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    Broken Tackles

    So the packers finished the year defensively by giving up one of the worst total yards stats in history. One of the leading contributors to yards given up are big plays, of which broken tackles lead to many big plays. One might think that we are a poor tackling team, however

    http://footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2012/broken-tackles-2011-part-ii


    We are tied for 7th in terms of tackle sucsess defensively, which was somewhat suprising considering how much I remember yelling at the screen last season.

    Though this might be of interest
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    Interesting since McCarthy harped on that at the end of the year.
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    • #3
      Well they might have had a high percentage of made tackles but I'll bet they also had the most tackles in the league, and it only takes 1 or 2 broken tackles to result in a big play.
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      • #4
        Is this another Clifton/Sherrod thread?

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          Originally posted by Harlan Huckleby View Post
          Is this another Clifton/Sherrod thread?
          LOL good one Woodbuck.
          All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.

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          • #6
            Broken tackles are a stat from game charting, not from the standard play-by-play. We define a "broken tackle" as one of two events: either the ballcarrier escapes from the grasp of the defender, or the defender is in good position for a tackle but the ballcarrier jukes him out of his shoes. If the ballcarrier sped by a slow defender who dived and missed, that didn't count as a broken tackle. We only measured broken tackles for standard plays; volunteers didn't have the time to track them for all special teams plays.
            In other words, if a tackle is missed because a player didn't maintain gap integrity, over-pursued or took a bad angle, that doesn't count as a broken tackle according to Football Outsiders. But I'll bet to MM, it's poor tackling.
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            • #7
              The Packers were a poor tackling team in 2011. I can't think of a position were the tackling was good.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Harlan Huckleby View Post
                Is this another Clifton/Sherrod thread?
                I was thinking the same thing!

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Deputy Nutz View Post
                  The Packers were a poor tackling team in 2011. I can't think of a position were the tackling was good.
                  ST tackling was pretty good... Defense? God.. no.. horrible.
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