Didn't Ware have a half a sack?

[Rack]

Early in the game when Clemens pulled it down and tried to run he was stopped short of the LOS by about a yard (that's a sack). Ware and Ellis got to him at the same time, but NFL.com's stats have Ellis with 2 sacks and Ware with none.


Anyone know what's up with that?

 

[Prossman]

Ellis had 2 and canty one. Prossman

 

[BigDFan5]

Early in the game when Clemens pulled it down and tried to run he was stopped short of the LOS by about a yard (that's a sack). Ware and Ellis got to him at the same time, but NFL.com's stats have Ellis with 2 sacks and Ware with none.


Anyone know what's up with that?

I *believe* once he pulls it down to run its considered a running play hence no sack

 

[Joe a Cowboys fan]

It was 1 sack.

 

[hairic]

I think the QB has to appear to drop back to attempt a pass for it to qualify as a sack, and I'm not sure he did. Was it the one with a kind of pooped up snap and the QB scrambled forward or something similar to that? That's probably not a sack.

 

[Kevinicus]

This is the one he fumbled right? Pretty sure that's usually counted as a sack.

 

[hairic]

From Wikipedia, on what qualifies as a sack.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarterback_sack#Rules

To be considered a sack the quarterback must intend to throw a forward pass. If the play is designed for the quarterback to rush the ball, any loss is subtracted from the quarterback's rushing total. If the quarterback's intent is not obvious statisticians use certain criteria, such as the offensive line blocking scheme, to decide. Other unique situations where a loss reduces a quarterback's rushing total (not a sack) are "kneel downs" (used to run time off the game clock), and aborted plays, such as a fumbled snap that the quarterback falls on to maintain possession.