Kelly the Dog Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Sacks are worse than penalties. They're not only lost yardage, they're a lost down and they also expose the QB to injury. Penalties are a replay of down and the QB rarely gets touched, and a false start being 5 yards is actually LESS than the average yardage lost on a sack. Again, seeing Shelton's sack numbers, it explains why the Bills aren't jumping on trading Henry straight-up for him. I guess the hope is that McNally can make him better, and if the deal goes down, I sure hope so. As for Anderson, he can't pull and that's probably the reason the Bills aren't jumping on him either. 288458[/snapback] Agreed. Sacks are far worse than penalties. Not only the down but psychological. They get the defense fired up. They get the home crowd fired up. They may play mind games with the player's head, as where a penalty he will blame on just blowing the count or getting robbed or doing the right thing to protect his team, a sack is usually a public admission he was beat on the play by his opponent. That said, individual sack against statistics, particularly when looked at from team to team, can be highly misleading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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