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Originally Posted by Keith
The loss of Cushing is gutting. Any late season runs towards the playoffs may have been possible if the team was healthy, but without Cushing and no viable replacement, I don't see it. So much for learning from last season.
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Yep, check out
Pro Football Focus' run stop percentage stat:
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PFF’s Signature Stat Run Stop Percentage (RSP) tries to take away [the limitations of raw tackle stats] by recording only valuable tackles as stops and then taking those as a percentage of how many run snaps were played. What we define as a valuable tackle, or a stop, is any tackle that prevents the offense from gaining 40% of the required yardage on first down, 60% on second down, and 100% on third or fourth down.
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Cushing is second in the NFL with a run stop percentage of 18.1%. Sharpton is 47th (third from the bottom of those listed) with 5%.