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Trivia - Without looking at individual stats from last year
Posted on 4/19/18 at 8:41 am
Posted on 4/19/18 at 8:41 am
Who led the Saints in tackles and was tied for 2nd in sacks?
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Posted on 4/19/18 at 8:47 am to oreeg
Vacarro
Posted on 4/19/18 at 8:52 am to oreeg
I guessed wrong in my head so I cheated and looked 
actually not that surprising who it is.
actually not that surprising who it is.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 8:54 am to jamal
quote:
I guessed wrong in my head so I cheated and looked
Same here
quote:
actually not that surprising who it is.
I actually was kind of surprised.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 8:56 am to oreeg
Okafor for the sacks
Williams for tackles
Williams for tackles
Posted on 4/19/18 at 8:56 am to burdman
I mean in a sense yeah but considering how they used him I’m not that surprised.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 8:58 am to jamal
Yeah.
It wasn't shocking or anything. I don't know why I was kind of surprised about leading the team in tackles, but I was
It wasn't shocking or anything. I don't know why I was kind of surprised about leading the team in tackles, but I was
Posted on 4/19/18 at 9:19 am to oreeg
If we are talking about the same person for both that would rule out Okafor, but I know he was at least tied for second in sacks.
So someone who wasn't injured (since we had a lot of those) but also blitzed a lot (because no one else on the line had as many sacks as Jordan and Okafor).
I don't recall Marcus blitzing save for maybe a handful of times and I'd be surprised if he even had one sack, if that. He'd be a candidate for tackles but not sacks.
Robertson had a couple of sacks but I don't think he had more than that. He may have been up there in tackles but I doubt he led that too because he started on the bench for 3 (?) games.
Klein and Vaccaro were hurt and neither would have had the sacks for sure.
I know it wasn't any of the corners.
That leaves Bell, which isn't that surprising because he took over Vaccaro's role and played a lot at SS since Vaccaro was playing Nickel. That means he played closer to the line and would have had a fair amount of blitzes.
I'm guessing he finished with about 80 total tackles and he would have 4.5 sacks tying him for second with Okafor.
Correct or no?
So someone who wasn't injured (since we had a lot of those) but also blitzed a lot (because no one else on the line had as many sacks as Jordan and Okafor).
I don't recall Marcus blitzing save for maybe a handful of times and I'd be surprised if he even had one sack, if that. He'd be a candidate for tackles but not sacks.
Robertson had a couple of sacks but I don't think he had more than that. He may have been up there in tackles but I doubt he led that too because he started on the bench for 3 (?) games.
Klein and Vaccaro were hurt and neither would have had the sacks for sure.
I know it wasn't any of the corners.
That leaves Bell, which isn't that surprising because he took over Vaccaro's role and played a lot at SS since Vaccaro was playing Nickel. That means he played closer to the line and would have had a fair amount of blitzes.
I'm guessing he finished with about 80 total tackles and he would have 4.5 sacks tying him for second with Okafor.
Correct or no?
Posted on 4/19/18 at 9:23 am to oreeg
our best tackler was in the 80's
guys leading the league are 140+ , not sure what that indicates
guys leading the league are 140+ , not sure what that indicates
Posted on 4/19/18 at 9:23 am to burdman
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I don't know why I was kind of surprised about leading the team in tackles,
This pretty much ruled out any CB or DL as they rarely, if ever, led in tackles.
Usually it's the SS or a LB as they are very often in the box to play the run.
Teams that use interchangeable safeties could have a FS led, but we normally play single high or cover 3, leaving Williams in the deep middle. That means he wouldn't have the opportunities in run support to led in tackles.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 9:26 am to ZeekFreak
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our best tackler was in the 80's
guys leading the league are 140+ , not sure what that indicates
Injuries and a scheme change after two games. More than half of our defensive starters missed some time for one reason or another: Okafor, Klein, Anzalone, Robertson, Te'o, Crawley, Lattimore, and Vaccaro all missed at least two games or played significantly reduced roles for at least two games.
This post was edited on 4/19/18 at 9:27 am
Posted on 4/19/18 at 9:27 am to bonethug0108
Sadly, It's a lot easier when you think about who played 16 games and didn't miss any time due to injury. I can't believe the injuries we had in 2017.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 9:28 am to oreeg
That's the only reason I arrived on Bell was because of the injuries to about everyone else.
That took about every other candidate out of the running.
That took about every other candidate out of the running.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 10:28 am to oreeg
The first name to pop into my head was Te'o. I dont think he missed any time.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 10:31 am to ZeekFreak
quote:
our best tackler was in the 80's
guys leading the league are 140+ , not sure what that indicates
pretty easy.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 12:58 pm to Sinister1
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The first name to pop into my head was Te'o. I dont think he missed any time.
He also didn't play many snaps until Klein went down though. And he didn't have many sacks. Maybe 2.
Edit:
The only game both Klein and Te'o played a bunch of snaps together was NE where Te'o played about half the snaps.
Every other game Klein was available for the whole game, Te'o played 33% or less of the snaps.
This post was edited on 4/19/18 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:03 pm to oreeg
I would say Robertson, but there's no way he was 2nd in sacks. Has to be Bell.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 3:30 pm to oreeg
My guess: Cam Jordan.
After cheating: nice. I was close.
After cheating: nice. I was close.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 3:36 pm to Barbellthor
No one on the team had even half the sacks he did. He was clear first in sacks.
Also Dlineman rarely have more than 60ish tackles total.
Also Dlineman rarely have more than 60ish tackles total.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 3:52 pm to bonethug0108
First name to pop in my head was Bell, and it's only because when I recently watched some reaction vids of games from this past season, the guys reacting read off stats after the highlights, and more than once I was surprised to learn Bell led the team in tackles in those games.
I haven't looked. Who is it?
I haven't looked. Who is it?
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