Look at broken tackles from 2019

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(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.

Good thread. Bates definitely regressed with tacking in 2019, so let's hope he can be better. My beef all along is a defense is defined by it's ability to be in the right place, but then execute the tackle or pass break up. We looked a college team at times in 2019, weak and soft. It also is not just missing a tackle, it is win you miss it. It seemed to me we gave a lot of first downs on 3rd down due to missed tackles which mentally kills a defense and also keeps them on the field (rest).