Sacks and Tackles-For-Loss

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(05-13-2022, 04:41 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Actually I think we agreeing about the differences between a "sack" and a "tackle for loss".  I am just pointing out how people use differet terms for the same thing.

For example if "TFL's" were completely different from "Sacks" (which I think they should be) then there should be a term/stat for (TFL + Sacks).

In college they use the term "stuffs" for what we are calling "TFL" then they define "tackles-for-loss" as "sacks plus stuffs".

And as I pointed out earlier, two of the biggest sources of stats (ESPN, ProFootballReference) don't calculate "tackles-for-loss" the same way.

So it is no wonder peolpe are confused.

Nice post. Totally agree with this. Need to create a new term/stat for TFL plus a Sack.

Sacks are also a Tackle like you say. So a Sack should count as a Tackle on the stat sheet.