What Team Has The Most Sacks In The Nfl 2021?
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If you’re looking for the answer to the question “What team has the most sacks in the NFL 2021?”, then you’ve come to the right place! Keep reading to find out which team is leading the pack in this key defensive stat.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have the most sacks in the NFL with 55. They are followed by the Kansas City Chiefs with 53 and the Green Bay Packers with 51. The Buccaneers also have the most tackles for loss with 92. They are followed by the Seattle Seahawks with 90 and the Pittsburgh Steelers with 89.
Regular season
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The club joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team, along with the Seattle Seahawks. Tampa Bay played its first season in the American Football Conference (AFC) West division as part of an NFL realignment plan that took effect in 1970.
Since then, the Buccaneers have won six NFC South titles, one NFC Championship, and Super Bowl XXXVII. The franchise has also appeared in five other Super Bowls, ten NFC Championship Games, and thirteen Divisional playoff games. They are also one of only two NFL teams to have won a Super Bowl after beginning the season with at least ten losses; the other is the New Orleans Saints.
In 2021, the team finished with a record of 12-4, their best regular season record since 2002 when they went 12-4 en route to winning Super Bowl XXXVII. Led by future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady, who signed with the team during free agency in 2020, Tampa Bay scored a then-NFL record 581 points during the regular season and had various players break numerous franchise and NFL records along the way. With their Week 17 win over the Atlanta Falcons, they clinched their first ever No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs and became just the second team ever to make it to a Super Bowl after starting 10-5 or worse (joining this year’s Los Angeles Rams).
In sack percentage (the number of sacks divided by passing yards allowed), they were once again at the top of the league, allowing sacks on just 4.8 percent of opponents’ passing attempts (compared to 6.7 percent for second-place Green Bay).
Postseason
Grammy-winning singer Beyoncé will headline the Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show on Feb. 7, the NFL and Pepsi announced Thursday.
The highly anticipated event will take place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida – home of the Buccaneers. The game will air live on CBS, with kickoff set for 6:30 p.m. ET.
This is the second time that Beyoncé has headlined the Super Bowl halftime show; she previously performed at Super Bowl XLVII in 2013 with Destiny’s Child.
Green Bay Packers
As of February 9th, 2021, the Green Bay Packers have the most sacks in the NFL with 48. The next closest team is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with 47 sacks.
Regular season
As of the end of the 2020 NFL regular season, the Green Bay Packers have the most sacks of any team in the league with 55. The next closest team is the Pittsburgh Steelers, who have 48 sacks.
Postseason
Since 1933, the Packers have won 25 NFL championships (13 league championships and 12 pre-Super Bowl NFL titles), making them tied with the New York Giants for the most in NFL history. They have played in and hosted more conference championship games (19) than any other team in the NFL. The Packers won the first two Super Bowls after the 1966 and 1967 seasons, but lost the next four before claiming victory in Super Bowl XLV over the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 2010 season. The team had a unique streak of winning three consecutive road playoff games from 1995 to 2007, becoming only one of five teams ever to achieve that feat. The Packers hold NFL records for fourth quarter comebacks (27), led by quarterback Aaron Rodgers, as well as overall won-lost record at home during regular season play (201-66-1 over a span of 267 games).
Los Angeles Rams
As of right now, the Los Angeles Rams have the most sacks in the NFL with 19. They are followed by the Pittsburgh Steelers with 18 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with 17.
Regular season
The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The Rams compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The Rams franchise began in 1936 as the Cleveland Rams in the short-lived second American Football League before joining the NFL the next year. In 1946, the franchise moved to Los Angeles. The Rams franchise remained in the metro area until 1994, when they moved to Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, about 40 miles (60 km) southeast of downtown Los Angeles.
The Rams franchise returned to Los Angeles in 2016, relocating to Inglewood. The team appeared under different names when they were based elsewhere while playing out their lease agreement at Angel Stadium between 2016 and 2020 following their return to Southern California: first as simply the Los Angeles Rams from 2016 to 2017, then as the Los Angeles Rams from 2018 until 2020.
In 2021, they will again be known as simply the Los Angeles Rams after it was announced that SoFi Stadium would be renamed Lumen Field on February 18, 2021 following naming rights being acquired by loan provider SoFi.
Postseason
The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team that compete in the National Football League (NFL). The Rams franchise was founded in 1936 as the Cleveland Rams in the short-lived second American Football League before joining the NFL the next year. In 1946, the franchise moved to Los Angeles. The Rams franchise remained in the metro area until 1994, when they moved to Anaheim. The team returned to Los Angeles in 2016.
Rams play their home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, which they share with fellow NFL team, the Los Angeles Chargers. The Rams are currently coached by Sean McVay and have reached the postseason seven times since their move back to Los Angeles in 2016, winning a division title in 2017 and 2018 and reaching Super Bowl LIII where they lost to the New England Patriots 13–3, becoming only the second team to score 3 points or fewer in a Super Bowl.
During their time in St. Louis from 1995-2015, the Rams appeared in 2 Super Bowls, winning one during the 1999 season (XXXIV) against the Tennessee Titans 23–16 as underdogs.
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are currently leading the NFL in sacks. Through the first nine weeks of the season, the Saints have recorded 33 sacks. This is more than any other team in the NFL. The Saints’ defense has been one of the best in the league all season, and they are currently on pace to break the single-season sack record.
Regular season
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The team was founded by John W. Mecom Jr., David Dixon, and the city of New Orleans on November 1, 1966. The Saints began play in Tulane Stadium in 1967.
Postseason
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The team was founded by John W. Mecom Jr., David Dixon, and the city of New Orleans on November 1, 1966. The Saints began play at Tulane Stadium in 1967.
The name “Saints” is an allusion to November 1 being All Saints Day in the Catholic faith, as New Orleans has a large Catholic population. Their primary rivals are the Atlanta Falcons and the Carolina Panthers. The franchise has won one Super Bowl Championship (Super Bowl XLIV), and 13 division championships.
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers have the most sacks in the NFL in 2021 with 56. They are followed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with 50 and the Los Angeles Rams with 48.
Regular season
The Pittsburgh Steelers had the most sacks in the NFL during the 2021 regular season with 56. The team with the second most sacks was the Los Angeles Rams with 54.
Postseason
In the playoffs, the Steelers’ defense sacked Houston Texans quarterback David Carr five times in their 21-10 victory in the AFC wild card game. They followed that up by sacking Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning three times in their 21-18 victory in the AFC divisional playoff game. In Pittsburgh’s 34-17 loss to the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game, they were only able to sack Brady once.
