Who Will Lead the League in Sacks?
Writing by Igor Ivanov on Monday, 24 of December , 2007 at 2:43 pm
Frankly, who gives a crap? Sacks are easily one of the most overrated football statistics ever invented. So a guy makes a tackle behind the line of scrimmage. So what? Did he do it all by himself? How often do you see a nosetackle tie up two offensive linemen, allowing some overpaid DE to make a play on the quarterback? And how often is a sack simply the result of good coverage downfield?
But just for the sake of discussion, Seattle’s Patrick Kearney led the league heading into Week 16 with 14 1/2 sacks, followed by Houston’s Mario Williams – who’s making the Texans look good in taking him over the overrated Reggie Bush and Vince Young in last year’s draft – with 14 sacks, and K.C.’s Jared Allen with 13 1/2. So if you’re going to make me put a dollar on someone in this meaningless race, I’ll go with Williams, because I’m glad to see him doing so well after catching so much flak during his rookie season.
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