Best at breaking tackles breaking Tackles

[capfolly]

Not sure if anyone posted this but I found this interesting. From Pat Y on ESPN.

This really shouldn’t come as any surprise, but two members of the Tampa Bay secondary were the worst tacklers in the NFL last year.

The folks at Football Outsiders sat down and reviewed every game from last season.

They looked for broken tackles, which they defined as “one of two events: Either the ball carrier escapes from the grasp of the defender, or the defender is in good position for a tackle but the ball carrier jukes him out of his shoes. If the ball carrier sped by a slow defender who dived and missed, that didn't count as a broken tackle.’’

Under that definition Tampa Bay safety Sabby Piscitelli led the league in broken tackles. Teammate Ronde Barber finished second. By the way, Tampa Bay safety Tanard Jackson wasn’t far behind. Atlanta safety Erik Coleman and former Carolina safety Chris Harris also were pretty high on the list.

I’m not allowed to share the entire breakdown, but, if you have an Insider account, you can get the whole rundown on broken tackles here.

Also, and this one’s free for all, you can get a team-by-team breakdown on broken tackles here. The Football Outsiders totaled up how many broken tackles each defense had and how many each offense forced.

The Tampa Bay defense finished second in the league with 94 broken tackles. On the positive side, the Carolina offense (I’m guessing DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart had a lot to do with this) led the league by forcing 117 broken tackles.

Crap I messed up the title.

[TerriblePizza]

Ahahaha. We posted this at almost the same time. Merge or delete mine please.

[natty]

Are you Jimmy Two Times?

[Dpantherman]

*waits for the Chris Harris Jock Sniffers....*

[KillerKat]

Yeah it was very obvious last season Chris Harris wiffed on alot of tackles, which the number of those misses increased over the past 2 seasons. If he couldnt do the 1 job he's best at, it was time to move on.

[SuperMan]

I loved the guy but the fact is Harris was overrated almost every big pass play we gave up last year was his horrid coverage.. and lots of long runs were bad angles he took.... I think Godfrey steps up and Martin becomes a ball hawk, its going to be hard to pass on us next year...

[Cyberjag]

Harris might have been guilty of focusing too much on forcing a fumble and not enough on wrapping up. But he tweets better than just about anyone else in the NFL.

[capfolly]

I think Chris Harris would be a great LB. Right now I think he's just an ok safety.

[monstercat]

On a positive note, Sherrod Martin turned out to be a much better tackler than most Panthers fans thought he would be.

[Floppin]

Posted this response on the other thread before I saw this one.

Carolina safety Chris Harris also were pretty high on the list.

Thats because Harris relies on the big hit to force fumbles, not on wrapping up. It's pretty when it works, but not sound tackling technique

[CharlotteBeer.com]

On the positive side, the Carolina offense (I’m guessing DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart had a lot to do with this) led the league by forcing 117 broken tackles.

Let's not forget Smitty. All three of these guys don't go down without a fight.

[Samuel L. Jackson]

Let's not forget Smitty. All three of these guys don't go down without a fight.

Did you know:

DeAngelo and Smitty combined still had less broken tackles (be it by contact or juke) than JStew...

JStew - 44

DWill - 27

Smitty - 11

[1789Cardiac Cats9020]

Did you know:

DeAngelo and Smitty combined still had less broken tackles (be it by contact or juke) than JStew...

JStew - 44

DWill - 27

Smitty - 11[/quote

Stewart played more games, and got more carries...not rocket science.

[Floppin]

J Stew 221 Attempts

Williams 216 attempts.

Yeah those 5 more carries musta been f'n barn breakers, to amass 17 broken tackles