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IDP Game Breakdowns Tackle Opportunities: Week 2
Steve Gallo September 14, 2011	Print

This is part 1 in the weekly IDP Game Breakdown series. The reference chart below lists each team’s average tackle opportunities (TOs) given up, average tackle opportunities faced, defensive scheme, defensive coordinator & any relevant notes. In addition the reference chart is color coded to identify tackle opportunities that are average (highlighted in yellow), below average (highlighted in red) & above average (highlighted in green) TOs are based on this year's stats. Basically, if your LB is facing a RED team then it isn't a good matchup, conversely a GREEN team would be a good matchup. The historical average for TOs is 50 (highlighted in yellow), anything 49 or less will be in red and anything above 51 will be in green. Below the reference chart are key matchups, thought to be the best and worst of the week.

Tackle opportunities are described as rushing attempts & pass completions faced plus sacks given up.

Average tackle opportunity stats are derived from data provided by NFLData.com.

Bye Week Schedule:
Week 5 Baltimore, Cleveland, Dallas, Miami, St. Louis, Washington
Week 6 Arizona, Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Seattle, Tennessee
Week 7 Buffalo, Cincinnati, New England, New York Giants, Philadelphia, San Francisco
Week 8 Atlanta, Chicago, Green Bay, NY Jets, Oakland, Tampa Bay
Week 9 Carolina, Detroit, Jacksonville, Minnesota
Week 10 NONE
Week 11 Houston, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Pittsburgh

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Team	Average Tackle Opportunities Given Up	Average Tackle Opportunities Faced	Defensive Scheme	Defensive Coordinator	Notes
ARI	45	55	3-4	Ray Horton*	We knew Stewart Bradley wasn't starting but shockingly he didn't play at all.
ATL	50	54	4-3	Brian VanGorder	DT Jonathan Babineaux out up to 5 weeks with MCL injury.
BAL	49	42	3-4 & 4-3	Chuck Pagano*	Rookie CB Jimmy Smith suffered a high ankle sprain. Starting CBs are Cary Williams and Ladarius Webb.
BUF	57	42	3-4 & 4-3	George Edwards	SS Bryan Scott seeing time at LB. SS George Wilson should still be the more consistent player.
CAR	55	45	4-3	Sean McDermott*	John Beason tore is Achilles and has been lost for the year. Dan Connor will replace him but biggest bump in value should be to Thomas Davis. Davis and James Anderson will now both be 3-down LBs.
CHI	54	50	Tampa 2	Rod Marinelli
CIN	52	47	4-3	Mike Zimmer	I wouldn't be too worried about Maualuga's week 1 performance. Safety Reggie Nelson one to keep an eye on.
CLE	47	52	4-3	Dick Jauron*	D'Qwell Jackson is back. Don't be surprised to see him finish as a top 5 LB this year.
DAL	53	46	3-4	Rob Ryan*	Sean Lee looks to be solidified in starting role. Bradie James and Keith Brooking were rotating.
DEN	42	53	4-3	Dennis Allen
DET	59	47	4-3	Gunther Cunningham	Still need to see how the Lions sub-packages play out.
GBP	56	56	3-4	Dom Capers	AJ Hawks shows that sometimes pass interference is a good thing.
HOU	59	35	3-4	Wade Phillips*	Now imagine what Mario Williams fantasy points look like without those 2 sacks.
IND	35	59	Tampa 2	Larry Coyer	Gary Brackett dealing with injured shoulder. Pat Angerer should replace Brackett at MLB if he can't go.
JAC	66	36	4-3	Mel Tucker	Posluszny struggled but much had to do with limited opportunities.
KCC	42	57	3-4	Romeo Crennel	Lost Eric Berry for the year, torn ACL. Big blow for the D, McGraw likely to fill in but don't expect him to fill Berry's shoes.
MIA	54	55	3-4	Mike Nolan
MIN	35	62	Tampa 2	Leslie Frazier
NEP	55	54	3-4 & 4-3	Bill Belichick	Patriots D let Henne throw for over 400 yards, that is concerning.
NOS	56	56	4-3	Gregg Williams
NYG	42	51	4-3	Perry Fewell	Rookie Greg Jones started at MLB. Tuck missed game due to neck injury/stinger from pre-season. Tuck expects to be able to play this week.
NYJ	46	53	3-4	Mike Pettine
OAK	53	42	4-3	Chuck Bresnahan*	Rolando McClain or as one of our forum users wrote, McLame had a bad game. Not as bad as this week but not as good fantasy wise as many think either.
PHL	48	49	4-3	Juan Castillo*	Run defense needs to improve.
PIT	42	49	3-4	Dick LeBeau	Timmons looks like Timmons from 1st half last year.
SDC	62	35	3-4	Greg Manusky*	Butler and Spikes should fare better against a team that puts up even an average number of snaps from scrimmage.
SEA	48	47	4-3	Gus Bradley	KJ Wright filled in for Hawthorne. Monitor the injury report for Hawthorne's status this week.
SFO	47	48	3-4	Vic Fangio*
STL	49	48	4-3	Ken Flajole
TBB	47	59	Tampa 2	Raheem Morris	Sean Jones put up big numbers. Doubtful he sustains that type of production.
TEN	36	66	4-3	Jerry Gray*	Ruud picking up right where Stephen Tulloch left off.
WAS	51	42	3-4	Jim Haslett	Don't read much into rookie Ryan Kerrigan's week 1, at least from a fantasy perspective.

* New Defensive Coordinator

COMMENTS (page 1 of 1)

Steve G.

Posted Sep 16, 2011 8:24am EDT

Just want to remind people that they should take the tackle opportunities with grain of salt at this point in time. 1 week just isn't something to base trends on. It really isn't until week 3 that I start to feel very strongly about the tackle opportunities numbers. Not saying there isn't any value with them now, just saying you have to look at an understand the outliers.

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