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1. Justin Houston - .77 sacks per game 2. Derrick Thomas - .75 3. Jared Allen - .70 4. 5. Neil Smith - .62 6. Dan Williams - .56 7. Art Still - .54 8. Chris Jones - .53 9. Tamba Hali - .51 10. Frank Clark - .48 |
The vast majority of these guys played on generally winning teams where they probably had a lot of obvious pass rush opportunities late in the game. Then think about Art Still, who had ten years with the Chiefs and only two seasons above .500 (at 9-7 and 10-6). I really think the guy would be a Hall of Famer if he had played on better teams.
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This is actually super cool info. I’ve always wanted to know the sack totals prior to 82.
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I'm going to say Aaron Brown, only because I can't think of who else it might be from that era.
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1. Justin Houston - .77 sacks per game 2. Derrick Thomas - .75 3. Jared Allen - .70 4. Aaron Brown - .65 5. Neil Smith - .62 6. Dan Williams - .56 7. Art Still - .54 8. Chris Jones - .53 9. Tamba Hali - .51 10. Frank Clark - .48 |
Interesting. I have literally never heard the name Aaron Brown before today.
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Remarkably, Aaron Brown was like the 7th or 8th best player on that defense.
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Let's look at the evolution of Chiefs pass rush records now. I'll go through each year, list the top five sack guys on the team, and note the all-time record holder.
We'll start with 1960. Man, these early teams are a mystery to me. I've barely heard of Smokey Stover and don't know the other guys at all. Season Sack Leaders Mel Branch 10 Paul Rochester 8 Paul Miller 7.5 Ray Collins 6 Smokey Stover 3.5 All-time leaders as of this year. (The same, obviously.) |
Vonnie Holliday is such an under rated name.
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1961's leading sackers.
Smokey Stover 5.5 Paul Rochester 4.5 E.J. Holub 3.5 Mel Branch 3.5 Jerry Mays 3 Sherrill Headrick 3 All-time leaderboard as of 1961 Mel Branch 13.5 Paul Rochester 12.5 Paul Miller 10 Smokey Stover 9 Ray Collins 6 |
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