In American football and Canadian football, a quarterback sack occurs when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a forward pass. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with In accordance with the Manual of Style (see) Canadian English is used throughout this article (see Canadian_English#Spelling) Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. Most forms of Football have a move known as a tackle. In most cases this move is one that prevents an opposing player from carrying out what they intend In American and Canadian football a line of scrimmage is an imaginary transverse line crossing the football field across its narrower dimension beyond In several forms of Football a forward pass is when the ball is thrown in the direction of the opponent's end line This often occurs if the opposing team's defensive line, linebackers or defensive backs are able to quickly get past blocking players of the offensive team, the quarterback's protection; or if the quarterback is unable to find, in a reasonable amount of time, an available eligible receiver including running backs and tight ends who can catch the ball, allowing the defense a longer opportunity to tackle the quarterback. In American football, each team has 11 players on the field at one time This article relates to Sports. For the Vietnam War bombing raids see Operation Linebacker and Operation Linebacker II. In American football, blocking is a legal move occurring when one player obstructs another player's path with his body In American football, each team has 11 players on the field at one time A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football A running back ( RB) is the position of a player on an American or Canadian football team who usually lines up in the offensive backfield. The tight end ( TE) is a position in American football on the Offensive team.
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Yardage
In the NFL, yards lost on the play are added as negative yardage to the team's passing totals; however, the quarterback's individual passing total remains unchanged. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. Before that change in record keeping, tackling a player behind the line of scrimmage resulted in a loss from that player's (passing) statistics, even if it were fairly obvious a rush play had been intended. NCAA continues to subtract sack yardage from individual rushing totals. College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies
Rules
To be considered a sack the quarterback must intend to throw a forward pass. If the play is designed for the quarterback to rush the ball, any loss is subtracted from the quarterback's rushing total. Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. In American football, rushing has two different meanings Offense Best Record-Breaking Performance ESPY Award --> If the quarterback's intent is not obvious statisticians use certain criteria, such as the offensive line blocking scheme, to decide. Other unique situations where a loss reduces a quarterback's rushing total (not a sack) are "kneel downs" (used to run time off the game clock), and aborted plays, such as a fumbled snap that the quarterback falls on to maintain possession. Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football.
A player will receive credit for half of a sack when multiple players contribute to the sacking of a quarterback.
Term
The term "sack" was not widely used before ca. 1970; previously one would simply refer to a player's being tackled behind the line (of scrimmage), in so many words. The NFL only began to keep track of sacks in 1982. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) [1]
Origin
"Quarterback sack" was first coined by hall of fame defensive end Deacon Jones. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the Hall of fame of the National Football League (NFL David D "Deacon" Jones (born December 9, 1938 in Eatonville, Florida) is a former American football Defensive end [2] He felt that a sack devastated the offense in the same way that a city was devastated when it was sacked. [3]
See also
References
- ^ NFL Sack Records
- ^ Deacon Jones from The Pro Football Hall of Fame
- ^ Deacon of Defense - Pro Football Hall of Fame
External links
- Sack Story, an article describing the controversy over the sack record
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