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Tackling the Bills’ tackling stats
Tackling the Bills’ tackling stats
Thursday, June 26, 2008 | Posted by Anthony Bialy
Counting tackles is tough. It’s an unintended but still telling slight toward defenders, like how the Heisman Trophy guy insults them by carrying a ball: The imprecise nature of ending a play makes it tricky. Should tagging a wideout who dove to make a catch really count as a tackle? Who gets credit, the defensive end who grabbed a piece of the running back to hinder his speed or the linebacker who actually takes him to the turf? And would Deion Sanders have ever racked up a single tackle if pushing a receiver out of bounds didn’t qualify?
There are a plethora of factors for anyone trying to figure out who should be credited for what successful attack on the football’s possessor, just as there are numerous restrictions on using the stat as the primary method for measuring defenders such as the quality of each player’s 10 coworkers. Still, a look at the Buffalo Bills’ tackle ranking in 2007 provides a fair picture of what the defense accomplished plus where it needs to improve...........
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