Bengals Played Over 50% Of Snaps In Nickel In 2012
According to numbers released on Thursday by PFF, the Bengals defense played over half of their snaps out of the nickel package, illustrating the pass-first nature of the NFL today.
| Sacks | Interceptions | Tackles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | G | Sacks | YdsL | Int | Yds | IntTD | Solo | Ast | Total |
| 2002 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 35 | |
| 2003 | 13 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 20 | 53 | |
| 2004 | 11 | 7 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 11 | 50 | |
| 2005 | 11 | 10 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 18 | 70 | |
| 2006 | 49ers | 16 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 10 | 57 |
| 2007 | 49ers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2008 | 49ers | 14 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 45 |
| 2009 | 49ers | 16 | 6.5 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 17 | 68 |
| 2010 | 49ers | 16 | 2.5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 11 | 59 |
| 2011 | Bengals | 16 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 21 | 52 |
| 2012 | Bengals | 16 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 39 |
| Career Total | 96 | 18 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 248 | 83 | 331 | |
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According to numbers released on Thursday by PFF, the Bengals defense played over half of their snaps out of the nickel package, illustrating the pass-first nature of the NFL today.
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