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You can't spell Kansas City without s-a-c-k-s, but you wouldn't know it by the team's actual performance. Kansas City's post-Jared Allen pass rush wasn't just bad -- it was all-time bad.
The team recorded only 10 sacks last year, an NFL record since the league went to a 16-game season. The previous low was 11, by the Baltimore Colts back in 1982, and even that needs to be qualified: that was a strike-shortened season. (The Colts also held the 16-game record of 13, set in 1981.) About the best you can say for Kansas City is that they were one of only three terrible pass rushes from last season. The Browns and Bengals, with just 17 sacks apiece, also recorded one of the lowest totals for a 16-game season in history.
The lowest sack totals since the league went to a 16-game season are presented below.
1987 Miami Dolphins 21
1991 Cincinnati Bengals 21
1993 Indianapolis Colts 21
2002 Arizona Cardinals 21
2003 Arizona Cardinals 21
1981 New England Patriots 20
1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20
1992 New England Patriots 20
1994 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20
1979 Denver Broncos 19
1986 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19
1988 Pittsburgh Steelers 19
2001 Arizona Cardinals 19
2003 Houston Texans 19
2006 Washington 19
1980 Pittsburgh Steelers 18
2003 Chicago Bears 18
1987 Atlanta Falcons 17
1991 Los Angeles Rams 17
1995 Jacksonville Jaguars 17
2008 Cincinnati Bengals 17
2008 Cleveland Browns 17
1981 Baltimore Colts 13
2008 Kansas City 10
--Andy Richardson
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