On Monday, July 12, sports statistics provider Sports Reference announced that it had released NFL sack totals spanning from 1960 to 1981, filling a gap in NFL history. Previously, sack totals were only available dating back to the 1982 season.
This reveal has made a profound impact on the history of the New York Jets. Here are just a few ways the record books have been altered.
Single-season sack records
First, let’s take a look at how the Jets’ single-season sack leaderboard looked prior to the introduction of pre-1982 statistics. These are the best single-season sack performances in Jets history from 1982 onward:
- Mark Gastineau, 22.