Saturday, December 12, 2009

2009 Pass Defense Review (Part 3)

Yesterday, I looked at how Miami's special teams coverage players have fared through three quarters of the season. Today, I turn my attention to the pass defense statistics.

Below, I've created a table of every player who has recorded a sack, quarterback hit, interception, or pass defense. Take a look:



Scks
QH
INT
PD
Jason Allen



1
Will Allen

2
2
6
Charlie Anderson
1



Ryan Baker
0.5
1


Yeremiah Bell
1.5
1
1
6
Channing Crowder
1
2
1
2
Tyrone Culver


1
4
Vontae Davis


3
8
Jason Ferguson



1
Nathan Jones


2
8
Kendall Langford
1.5
3


Tony McDaniel
1.5
2

1
Phillip Merling
2.5
4

2
Joey Porter
7
11

1
Sean Smith



11
Paul Soliai



1
Randy Starks
6
13


Jason Taylor
6
6
1
4
Reggie Torbor

2
1
4
Cameron Wake
4.5
8


Gibril Wilson
1
3

6
TOTAL
34
58
10
62


Well, the good news is that Channing Crowder finally got on the board with some plays. Akin Ayodele, however, remains conspicuously absent as he is the only regular defensive player missing from the list.

Joey Porter has stepped it up over the past quarter-season, more than doubling his half-season sack and quarterback hit totals from 2.5 to 7 and 5 to 11, respectively. Much of that has to do with being healthy enough to play, of course.

Randy Starks is continuing his monster season, leading all players with a combined 19 sacks and QHs.

In the secondary, this team is not forcing enough turnovers. Sean Smith, for all his purported ball-hawking skills, has yet to get an interception (or a sack or QH for that matter).

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