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In gridiron football, a sack occurs when the quarterback (or another offensive player acting as a passer) is tackled behind the line of scrimmage before throwing a forward pass, when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage in the "pocket" and without clear intent, or when a passer runs out of bounds behind the line of scrimmage due to defensive pressure. [1]
Taylor had 9.5 and Jackson had 8.0 sacks that season, which would increase their totals to 142.0 and 136.0 sacks, respectively. These sacks would place Taylor at 9th and Jackson tied at 16th (with Jared Allen) on the unofficial sack list. Unofficial and Official Ranks are based on the top 250 from Pro Football Reference. [1]
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Jared Allen led the league in sacks in 2007 and 2011. Al Baker is the unofficial NFL record holder with 23 sacks during the 1978 NFL season. [2] The Deacon Jones Award, given annually to the player who leads the league in sacks, is named after Deacon Jones. Jones unofficially led the league in sacks five times.
Quarterback Tom Brady threw for 325 yards and one touchdown pass. Brady set the record for most career sacks (556), and lost a third straight start for the first time since 2002. The Ravens received the opening kickoff, but managed only one first down on the drive. Justin Tucker punted, and the ball was fielded at the 11 yard line.
#Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes comes in at No. 8 on the NFL's Top 100 Players list of 2022.
The 6-3, 200-pounder logged 71 tackles (10 for loss), 9 sacks and 3 blocked punts in his junior season as one of the Big North Conference's top pass rushers. He added 131 yards and two TDs as a ...
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