05-08-2020, 07:50 PM
(05-08-2020, 05:28 PM)fredtoast Wrote: All stats from Footballoutsiders.
Last year the Bengals defense was "only" 20th in broken tackle percentage. I say "only" because it seemed much worse. The reason for that is the Bengals defense was on the field for so many plays. They were 4th in total broken tackles, but the percentage was low because of the high number of plays.
Nick Vigil led all LBs with 23 broken tackles. But when you look at broken tackles as a percentage of total tackles there wer actually several worse then him.
I doubt anyone is surprised by Vigil being #1 among all LBs, but it was a bit of a surprise that our safeties finished #1 (Bates 23) and #2 (Williams 22) in broken tackles. Again when you look at it as a percentage of total tackles there are several that are worse.
We HAVE to get better at tackling. The 2019 numbers are actually slightly better than 2018 (25th in %), but still completely unacceptable.
A lot has been made of the tackling abilities of the DBs we signed. It looks like there may be something to this. Look at the broken tackle percentages for the new guys and the players they replaced (lower percentage better)
Trae Waynes…….12.9%
Kirkpatrick...…...19.4%
Alexander...……… 3.7%
Dennard...……….11.1%
Bell...……………...16.7%
Bates...…………...26.7%
Williams...………..23.2%
Unfortunately the Free agent LB we signed is pretty much the same as Vigil in broken tackle %, but hopefully we won't see much of him on the filed with all the LBs we drafted
Bynes………………..26.9%
Vigil...………………..28.8%
Hope no one is planning on Bynes making the tackles against Lamar Jackson that Vigil whiffed.
That Alexander stat at <4%...that’s exciting. Also for Bynes I’m hoping he is there just more as a mentor and teacher to the young guys rather than actually having a lot of playing time. I’m just hoping the D of ‘20 will be able to get off the field.
