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Originally Posted by DaFace
Sacks are technically only for plays when the QB was trying to pass. If he tries to pass, pulls it down because no one is open, and then is tackled when he scrambles, that's considered a sack. But if it was a designed run in the beginning, it's just a tackle for loss - not a sack.
There's some subjectivity to it, obviously, but most of the time you can tell the difference.
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I'll be damned. Had no idea. I figured a qb tackle for a loss was a sack bottom line.