Yeah, remember that 37-0 game we won against San Diego in 2014? So much went right in that game, including no sacks: http://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=400554347 That was the last time. He had 3 other such games before, so with yesterday he has 5 total games with no sacks: http://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=400554286 http://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=331229015 http://scores.espn.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=320923015
Thank you for looking that up. Its weird how things started to go wrong right after that game in a lot of ways. I should note that Philbin also wasn't on the sideline that day, was he?
Arghh! Almost dude. He missed 2 days of practice but rejoined the team on the Saturday before the game!!! http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/11/02/philbin-rejoins-dolphins-following-death-of-father/ http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...ush-san-diego-chargers-37-0-article-1.1996547
Yeah that is interesting, but I wouldn't make too much of it. Statistically speaking, you should treat sacks and interceptions similarly in terms of how they influence W/L record. We KNOW they affect the outcome of the game, and sometimes pivotal moments are sacks or interceptions, but how many sacks or interceptions one has in a game isn't that great a predictor of the final outcome. Quantifying that, the correlations for both are around -0.3, meaning more of either, the less you win. -0.3 (or +0.3) suggests a relatively small correlation but one that's likely real. It kinda jibes with intuition.
