• ~39 sacks per week across the league.
  
• 12 players finished the season with 10+ sacks.  Here's the positional breakdown of those 12 players: 6 LB, 2 DT, 2 FS, 1 DE, 1 SS.
  
• Obviously LB reign supreme among high-sack players, but roughly a quarter of them come from safeties and none of them are cornerbacks.  This is also our first peek into the low sack totals that DE got previously.
  

• LB - 26.4%
  
• DE - 24.9%
  
• DT - 21.3%
  
• FS 16.5%
  
• SS 6.7%
  
• CB 4.2%
  

• Last year, there were 39 sacks per game week.  This year, there's an incredible 48 per game week.No wonder quarterbacks have been spending more time in the ice-bath after games.
  
• We also already have five players with 10+ sacks and another 19 with at least six sacks.  If just half of those 19 players hit the 10 sack mark, that would give us 15 double-digit sackers.  Last year we only had 12.
  
• Let's look at those five players who already have 10+ sacks - 3 are DE and 2 are LB.  Remember that last year, one quarter of the 10+ sack players were safeties.
  
• Let's expand the list and look at the top 16 players in sacks - 8 DE, 7 LB, 1 SS.  That is a stark difference to last season, which saw a lot more sacks from the safety and defensive tackle position.
  

• LB - 40.5% (26.4%)
  
• DE - 31.2% (24.9%)
  
• DT - 10.7% (21.3%)
  
• SS - 10.7% (6.7%)
  
• CB - 3.9% (4.2%)
  
• FS - 2.8% (16.5%)
  

• linebackers and defensive ends are the new sack masters of the league.
  
• free safeties and corners rarely blitz, which is a big change from the large number of sacks that FS had last year.
  
• defensive tackles are not sacking the quarterback hardly at all
  
• If you combine DL, their sack share went from 41.9% to 46.2%.
  
• If you combine safeties, their sack share went from 23.2% to 13.5%.
  

• 10.69 interceptions per game week.
  

• CB - 40.9%
  
• FS - 35.1%
  
• LB - 14.0%
  
• SS - 9.3%
  
• DE - 0.6%
  

• We're seeing a slight uptick in total interceptions from last year, averaging 11 per game week.  
  

• CB - 54.5% (40.9%)
  
• LB - 21.2% (14.0%)
  
• SS - 15.2% (9.3%)
  
• FS - 9.1% (35.1%)
  

• Cornerbacks need just 16 more INT to match last year's total.
  
• Linebackers need just 3 more INT to match last year's total.
  
• Strong safeties need just 1 more INT to match last year's total.
  
• Free safeties, on the other hand, would need to play for three more seasons at the current pace to match last year's total.
  
• If you combine safeties, their INT share goes from 44.4% to 24.3%
  

• Cornerbacks are the new interception leaders and it isn't close.  
  
• Linebackers have taken over essentially all the stats now - having long led in tackles, they are now more than a threat in sacks and interceptions.
  
• If you are a free safety, don't look too long at your stats.  There may not be any.
  

• 707 tackles per week across the league.
  
• 33 players finished the season with 100+ tackles: 22 LB, 6 FS, 4 CB, 1 DE
  
• No surprise that linebackers accounted for the most high-tackle totals, but interesting to see that free safeties were second on that list.
  

• LB - 29.4%
  
• CB - 23.5%
  
• FS - 19.2%
  
• DE - 12.2%
  
• DT - 9.9%
  
• SS - 5.5%
  

• 654 tackles per game week, which is down almost 10% from last season.
  
• We're on pace for 22 players with 100+ tackles which is way down from the 33 we saw last season.
  
• Of those 22, 12 are LB and 10 are CB.  A massive difference from last year's 100+ (22 LB, 6 FS, 4 CB, 1 DE)
  
• The highest tackling safety this year is ranked 52nd.  The highest tackling safety last year ranked 5th.
  

• LB - 34.0% (29.4%)
  
• CB - 28.5% (23.5%)
  
• DT - 11.9% (9.9%)
  
• DE - 9.3% (12.2%)
  
• SS - 9.0% (5.5%)
  
• FS - 7.1% (19.2%)
  

• If you combine DL, their share stayed almost the exact same (22.1% to 21.2)
  
• If you combine safeties, their tackle share went from 24.7% to 16.1%
  

• 29 TFL per game week
  

• DE - 68.8%
  
• LB - 13.6%
  
• DT - 9.4%
  
• CB - 4.5%
  
• FS - 2.9%
  
• SS - .06%
  

• 31 TFL per game week, which is up slightly from last season.
  
• Last year, we had three players average at least 1.0 TFL per game.  This year, the highest average is 0.777.
  
• Last year, we had 17 players with 10+ TFL.  This year, we're on pace for 13.
  

• LB - 43.9% (13.6%)
  
• DE - 35.1% (68.8%)
  
• DT - 17.0% (9.4%)
  
• SS - 2.8% (.06%)
  
• FS - .07% (2.9%)
  
• CB - .03% (4.5%)
  

• if you combine all DL, their TFL share went from 78.2% to 52.1%
  
• if you combine all safeties, their FTL share went from 2.96% to 2.87%.  Essentially the same.
  

• Linebackers are the stat leaders in a big way.
  
• Safeties (especially free safeties) are essentially absent from the stat-sheet compared to last year
  
• Defensive line had their TFL nerfed, but bounced back with a nice sack increase.
  
• Corners are now the statistical leaders of the secondary, dwarfing safeties in virtually every category.
  

(02-16-2021, 04:41 PM)Big Edd Wrote: What DE caught a pick lmfa

(02-16-2021, 04:50 PM)dogwoodmaple Wrote:

(02-16-2021, 04:41 PM)Big Edd Wrote: What DE caught a pick lmfa

Mack Arianlacher, week 1 last year