NFL BY THE NUMBERS
Pass Rush
Forty-Niner coach Bill Walsh
said that the key to winning games in the NFL is a pass rush in the fourth
quarter. If season sacks are a good
indicator of a team's ability to bring the rush in the fourth quarter, then the
numbers support Walsh's view.
Over the last ten years the
team winning the Super Bowl has finished above the league average for sacks nine
times. During the ten-year period the
Super Bowl winner averaged 22% more sacks than the league did overall.
While the 2007 Giants are the
only league sack leader to win the Super Bowl since 2002, the NFL sack leader made
the playoffs eight of the last ten years and went at least to the conference finals
six of the ten years. The NFC has
produced the league sack leader in seven of the last ten years.
|
Year
|
NFL
Avg
|
SB
Winner
|
Sacks
|
NFL
Leader
|
Sacks
|
Finish
|
|
2002
|
36.7
|
Bucs
|
43
|
Eagles
|
56
|
Lost
Conf
|
|
2003
|
34.1
|
Patriots
|
41
|
Ravens
|
47
|
Lost
WC Rnd
|
|
2004
|
37.4
|
Patriots
|
45
|
Eagles
|
47
|
Lost
SB
|
|
2005
|
36.9
|
Steelers
|
47
|
Seahawks
|
50
|
Lost
SB
|
|
2006
|
36.4
|
Colts
|
25
|
Ravens
|
60
|
Lost
D Round
|
|
2007
|
34.4
|
Giants
|
53
|
Giants
|
53
|
Won
SB
|
|
2008
|
32.4
|
Steelers
|
51
|
Cowboys
|
59
|
Missed
PO
|
|
2009
|
34.4
|
Saints
|
35
|
Vikings
|
48
|
Lost
Conf
|
|
2010
|
35.3
|
Packers
|
47
|
Steelers
|
48
|
Lost
SB
|
|
2011
|
37.1
|
Giants
|
48
|
Eagles
|
50
|
Missed
PO
|
|
Average
|
35.5
|
43.5
|
51.8
|
|||
|
W/O
Colts& Saints
|
46.9
|
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