Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Shaq Barrett has been a defensive monster all season long.
Heading into last Sunday’s Week 14 game against the Indianapolis Colts, Barrett had a league-leading 14.5 sacks, and was credited with half a sack in the Bucs’ 38-35 win over Indy to put his season (and league-leading) total at 15.0.
That meant Barrett was closing in on Warren Sapp’s franchise record of 16.5 sacks set back in 2000. Well, turns out Barrett got closer to Sapp’s record on Sunday than originally thought.
Take a look.
The NFL sends out a list of stat corrections every Weds. based on review of all game tape, and there's a significant one for the Bucs this week: The sack that was originally split between Shaq Barrett & Will Gholston on Sunday is now fully credited to Barrett.
— Scott Smith (@ScottSBucs) December 11, 2019
That means Barrett's total on the season increases to 15.5, which ties Simeon Rice in 2002 for the second-best single-season total in team history and is just 1.0 behind Warren Sapp's 2000 record of 16.5. https://t.co/fJG6A9yn69
— Scott Smith (@ScottSBucs) December 11, 2019
The good news for Barrett is that the final two quarterbacks he’ll face this season — Deshaun Watson (HOU) and Matt Ryan (ATL) — currently rank 6th and 5th in sacks taken.
The Bucs could see a new single-season sack record by the end of the year and also see their quarterback throw for over 5,000 yards. What a first year for Bruce Arians in Tampa.
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