Originally posted by Kolohe:LOL. You don't know what a clean up sack is? Jesus.
Instead of copying and pasting show me each sack where you say it was a "clean up".
It's when you pick up a sack off of pressure someone else generated redirecting the passer your way.
Would like to see all 16 as you say, instead of what PFF is saying.
And I would like world peace. If you want that go find it yourself.
But I will run you down video of his breakout 2018 Pro-Bowl season where he tallied 12 sacks. Here is the video:
Go look at:
0:01-0:07 (clean up sack off the corner blitz/Williams forces Cousins out of the pocket and Buckner gets him in pursuit)
0:15-0:21 (clean up sack/Marsh forces Cousins to scramble)
0:41-0:44 (blown assignment/totally lost pulling guard led to a wide open lane at Rodgers)
1:35-1:41 (clean up sack/Wilson ran right at him on scramble after good coverage shut down his recievers)
1:55-2:00 (clean up sack/ Blair pushed Wilson back on the opposite edge)
2:13-2:20 (clean up sack off the blitz/Thomas and Blair generated pressure and Buckner cleaned up with great pursuit)
2:25-2:30 (clean up coverage sack on yet another scramble/QB was stonewalled by Warner and Buckner got him in pursuit)
That's 7 out 12 sacks --which matches up almost perfectly with his career 57% rate) that were either from missed assignment or clean up sacks generated when some other defender pressured the passer into his direction or outside of the pocket.
Personally, I am amazed at how many of Defo's sacks came from pursuit of the passer considering he's an "interior lineman." His motor was amazing. But he vultured a lot of sacks that year from pressure coming at the edges that redirected QBs around his way. Dude got stonewalled a few times in these highlights.
Again, funny now that Buckner is off the team his sack numbers are clean ups. To say Buckner wasn't elite (when you just stated he was elite lol) is down right silly.
I dunno if its that you can't read or that you just don't get it. I am just reiterating what PFF argued so ascribing this ulterior motive to me doesn't make sense. I thought Buck was far more elite than the article described and was myself surprised about his relatively meh pressure rates and pumped up sack totals. All I did was present the evidence they used in making the case against Defo's new contract to add to the debate going on here about his value.
But now that I've seen the video, I am more inclined to agree with PFF. He's been overhyped by fellow Niner fans. His raw sack totals have been inflated and are diminished when contextualized with an objective study of the video.
You're just mad and homering it up in denial.
[ Edited by RasSuar on Aug 15, 2020 at 10:49 AM ]