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Originally Posted by -King-
You don't pay someone 100mil to be a Swiss army knife who can't get sacks  .
Sacks aren't even a "flashy" stat for a defensive end. It's literally their primary responsibility. They're supposed to get after the qb on pass plays.
I don't give a **** if frank clark is the best coverage defensive end that has ever existed if he's not getting after QBs with regularity.
The funniest thing is that the same people who acts like sacks aren't as important as we make them out to be are the same people who cite how legendary Clark's 5 sacks were last post season. |
Chiefs sack total 2014: 46, Houston 22, Poe, 6, Hali 6, Bailey 5
Chiefs sacks total 2015: 47
Chiefs sack total 2018: 52, Jones 15.5, Dee Ford 13, Houston 9
No rings.
Yay, and there was much rejoicing.
At least we got them sacks though, am I right?
Sacks are not a reliable indicator of how good a defense is. And as we've seen, especially in the playoffs.
But you keep thinking that sacks are the be-all end-all of playing DE. That's what good ole Bob Sutton thought as well. For all the good it did him or the Chiefs.
**** sacks. Pressure the QB and force the SOB to make mistakes, or get scared. Like Frank did last night, generating two INTs. Not his fault the offense didn't convert them into points. And Spags doesn't seem terribly worried about it either.
Who is the person that matters, not you or me. If Spags cared about Clark and Jones getting more sacks he'd send them upfield more often, and they'd never be in coverage. or playing the run. Spags wants to create pressure and confusion, period. Getting sacks just helps that along. But they aren't the end-game. They are just a tool in the toolbox. And unlike Sutton, Spags has lots of tools in his box, and he's not worried about stat totals.