All Time Team Single Season Sack Record!

[Karate61]

The 1984 Chicago Bears hold the single season sack record at 72.

Do you think the Rams can beat it in 2018?

To tie, the Rams would have to average 4.5 sacks a game. That's a lot of sacks!

 

[dang]

They might set a record for sacks by D Lineman but not total sacks unless we discover an elite EDGE rusher.

 

[Corbin]

I’m thinking we get very close at the worst case scenario. Very thesable to average around 3 a game with coverage sacks plus normal sacks.

With our O putting people behind more often than not this year I’m seeing it as a real possibility with them passsing a lot .

 

[Farr Be It]

Lets see:

• Donald 14
• Ebukam 10
• Suh 8
• Longacre 7
• Brockers 7
• Barron 6
• Easley 6
• Obo 6
• Littleton 5
• Johnson, Joyner, Kiser, CB's etc. 5
• TOTAL 74

So yes. Yes we will break it.

 

[So Ram]

Lets see:

• Donald 14
• Ebukam 10
• Suh 8
• Longacre 7
• Brockers 7
• Barron 6
• Easley 6
• Obo 6
• Littleton 5
• Johnson, Joyner, Kiser, CB's etc. 5
• TOTAL 74

So yes. Yes we will break it.

The only real reason I think they have a chance is because is 2 fold.

First the DB’s will to it just in coverage alone. Then there is the offense causing QB’s to have to throw.

 

[Ramrasta]

The most important piece to collecting huge sack numbers are edge rushers and we have nobody notable in that category. We are probably lost in the luster of the new defense here when they haven’t played a game together. I think we should end up near the top of the league in sacks but the record is safe this year.

 

[Soul Surfer]

A little off topic but this seems like a good time to point out that Robert Quinn came within three and a half sacks of the individual NFL record when he had 19 sacks in 2013.

 

[dieterbrock]

Maybe we can come up with a nickname for this defense in advance of them breaking the record.
Has anyone said, Sack City yet??

Ewwww... Deja vu

 

[Karate61]

Lets see:

• Donald 14
• Ebukam 10
• Suh 8
• Longacre 7
• Brockers 7
• Barron 6
• Easley 6
• Obo 6
• Littleton 5
• Johnson, Joyner, Kiser, CB's etc. 5
• TOTAL 74

So yes. Yes we will break it.

The way you laid that out, it sure seems doable. Many might say no way Ebukam racks up 10 sacks, but with the dline occupying bodies and the dbs reeking havoc in the backfield, I could see Ebukam having lanes to the QB quite often.

 

[Ram65]

Lets see:

• Donald 14
• Ebukam 10
• Suh 8
• Longacre 7
• Brockers 7
• Barron 6
• Easley 6
• Obo 6
• Littleton 5
• Johnson, Joyner, Kiser, CB's etc. 5
• TOTAL 74

So yes. Yes we will break it.

I gave your post a ha ha because that's a lot of sacks for the safeties and others that aren't known pass rushers. I do think sacks will come from everyone at all directions because of the coverage and Wade. I don't think that many though.

Sacks aren't the end all for the Rams defense. Pressure and coverage will force mistakes. I'll take a sack, sack fumble, INT, throw away pass, pass break up, dropped pass, defense pass knocked down and knocked out. Just get the ball back for the Rams offense.

 

[Farr Be It]

I gave your post a ha ha because that's a lot of sacks for the safeties and others that aren't known pass rushers. I do think sacks will come from everyone at all directions because of the coverage and Wade. I don't think that many though.

Sacks aren't the end all for the Rams defense. Pressure and coverage will force mistakes. I'll take a sack, sack fumble, INT, throw away pass, pass break up, dropped pass, defense pass knocked down and knocked out. Just get the ball back for the Rams offense.

Other than Barron (because he is used on the blitz quite a bit, and he is a linebacker) I don’t really have safeties getting a lot of sacks. (TOTAL of five by “others” including noted safeties, corners, and down the roster backups)

Seem more realistic, now?

If anything, there may be a bigger drop off after Donald, Samson and Suh.

But, I just think with those front 3 occupying most of the blocking, combined with Wades many schemes and looks, it is not unrealistic to see guys like Longacre, Littleton, Easley, Obo and Barron getting a handful of sacks each. The lanes will be open, my friend.

 

[Juggs]

I would love to see it but I just don’t think we have the LB crew to make it happen. Someone may very well surprise us tho.

 

[RamsOfCastamere]

I think we'll see how our lbs play out this year but I'm sure they are on top of the list for next year's draft.

 

[majrleaged]

I think we'll see how our lbs play out this year but I'm sure they are on top of the list for next year's draft.

