Did one of you guys write this?

[silvermike]

http://wnysportsblogs.com/2006/10/14/hitti...ers-week-5.aspx. The game charting is pretting impressive:

 

 

The Bears ran for 5 yards or more on 13 plays last Sunday.  The missed tackle statistics show that a lineman was not even in position to make a play on seven of them.  On half of the plays where he had a shot, the lineman missed the tackle.

 

Some bad news for rookies:

 

Missed tackles

1.    Nate Clements 13

2.    Donte Whitner 11

 

and some good:

 

Tackle accuracy (tackles made divided by tackle attempts)

 

1.    Ko Simpson 91.3%

1.  Keith Ellison 91.3%

3.    Angelo Crowell  85.0%

4.    John McCargo 83.3%

[MDH]

That was a pretty good read. It's not too kind to Nate. From the naked eye I would have said that Nate was having a better season than McGee thus far but that guy's numbers argue otherwise.

[daquixers_is_back]

I dont know how accurate those numbers are ... interesting though.

[silvermike]

I would say that it's more difficult to make a tackle in the open field (e.g. for a defensive back) so that it's not fair comparing DBs to DEs. But still, if Clements is that far behind McGee, that's a problem. London Fletcher is a beast...

[Mark Long Beach]

Definitely an enjoyable read. You do get the feeling that the numbers could be a little misleading, as tackles are very different depending on where they are on the field. But still, quite a bit of unfavorable evidence against Mr. Clements.