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But Who's Counting?
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:49 pm
by JuggernautJ
From Carl Eller's Hall of Fame Bio:
"In one three-string season from 1975 to 1977, he recorded 44 sacks, according to unofficial statistics (sacks did not become an official NFL statistic until 1982)."
So whose unofficial stats are they using?
Are they using John Turney's or another source?
Re: But Who's Counting?
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:47 pm
by JohnTurney
JuggernautJ wrote:From Carl Eller's Hall of Fame Bio:
"In one three-string season from 1975 to 1977, he recorded 44 sacks, according to unofficial statistics (sacks did not become an official NFL statistic until 1982)."
So whose unofficial stats are they using?
Are they using John Turney's or another source?
That is from Viking media guides...and it was more like 35 for those 3 years, 10, 10, 15
Re: But Who's Counting?
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:05 am
by rhickok1109
JohnTurney wrote:JuggernautJ wrote:From Carl Eller's Hall of Fame Bio:
"In one three-string season from 1975 to 1977, he recorded 44 sacks, according to unofficial statistics (sacks did not become an official NFL statistic until 1982)."
So whose unofficial stats are they using?
Are they using John Turney's or another source?
That is from Viking media guides...and it was more like 35 for those 3 years, 10, 10, 15
It's a pity that they don't use well-researched stats from a very reliable source.
Re: But Who's Counting?
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:13 am
by BD Sullivan
rhickok1109 wrote:JohnTurney wrote:JuggernautJ wrote:From Carl Eller's Hall of Fame Bio:
"In one three-string season from 1975 to 1977, he recorded 44 sacks, according to unofficial statistics (sacks did not become an official NFL statistic until 1982)."
So whose unofficial stats are they using?
Are they using John Turney's or another source?
That is from Viking media guides...and it was more like 35 for those 3 years, 10, 10, 15
It's a pity that they don't use well-researched stats from a very reliable source.
They're lucky if they can get the names spelled right (i.e. Browns media guide made a reference to "Gayle" Sayers)
Re: But Who's Counting?
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 2:25 pm
by Reaser
Give the Vikings some credit, only 9 or so off, ha. Certainly better than some of the tackle numbers they and others (Falcons, for example) have come up with.
Re: But Who's Counting?
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:05 pm
by JuggernautJ
Seems kind of "hinky dink" to me.
1. The (NFL) Hall of Fame should use verified statistics.
2. If the (NFL) Hall of Fame quotes a statistic it should be "official."
But who's counting?
