Week 3 Sack Analysis vs Patriots

After giving up 5 sacks to the Panthers week 1, the Jaguars managed to escape week 2 with no extra sacks given up, hence the lack of this piece last week.

Entering Sunday's game, the Patriots lead the league in sacks with 11 sacks, and they managed to get pressure on Bortles often. Despite this, they produced only 2 official sacks by the end of the game.

In week 1 I described the process of distributing accountability to the Jaguars offense when it comes to sacks, be it the OL, Blake, or a miscellaneous reason such as a free blitzer.

Sack No. 1

Situation: 3rd-and-12 on New England's 46-yard line. 8:04 left in 1st quarter.

The Sack: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jags gave up 2 sacks Sunday. The first one in Jaguars fashion. <a href="https://t.co/ejucOwKaEq">https://t.co/ejucOwKaEq</a></p>&mdash; Hank Bortlebert (@HankJoness) <a href="https://twitter.com/HankJoness/status/648880996541169664">September 29, 2015</a></blockquote>

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Who was at fault: Unclear

This looks like Bortles is at fault due to the fumbled snap, but the snap also came low and seemingly not when Bortles expected it to. This sack could be chalked up to either Bortles, the Center, or miscellaneous. I'll choose miscellaneous.

Sack No. 2

Situation: 3rd-and-7 at New England's 25. 11:33 left in 2nd quarter.

The Sack: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2nd and last official sack given up. Beadles is putrid. <a href="https://t.co/oP5xvb4Etv">https://t.co/oP5xvb4Etv</a></p>&mdash; Hank Bortlebert (@HankJoness) <a href="https://twitter.com/HankJoness/status/648881439606472705">September 29, 2015</a></blockquote>

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Who was at fault: Zane Beadles

This sack is much clearer than the first one. On this sack, Beadles simply gets beat by Jamie Collins, barely being able to get a hand on him as he uses his speed to shoot by him for the strip sack. (Still a first down though!)

Below is the updated sack accoutnability chart for the 2015 season.