There has been a ton of talk about the lack of pass rush from the Pats D. The Pats ranked 24th in the league (see below) with 31 sacks. This is bad but 'good' defensive teams like SD, NYJ and Bal didn't do much better. This made me think that it wasn't that bad. Then I thought about the second Bills game when the D went off. In that game the Pats racked up 6 sacks. At this point I looked back to the first Bills game and found they got 4 sacks in that game. So out of the 31 sacks 10 came in the 2 games vs the Bills which means that in the other 14 games that Pats got 21 sacks. That is terrible. Now I know that other teams will game games like this to bump up their numbers. Minnesota got 14 of their 48 sacks in the 2 games vs GB this year but that still means they got 34 in 14 games. Not a news flash I know but Pats need a pass rusher (or 2...or 3).
One last note, how is it possible that the Jags only got 14 sacks on the year?
Team - Sack
Minnesota - 48.0
Pittsburgh - 47.0
Miami - 44.0
San Francisco - 44.0
Philadelphia - 44.0
Arizona - 43.0
Dallas - 42.0
Cleveland - 40.0
Washington - 40.0
Denver - 39.0
Green Bay - 37.0
Oakland - 37.0
New Orleans -35.0
San Diego - 35.0
Chicago -35.0
Indianapolis -34.0
Cincinnati -34.0
New York -32.0
Baltimore - 32.0
Tennessee -32.0
Buffalo - 32.0
New York -32.0
Carolina -31.0
New England - 31.0
Houston - 30.0
Atlanta - 28.0
Tampa Bay - 28.0
Seattle - 28.0
Detroit - 26.0
St. Louis - 25.0
Kansas City - 22.0
Jacksonville - 14.0
One last note, how is it possible that the Jags only got 14 sacks on the year?
Team - Sack
Minnesota - 48.0
Pittsburgh - 47.0
Miami - 44.0
San Francisco - 44.0
Philadelphia - 44.0
Arizona - 43.0
Dallas - 42.0
Cleveland - 40.0
Washington - 40.0
Denver - 39.0
Green Bay - 37.0
Oakland - 37.0
New Orleans -35.0
San Diego - 35.0
Chicago -35.0
Indianapolis -34.0
Cincinnati -34.0
New York -32.0
Baltimore - 32.0
Tennessee -32.0
Buffalo - 32.0
New York -32.0
Carolina -31.0
New England - 31.0
Houston - 30.0
Atlanta - 28.0
Tampa Bay - 28.0
Seattle - 28.0
Detroit - 26.0
St. Louis - 25.0
Kansas City - 22.0
Jacksonville - 14.0