[Abe Sargent]

Stats!


QB Bortles – 396 of 554, 71.5%, 5225 yards, 55:9, 127.3 QB Rating. 42 sacks, 5 fumbles

Once again, he leads the league in yards, this time by 500 yards over Rich Dillon of the Bucs with 4715, and then the next is Luck with 4477. He has the highest QB % among 16 game starters. 55 TDs annihilates the Steelers QB Dominique Oxford’s 36. 9 INT is the lowest among 16 game starters. Zang! The game is Wild indeed.

Rushing:

RB Jose Rivers, 207 for 962, 4.65 average, 9 rush TD; 27 catches for 209 and 2 scores

Obviously not what I need or hope. It don’t matter how good our passing game can be if we can run.


Receiving:

WR Marqise Lee – 102 catches, 1886 yards, 17 TDs
WR Joshua Wild – 86 grabs for 1331 yards and 10 scores
TE Travis Kelce, 50 for 567 and 5 scores
WR Roman Fahey, 48 for 522 and 11 scores
WR Donnie Crawford, 33 for 316 and 4 scores

That’s just another level for my folks. Lee had 10 100+ games. He led the league in receiving yards by 446, WR Jameson Prior, Bucs was 1420, then Britt Galloway from Detroit at 1367, and Wild was 4th in receiving yards and tied for 5th in receiving TDs.

Special Teams:

K Tyler Bernard, 21 of 21, 72 of 72 PAT, long of 46

Well, he was perfect!

P Leslie Bridgeman, 85 punts, 44.6 average, 33 in 20.

RB Brooks, 1 PR RET TD, 3rd best PR in league among qualifiers with 10 retruns or more
WR Donnie Crawford, 34 KR, 28.8 average, 6th best in league among qualifiers and the best among those that did not have at least one score to skew the stats.

Defense:

DE Cesar Velazquez, 57 solo, 14 assists, 16 sacks (3rd best), 9 blocked passes (led league), 27 hurries (2nd most behind 28), 23 QB knockdown (5th best); 2 FF
DE Glen Willis, 12 and 8 tack, 5.5 sacks, 1 block, 11 hurries, 8 qbkn, 2 FF
DE Kenneth Butler, 34 and 17 tack, 8.5 sacks, 2 block, 7 hurr, 5 qbkd
DE Dana Webster, 15 and 10 tack, 5.5 sacks, 1 and 7 and 1; 3 FumRec;

Every one of my Des had at least 5.5 sacks on the season. That’s a strong rotational DLine!

DT Quentin Grossman – 21 and 15 tackles, 8 sacks, 1 block, 6 hurr, 4 QBKn; 2 FF
DT Brant Missouri -31 abd 10 tack, 5.5 sacks, 8 hurr, 3 QB KD

And solid enough stuff from my DTs. This was Grossman’s best year in production, with 8 sacks.

WLB Shawn Branton, 38 and 13 tacklers, 1 sack, 1 block
MLB Irving Ward, 68 and 31 tackles, 0.5 sacks, blocked passes, 3 hurries, 1 QB kd; 3 picks, 7 pasdef
OLB Upshaw, 4 starts, 29 and 7 tack, 2 picks, 1 INT RET TD, 2 pasdef
OLB Turner, 44 and 14 tack,

Not great years for backers, other than Ward

SS Marcus Gilchrist, 12 starts, 71 and 24 tackles(Led my team), 2.5 sacks, 1 QBKD;6 pasdef; 2 FF,
FS Camden Becker, 45 and 14 tack, 1 sack, 2 hurries, 6 pasdef

CB Bryan Meadows, 4 picks, 8 pasdef
CB Shane Hopkins, 3 picks, 15 pasdef, 2 INT RET TD

Horrible year for picks on my team. Meadows really didn’t earn a super long deal anyway. Although with the lowered play of my safeties, I thought I’d wnt ot lock him up and not worry as much about my Dbacks but hey, nevermind. Only Hopkins, and to a lesser degree Gilchrist, played with any value at all.


Blocking:

OG Marquis Satre -0 30 KRB and 14 pancakes, and 5 sacks allowed. Led league in pancakes by 4.
OT Myron Starks, 30 and 7. 8 sacks allowed
OG Steven Kelley – 17 and 1, 4 sacks allowed
OC Roger Pearson – 13 starts, 13 KRB, 1 pancake, and 6 sacks allowed

That’s not a great season. But we had injuries and rookies starting at three places at times along the line. So that’s understandable.