Thread: What is the official definition of a sack?
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Old Wed Dec 10, 2003, 08:29am
mikesears mikesears is offline
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I'm no statistician, but I think the definition of a sack is tackling the QB (who is in possession of the ball) behind the line of scrimmage.

Could be wrong. The rulebook doesn't give us that kind of definition.

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