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Queen Of Sports 101: Sack
August 23rd, 2010 | Posted by Queen of Sports in Football,Sports 101
So by now you may have heard that Brett Favre has announced he will be returning as the Minnesota Vikings quarterback after flirting with retirement (several times). Many fans were eager to see Brett on the field and they got their chance yesterday during a preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers. Brett was only in the game for a few minutes, he completed a pass but was also sacked. And that’s what we will be covering on Queen Of Sports 101 this week.
A sack occurs when a quarterback is tackled or run out of bounds behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a forward pass. This is often done by a member of the opposing teams defense.
To be considered a sack the quarterback must intend to throw a forward pass. If the play is designed for the quarterback to rush the ball, any loss is subtracted from the quarterback’s rushing total.
“Quarterback sack” was first coined by Hall of Fame defensive end Deacon Jones. He felt that a sack devastated the offense in the same way that a city was devastated when it was sacked.
The NFL began to keep track of times a quarterback was sacked in 1963 and sacks by defensive players in 1982.
Here is a video of the Brett Favre sack we mentioned above:
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4 Responses to “Queen Of Sports 101: Sack”
Brett is going to get sacked frequently this season!
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