25 and 8

[Hankp22]

Through two games of football, our defense has 25 tackles for loss and 8 sacks. Let's say they are on the field for 70 plays, then about every 6th snap results in a loss.

 

[MedDawg]

Through two games of football, our defense has 25 tackles for loss and 8 sacks. Let's say they are on the field for 70 plays, then about every 6th snap results in a loss.

We had 17 TFL in the first game, right? That means only 8 this game? I find that hard to believe. At one point they had 6 plays in a row for a loss (plus a penalty to give them a first down). Then their next series was very similar to that. Had to be more than 8 TFL for the whole game.

There must be plays that result in a loss but don't count as a "tackle for a loss", such as when a QB is running away from defenders then runs out of bounds behind the line of scrimmage. Or a swing pass that gets tackled behind the line of scrimmage. I don't know the exact rules for counting "tackles for a loss".

 

[Hankp22]

I had the same the thought

I used the ESPN box score for the numbers on both games. And game 1 was 17 and game 2 was 8 per the ESPN box scores.

I actually had the same take you did thinking we had 12 or so yesterday. I was surprised when i only saw 8 TFL. Either way, the point still stands that roughly 1 of 6 plays results in a loss when our defense has been on the field.

 

[ezsoil]

I used the ESPN box score for the numbers on both games. And game 1 was 17 and game 2 was 8 per the ESPN box scores.

I actually had the same take you did thinking we had 12 or so yesterday. I was surprised when i only saw 8 TFL. Either way, the point still stands that roughly 1 of 6 plays results in a loss when our defense has been on the field.

They didn't get credit for a til if the loss was less than a yard ...there were at least 4 of those I noticed...and hey KSU did have their entire line back ... they were a much better offensive team than they were on defense..