked 3rd in total defense
Rams 657
Ranked 14th in total defense
The Top 100 list (defensive players) should be comprised of players that excel in all facets of their position or got shit loads of sacks. We had nobody that fits that description IMO. Chris came close but he needs to convert some of those hurries to sacks and get better at run D.