stillers4me
06-23-2011, 07:48 AM
Last week, Football Outsiders published a two-part series that analyzed broken tackles in 2010. As always, interesting work by the statistical outfit. I'd like to highlight a few of their findings in several posts this next few days, beginning on the defensive side of the ball.
Obviously a top-ranked defense like the Pittsburgh Steelers (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/pittsburgh-steelers) didn't achieve what it did by missing a lot of tackles. But individuals can miss a relatively high number of tackles without necessarily compromising the overall play of the defensive collectively. However, it was impressive to see just how well the Steelers fared at all positions in terms of wrapping guys up. Let's take a look at some of the numbers around the league beginning with the defensive backs........
read more @ http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/2011/6/20/2227826/breaking-down-the-steelers-broken-tackle-rates-in-2010
Obviously a top-ranked defense like the Pittsburgh Steelers (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/pittsburgh-steelers) didn't achieve what it did by missing a lot of tackles. But individuals can miss a relatively high number of tackles without necessarily compromising the overall play of the defensive collectively. However, it was impressive to see just how well the Steelers fared at all positions in terms of wrapping guys up. Let's take a look at some of the numbers around the league beginning with the defensive backs........
read more @ http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/2011/6/20/2227826/breaking-down-the-steelers-broken-tackle-rates-in-2010