Daily Dose: Aaron Donald forecasted to repeat as the NFL's sacks leader

Daily Dose: Aaron Donald forecasted to repeat as the NFL's sacks leader

Stu Jackson
STAFF WRITER

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DONALD PROJECTED TO REPEAT AS NFL’S SACKS LEADER

Using a mathematical framework, NFL Network Analytics Expert Cynthia Frelund projected who she believes will be the league leaders across 11 statistical categories for the 2019 season. Frelund’s model forecasts Donald to repeat as the NFL’s sack leader with 18 after posting an NFL-best 20.5 last year.

Here’s what Frelund had to say:

Fun fact: Donald, who paced the NFL last season with 20.5 sacks, would be the first player to lead the NFL in sacks in consecutive seasons since Reggie White in 1987-88. That's great company, no? I use computer vision to track pressures (and specifically pressures that disrupt passes, a.k.a. defenders coming within 5 feet of an opposing quarterback in a way that influenced the pass), and Donald is able to enter that 5-foot halo about 0.5 seconds faster than the next fastest interior defender.

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