Special Teams

[Bluestang]

All of the leading tacklers on ST are gone from this roster...just saying that this group is inexperienced so we get what we pay for.

 

[craig71]

That may be a part of the problem, but I think the root of the problem is much deeper.

Craig

 

[TheDallasDon]

the best ST player is J.Holly that dude was tackling people left and right with out him tonight it would have been 2x worse

 

[RoyTheHammer]

Tell me who the leading special teams tacklers were last year?

 

[Hostile]

Tell me who the leading special teams tacklers were last year?

Hurd with 17 and Buehler I think.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

Hurd with 17 and Buehler I think.

Ah.. well seems to me those two are still on the team. As are alot of our backups from last year so i don't think the ST problem is a problem of inexperience. On the contrary, ST units are built on rookies and young players. Ours just isn't up to par. I love Joe D, but he has to be held accountable as do Wade and Garrett, and most importantly.. the kryptonite to us being successful as a franchise, GM Jerry Jones.

 

[TheDallasDon]

Hurd with 17 and Buehler I think.

I was impresed with Holly tonight he was betting Hurd, Mcray, and Church to the tackle

 

[AdamJT13]

Hurd with 17 and Buehler I think.

Hurd led the team with 19. Watkins had 18, and Ball had 16. Deon Anderson, Steve Octavien and Victor Butler were tied with 12. Carpenter had eight.

Buehler had only three.

 

[Hostile]

Hurd led the team with 19. Watkins had 18, and Ball had 16. Deon Anderson, Steve Octavien and Victor Butler were tied with 12. Carpenter had eight.

Buehler had only three.

Thanks.

 

[JustDezIt]

Hurd led the team with 19. Watkins had 18, and Ball had 16. Deon Anderson, Steve Octavien and Victor Butler were tied with 12. Carpenter had eight.

Buehler had only three.

i have a question adam, and i wanted to ask you because i have no earthly idea of how to go about finding the stats. i keep hearing the stat about the 5% chance of making the playoffs. not saying that it would make a difference since we are hurting our own chances of winning, but i would like to know if any other team had this kind of record while putting up the statistical numbers(yards, t.o.p, etc...) that we have thus far? might be impossible to know, but if anyone can find out im sure its you.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

i have a question adam, and i wanted to ask you because i have no earthly idea of how to go about finding the stats. i keep hearing the stat about the 5% chance of making the playoffs. not saying that it would make a difference since we are hurting our own chances of winning, but i would like to know if any other team had this kind of record while putting up the statistical numbers(yards, t.o.p, etc...) that we have thus far? might be impossible to know, but if anyone can find out im sure its you.

I guarantee you they're putting up similar turnover numbers.

 

[AdamJT13]

i have a question adam, and i wanted to ask you because i have no earthly idea of how to go about finding the stats. i keep hearing the stat about the 5% chance of making the playoffs. not saying that it would make a difference since we are hurting our own chances of winning, but i would like to know if any other team had this kind of record while putting up the statistical numbers(yards, t.o.p, etc...) that we have thus far? might be impossible to know, but if anyone can find out im sure its you.

We are the 75th NFL team since 1940 to gain at least 2,000 yards in the first five games. Here's how the win-loss records of those 75 teams breaks down --

18 of them went 5-0
2 of them went 4-0-1
27 of them went 4-1
16 of them went 3-2 (giving 63 of the 75 teams a winning record)
2 of them went 2-2-1
9 of them went 2-3
1 of them went 1-4 <--- 2010 Dallas Cowboys

That's right, we're the first team to go 1-4 while gaining at least 2,000 yards in the first five games. Two teams had gone 1-4 while gaining at least 1,900 yards (one gained 1,900, and the other gained 1,912), but both of those teams had terrible defenses that had allowed more yards than their offenses gained. We've outgained our opponents by 118.6 yards per game (making us the first team to go 1-4 while outgaining the opponents by more than 100 yards per game).


Before this season, there had been 24 teams since 1940 that gained at least 2,000 yards and allowed less than 1,500 yards in the first five games (we've allowed 1407). Of those 24 teams, 22 of them (92 percent!) were at least 4-1. The other two were 3-2, and BOTH OF THEM went on to win the NFL championship that year -- the 1951 Rams and the 1978 Cowboys.

Then came this season. Only two teams this season gained 2,000 yards and allowed less than 1,500 through the first five games, and BOTH OF THEM had a losing record -- something that had never happened once in NFL history. The Chargers were 2-3, and we're 1-4.

 

[Sickwitit]

Hurd with 17 and Buehler I think.

You are mistaken that is proably this year Buehler prolly has 10 by now because none of the other 10 guys can.

 

[tupperware]

We are the 75th NFL team since 1940 to gain at least 2,000 yards in the first five games. Here's how the win-loss records of those 75 teams breaks down --

18 of them went 5-0
2 of them went 4-0-1
27 of them went 4-1
16 of them went 3-2 (giving 63 of the 75 teams a winning record)
2 of them went 2-2-1
9 of them went 2-3
1 of them went 1-4 <--- 2010 Dallas Cowboys

That's right, we're the first team to go 1-4 while gaining at least 2,000 yards in the first five games. Two teams had gone 1-4 while gaining at least 1,900 yards (one gained 1,900, and the other gained 1,912), but both of those teams had terrible defenses that had allowed more yards than their offenses gained. We've outgained our opponents by 118.6 yards per game (making us the first team to go 1-4 while outgaining the opponents by more than 100 yards per game).


Before this season, there had been 24 teams since 1940 that gained at least 2,000 yards and allowed less than 1,500 yards in the first five games (we've allowed 1407). Of those 24 teams, 22 of them (92 percent!) were at least 4-1. The other two were 3-2, and BOTH OF THEM went on to win the NFL championship that year -- the 1951 Rams and the 1978 Cowboys.

Then came this season. Only two teams this season gained 2,000 yards and allowed less than 1,500 through the first five games, and BOTH OF THEM had a losing record -- something that had never happened once in NFL history. The Chargers were 2-3, and we're 1-4.

How do you wrap your head around that? It comes down to one thing I think, tons of penalties and terrible ST play and TO differential all combined.