(08-13-2017 07:33 PM)Rocco Wrote:  

(08-13-2017 06:03 PM)tribefbfan Wrote:  

(08-13-2017 03:01 PM)Rocco Wrote:  Just for reference:

2007- 10 sacks
2008- 24 sacks
2009- 49 sacks
2010- 19 sacks
2011- 19 sacks
2012- 14 sacks
2013- 31 sacks
2014- 34 sacks
2015- 22 sacks
2016- 10 sacks

You don't want to have anything in common with the 2007 defense.

There's a lot that can lead to a high number of sacks. Did we get off to big lead forcing them to pass to score quickly? Did did we have the lead late in the game forcing to abandon the run? If teams aren't passing against us it's hard to rack up sacks.

The biggest reason last year was that teams ran the ball more than they passed against us. We couldn't really pin our ears back and go after the QB because of that.

If these guys can turn this around we could be very competitive. We have some studs. They need to stay healthy and we need six or 7 guys we can rotate in to keep fresh legs.

Sacks per pass attempt (which is sacks plus passes, since college counts sacks as rushing attempts):

2007: 1 sack every 27 attempts
2008: 1 sack every 14.41 attempts
2009: 1 sack every 9.41 attempts
2010: 1 sack every 19.95 attempts
2011: 1 sack every 18.37 attempts
2012: 1 sack every 24.71 attempts
2013: 1 sack every 14.19 attempts
2014: 1 sack every 12.82 attempts
2015: 1 sack every 19 attempts
2016: 1 sack every 29.2 attempts

They didn't get a lot of sacks last year because they weren't very good.