[Antmeister]

Can someone please explain what he is talking about? I shown him a link to NFL.com and he is continuing to say that the information is invalid. Well actually he believes that the official smokes crack. I don't know what to say if he believes that any designed running play involving a quarterback results in a sack:
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1099489

Just wanted to correct some crack smokin' official that was quoted in a previous thread (that was locked for other reasons).

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Wrong....if it is a designed draw play, it is not counted as a sack. Check out this old archived file at NFL.com:
http://images.nfl.com/fans/rulesschool110201.html
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1) Do sacks go against a QB's passing yards or rushing yards? What if the QB is tackled behind the line of scrimmage on a designed draw play? Is that a sack or just a tackle for a loss?

Loss of yardage on sacks goes against the QB's rushing yards. If a QB is tackled behind the line of scrimmage on a designed running play, this is not considered a sack. It is merely a tackle for a loss of yardage.

No wonder there we so many bad calls throughout the playoffs last year, a senior director of officiating, Mike Pereira, is stating that sack yards count again a QB's rushing yards in the NFL...heh, that is incorrect. Just look at the stats for the last Superbowl on NFL.com: Superbowl

Hasselbeck ran 3 times for 35 yards. He was sacked 3 times. So if sacks were counted against his rushing yards he should have had 6 rushes for 21 yards. Also notice that Hasselbeck threw for 273 yards, yet on the team total it is listed as 259 yards passing (sack yards counted against the pass not the run) same for the Steelers when you add up their numbers. Sacks do not count against the individual's stats, but they count against the team's passing stats. You can see this in the players season and career stats as well.

As far as a quarterback being tackled behind the line not counting as a sack that is incorrected as well. I'm sure that everytime Mike Vick is tackled behind the line officials run over and ask him if it was a designed run or not...the only way this could possibly be applied would be when the QB downs the ball (which is counted against the run) or when the QB is tackled while trying to hand off.

Good job digging up that quote Antmeister, unfortunately that official doesn't know about the stats in a game he's supposed to be an expert in. By the way his second answer in that link is technically not correct as well - if the defense recovers the block it is their ball, no kick on 4th down.