In baseball, stats are king. In soccer, not a lot. Certain, fantasy soccer fans will disagree however within the context of profitable and shedding video games, stats in soccer could be deceiving.
One stat, nonetheless, does have some that means. It’s referred to as sack differential — the margin between the sacks a group permits and the sacks it amasses.
In 2023, the New York Giants racked up a sack differential of minus-51, the worst whole since 2000, per NFL analyst Warren Sharp.
worst historic sack margins*
-51: 2023 NYG-50-49-48-47-46-45-44-43-42-41: 2002 HOU-40: 2000 CAR, 2016 CLE-39: 2018 OAK-38: 2023 CAR, 2022 CHI-37-36-35: 2019 MIA, 2001 DET
*since 2000
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) July 1, 2024
The growth Houston Texans of 2002, who allowed rookie quarterback David Carr to be sacked an NFL document 76 occasions, was a distant second with a minus-41.
The Giants allowed 85 whole sacks in 2023, essentially the most within the NFL for the reason that 1986 Philadelphia Eagles gave up 104. New York’s protection had simply 34 sacks of their very own in 2023, which was twenty ninth within the NFL.
All three of the Giants’ quarterbacks fell sufferer to the group’s leaky offensive line. Tommy DeVito was sacked 37 occasions in his 9 video games performed (six begins). Daniel Jones was sacked 30 occasions in six video games and Tyrod Taylor 17 occasions over 11 video games (5 begins).
Large receiver Parris Campbell was charged with a sack on a poorly executed choice play.
On protection, the Giants cross rush was largely ineffective when it got here to getting house and sacking the quarterback regardless of coordinator Wink Martindale’s extreme blitzing. They have been thirtieth in sack charge at 5.52%.
Kayvon Thibodeaux had 11.5 sacks to guide the group, adopted by Jihad Ward (5.0) and Dexter Lawrence (4.5). No different participant had greater than 2.5 sacks.
