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I wanted to see how our run defense compared to the top 3 rush defenses in the NFL. While these numbers don't tell the whole story. I think they do give an indication of where some of our problems are. Some of the results were suprising to me. Especially the stats for our defensive linemen.



TENNESSEE TITANS -- DEFENSIVE LINE
Player/ Team/ tackles/ sacks
Jevon Kearse /TEN/ 41/ 9.5
Carlos Hall/ TEN/ 37/ 3
Robaire Smith /TEN/35/4.5
Albert Haynesworth /TEN /32/2.5
Juqua Thomas/ TEN/17/4
James Atkins /TEN /12/0

Total tackles: 174
Total sacks: 23


NEW ORLEANS SAINTS -- DEFENSIVE LINE
Player/ Team/ tackles/ sacks
Charles Grant/ NO/57/10
Kenny Smith NO/42/1
Willie Whitehead/ NO/40/5.5
Johnathan Sullivan/ NO/33/1
Darren Howard/ NO/29/5
Grady Jackson/ NO/25/3.5

Total Tackles:233
Total Tackles: 26

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS -- DEFENSIVE LINE
Player/ Team/ tackles/ sacks
Marcus Stroud JAC 65/4.5
John Henderson JAC 56/3.5
Tony Brackens JAC 38/6
Paul Spicer JAC /31/0
Hugh Douglas JAC /26/3.5
Rob Meier JAC /25/1.5
Lionel Barnes JAC /13/1

Total Tackles:264
Sacks: 20

DALLAS COWBOYS -- DEFENSIVE LINE
Greg Ellis DAL 48/8
La'Roi Glover DAL /48/1
Eric Ogbogu DAL /32/3.5
Ebenezer Ekuban DAL /26/2.5
Eric Ogbogu DAL 32/3.5
Leonardo Carson DAL /18/1.5
Willie Blade DAL /15/1
Daleroy Stewart DAL /15/1.5
Kenyon Coleman DAL /14/1

Total Tackles: 190
Total Tackles: 23.5

DALLAS COWBOYS/LINEBACKERS
Dat Nguyen DAL/119/2
Alshermond Singleton DAL /43/1
Keith O'Neil DAL/14/0
Bradie James DAL/12/0
Markus Steele DAL/15/0
Dexter Coakley DAL/96/1

Total Tackles: 329
Total Sacks: 4

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS/LINEBACKERS
Sedrick Hodge NO/32/0
Darrin Smith NO/60/1
Orlando Ruff NO/69/0
Roger Knight NO/23/0

Total Tackles: 184
Total Sacks: 1

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS/LINEBACKERS
Akin Ayodele JAC/115/1
T.J. Slaughter JAC/21/1
Mike Peterson JAC/100/1
Danny Clark JAC/40/1

TOTAL TACKLES: 276
TOTAL SACKS: 4

TENNESSEE TITANS/LINEBACKERS
Rocky Calmus TEN/47/1
Brad Kassell TEN/41/0
Ray Wells TEN/11/0
Rocky Boiman TEN/45/1.5
Keith Bulluck TEN/135/3
Peter Sirmon TEN/86/0

TOTAL TACKLES: 365
TOTAL SACKS: 5.5

DEFENSIVE LINE TOTAL TACKLES
COWBOYS: 190
TITANS: 174
JAGUARS: 264
SAINTS: 233

LINEBACKERS TOTAL TACKLES
COWBOYS: 329
TITANS: 365
JAGUARS: 276
SAINTS: 184

COMBINED TOTAL TACKLES FOR LINEBACKERS AND LINEMEN
COWBOYS: 519
TITANS: 539
JAGUARS: 530
SAINTS: 417

Take those stats for what they're worth. But, our D-Line compared favoribly. But, our linebackers were way off the mark.