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When I went to the box score last night to double-check my memory and make sure that the Jacksonville Jaguars didn’t give up a sack against the Houston Texans, I saw a stat line next to Blake Bortles:
“Sacks: 1-0”
So, the Texans got a sack on Bortles that went for zero yards? I didn’t remember a sack, but maybe I missed something going getting a drink or something.
I didn’t miss anything. Below is the only “sack” the Texans got on Sunday and I’m tempted to just say — “Nah, this doesn’t actually count. We’re not putting it on the list.”
Sack #1: 2nd and 6 at HOU 14, 10:56 in 2Q
Brian Cushing plays coverage for the first second of this play and then starts to spy the quarterback. He runs down Bortles who it looks like actually went for a yard when you see where the ball is as he steps out of bounds.
It was called a sack, but it really wasn’t. It was a smart (i.e. not-dumb) play by Bortles to try and get something out of a broken second down. And it’s a good thing he did, because check out the next play.
Fault: Nobody
The next play
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Fault: Texans
2017 sack totals
| Player | Sacks |
|---|---|
| Player | Sacks |
| Blake Bortles | 6.5 |
| Cam Robinson | 3.5 |
| Patrick Omameh | 3 |
| Miscellaneous | 3 |
| Chris Reed | 2.5 |
| Jermey Parnell | 2.5 |
| Leonard Fournette | 1.5 |
| Tyler Shatley | 1 |
| Tommy Bohanon | 1 |
| Nobody | 1 |
| Josh Wells | 1 |
| Marcedes Lewis | 1 |
| A.J. Cann | 0.5 |
| Chris Ivory | 0.5 |
| T.J. Yeldon | 0.5 |
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