fuego Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Atlanta Falcons defensive end Adrian Clayborn had six sacks in Sunday's 27-7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys, breaking a franchise record for sacks in a game and joining an exclusive group of NFL defenders. Here's the list of the other players who have had six sacks in a game since it became an official stat in 1982, according to ESPN Stats & Information: Derrick Thomas, Kansas City Chiefs (twice): Seven against Seattle in 1990; Six against Oakland in 1998 Osi Umenyiora, New York Giants: Six against Philadelphia in 2007 Fred Dean, San Francisco 49ers: Six against New Orleans in 1983 Thomas and Dean are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, while Umenyiora racked up 85 sacks over an 11-year career. Cowboys left tackle Chaz Green, filling in for an injured Tyron Smith at left tackle, gave up five of the sacks to Clayborn. He was pulled after giving up five sacks. "I feel like this [loss] is on my shoulders," Green said. "I let the team down." And in case you're curious how Clayborn fared in IDP fantasy scoring, we have you covered: IDP scoring in fantasy is variable from league to league, but using my traditional scoring settings from my player database, Adrian Clayborn's six-sack performance was worth 33 points. To put that into perspective, only one other player since 1994 (the earliest season for which I have complete data) scored more in a game: Chuck Smith in 1997 Week 7 (33.5). http://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/257039/meet-the-nfls-six-sacks-club-falcons-adrian-clayborn-joins-exclusive-group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonDaLuvMaker Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Clayborn beasted today. Hope he continues to be a disruptive. Speaking of defense, found this on Twitter: Mike Conti @MikeConti929 Falcons now 7th in the NFL in total defense through all games completed today. They came into today 12th in total defense. 7:40 PM · Nov 12, 2017 from Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuego Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share Posted November 13, 2017 Just now, DawnOfThemBirds said: Clayborn beasted today. Hope he continues to be a disruptive. Speaking of defense, found this on Twitter: Mike Conti @MikeConti929 Falcons now 7th in the NFL in total defense through all games completed today. They came into today 12th in total defense. 7:40 PM · Nov 12, 2017 from Atlanta, GA Wow. Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papachaz Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 I heard him say that on the radio, about being 7th in total defense. I wonder where we stand as scoring defense, the most points we've given up are 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonDaLuvMaker Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 7 minutes ago, papachaz said: I heard him say that on the radio, about being 7th in total defense. I wonder where we stand as scoring defense, the most points we've given up are 23 Hopefully this is the start of something special on defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonDaLuvMaker Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 30 minutes ago, papachaz said: I heard him say that on the radio, about being 7th in total defense. I wonder where we stand as scoring defense, the most points we've given up are 23 Mike Conti @MikeConti929 #Falcons NFL ranks through all games completed today... Total offense 8th Total defense 7th Scoring offense 15th Scoring defense 10th 7:49 PM · Nov 12, 2017 from Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Hard to say how many guys may have done this before the sack became a stat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazoo Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 20 minutes ago, DawnOfThemBirds said: Mike Conti @MikeConti929 #Falcons NFL ranks through all games completed today... Total offense 8th Total defense 7th Scoring offense 15th Scoring defense 10th 7:49 PM · Nov 12, 2017 from Atlanta, GA Pretty much proves we have been beating ourselves with stupid untimely mistakes far more than gettimg beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonDaLuvMaker Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 1 minute ago, gazoo said: Pretty much proves we have been beating ourselves with stupid untimely mistakes far more than gettimg beat. Exactly The Falcons just need to limit mistakes and dumb penalties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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