All About the Solo: Week Three
One of the more frustrating things in IDP leagues is seeing your stud linebacker fly all over the field on game days only to see the home score keeper dilute his performance by divvying up his tackles as an assist. On the flip side, if your league doesn’t score solos and assists too differently, you’ll have a better idea of what teams hand out assists like candy. Not everyone knows this, but the NFL does not recognize a tackle as an official statistic. Tackles are scored by the home team’s official score keeper and those are the stats you see on the news and websites. The league made an effort to standardize what is and isn’t a solo tackle back in 2007 when they sent a video to all NFL teams, but it still the discretion of the score keeper. There is a still a large discrepancy from team to team and week-to-week. I will be tracking this throughout the season to give you a better idea of what to expect when choosing your IDPs each week.
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The IDP numbers came back down to earth this week, minus Paul Posluszny and his 18 total tackles. You can thank the Patriots and LeGarrette Blount for going into clock killing mode in the second half of the game. This is something to take note of because if the Patriots are blowing a team out, like they will a lot, they’ll be hammering Blount into opposing team’s linebackers until the clock reads zero.
One oddity which stands out is Stephen Tulloch’s 11 total tackles while playing just 47% of the defensive snaps. It kind of makes you wonder why he wasn’t on the field more with DeAndre Levy out, even with his pass coverage liabilities.
Will Compton drew the start against the Giants and put up solid IDP numbers while filling in for the injured Perry Riley. With Riley and Keenan Robinson appearing on the top tacklers list fairly regularly, filing Compton’s name away as an occasional spot starter would be a good idea. The Redskins are awful and teams love to run the ball down their throats which leads to plenty of tackle opportunities for the linebackers.
Telvin Smith is proving his breakout hype was warranted. He has totaled nine, nine, and 11 tackles through the first three weeks and has maintained every down linebacker status. He is one of the few building blocks the Jaguars have on defense and looks to have long term LB2 value for many, many years.
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