I think the rams think they have what they need at lb. Otherwise why would they trade Quinn and tree? They could not have known they would get Suh. So while lb is certainly on the list for next year's draft, I think they think the will easily replace the sacks that left and seriously improve the run defence.

 

[RamsOfCastamere]

I think the rams think they have what they need at lb. Otherwise why would they trade Quinn and tree? They could not have known they would get Suh. So while lb is certainly on the list for next year's draft, I think they think the will easily replace the sacks that left and seriously improve the run defence.

I think they made trades to shuffle the salary cap. They are comfortable with the guys we have now but we have to see how the season plays out. Littleton is undersized and new to mlb, our olbs are first time starters as well, and Barron gets injured. LB is our weakest link so that's what I expect them to look at in the draft if we have an average lb season, outside of oline depth of course. Rookies are cheap too so you can draft someone that actually fits the scheme without impacting the cap for a few years.

 

[PhillyRam]

If they had Quinn in his prime coming off the edge, they would have shot. I just don't see that player on this team.

Plus while teams throw more nowadays, games were longer with more plays per game years ago since the clock stopped on every dead ball. So I think it is tougher nowadays for records like this. Offenses also get the ball out quicker than they did 30 years ago... tougher to get sacks.

 

[Karate61]

These are the total sacks by team from 2017. Philly's vaunted defense only got 38 for the season. Rams were 4th. Steelers were about one sack per game off the season record pace.
PIT 56
JAX 55
CAR 50
LAR 48
LAC 43
TEN 43
NE 42
CHI 42
NO 42
WSH 42
BAL 41
CIN 41
ATL 39
SEA 39
PHI 38
DAL 38
MIN 37
ARZ 37
GB 37
DET 35
CLE 34
DEN 33
HOU 32
KC 31
OAK 31
MIA 30
SF 30
NYJ 28
BUF 27
NYG 27
IND 25
TB 22

 

[Soul Surfer]

These are the total sacks by team from 2017. Philly's vaunted defense only got 38 for the season. Rams were 4th. Steelers were about one sack per game off the season record pace.

So you are saying we have the record locked up!

 

[Merlin]

I would love to see it but I just don’t think we have the LB crew to make it happen. Someone may very well surprise us tho.

Yeah it's going to come down to ROLB. If that position finishes in the mid teens, then I think it's possible.

Offense should make teams want to pass to keep up. Key is going to be a better run defense too creating more third 'n long situations.

What's really going to matter for us this year are the head-to-head games with conference playoff rivals. I think we'll run the table in the division (it'll be tough but still like our chances), so hoping they take that next step for the higher seed and bye.

 

[Ram65]

If they had Quinn in his prime coming off the edge, they would have shot. I just don't see that player on this team.

Plus while teams throw more nowadays, games were longer with more plays per game years ago since the clock stopped on every dead ball. So I think it is tougher nowadays for records like this. Offenses also get the ball out quicker than they did 30 years ago... tougher to get sacks.

Definitely no Quinn type edge rusher yet. I was curious about plays per game. In 2012 the fast pace Patsies offense almost broke the plays record. Quick paced offenses are gaining back plays per game with the clock running change after plays Interesting graph. Quicker throws have to make it harder to get sacks but, more passing gives more chances. Funnying how sacks stay close to the same every year.


http://www.footballperspective.com/nfl-average-plays-per-team-since-1950/
NFL Average Plays per Team Since 1950
by CHASE STUART on JUNE 8, 2013
in HISTORY, STATISTICS
In light of the Patriots nearly breaking the NFL record for plays, and the promise of up-tempo offenses in Philadelphia (under Chip Kelly) and Denver (Adam Gase), it’s easy to think that the number of plays run per team is about to reach historic levels. But that seems really unlikely.

The graph below shows the number of plays run per team game for each season since 1950. The total number of plays run is in blue for the NFL; I also added the same data for the AFL in red. As you can see, the number of plays per team game has been relatively steady over the last 64 years, but the high-water marks were the early ’50s and most of the 1980s.

In addition to plays run, the graph also shows:

• The number of rushing plays per team game in green, a number that’s obviously on the decline.
• The number of completions per team game in black, which has risen as the number of runs has declined.
• The number of incomplete passes per team game in orange. Incomplete passes stop the clock, so I thought we might see something interesting there. How’s this for trivia: there were 13.5 incomplete passes per team game in 2012, the same number that existed in 1948! While 1948 is off the graph, you can see that the number of incomplete passes per game has been remarkably consistent throughout NFL history. In fact, the average from 1950 to 2012 is 13.5 incompletions per game, and the league average was 13.5 +/- one incompletion in over 80% of the seasons since 1950.
• The number of sacks per team game is in purple, a number that has also stayed very consistent over time. Only three times since 1950 has the league average been less than two sacks per game or more than three sacks per game.