Sacks and Tackles-For-Loss

[KillerGoose]

(05-14-2022, 10:25 AM)grampahol Wrote: Time for my "not biting for the gibberish of the NFL lingo talk." post..
 You do know some of these stats are just made up nonsense to get you guys excited by some magic words....right? 
That said, I fall for it too sometimes.. BUT..If "sacks" were such magic there's no way in hell Burrow would have lead us to the superbowl.. 
That's my theory and I'm stickin to it.. 
Up next? Eenie meeney chili beanie.. The spirits are about to speak..

I disagree that some stats are made up, at least not the ones being mentioned in this thread. Most of them are clearly defined and do matter. There are always exceptions to the rule, but correlations exist. For instance, you can pick a few, random passer ratings from 2021 and I can insert them into a regression equation that will give you a pretty good idea of how many games that QBs team won. Sacks are similar. They have a fairly strong correlation to winning. On average, the more you get sacked, the less games you win. Burrow and the 2021 Bengals were an outlier, not proof that sacks aren't that important.