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Giants, Dolphins boast decade's top pass rushes

One school of thought when selecting a fantasy defense is to follow the sacks. There's some consistency with the best pass rushes: the best defenses in terms of sacks one year often rank among the sack leaders the following season, as well.

The NFL average for team sacks in a season is about 36, and it's remained fairly consistent over the years. When a team gets up to 40-plus sacks, it's doing something right. There have been a total of 96 seasons with 40-plus sacks over the last 10 years, and the Giants and Dolphins each have seven of them. Not many surprises in the other top pass rushes over that span: the Steelers, Patriots and Cowboys have all put up 40 or more sacks five times.

40-sacks seasons, 2003-2012

7     New York Giants
7     Miami
5     Pittsburgh
5     New England
5     Dallas
4     Tennessee
4     St. Louis
4     Seattle
4     San Diego
4     Minnesota
4     Green Bay
4     Chicago
4     Baltimore
3     Washington
3     Seattle
3     Carolina
2     New York Jets
2     Indianapolis
2     Houston
2     Detroit
2     Denver
2     Cincinnati
2     Buffalo
2     Arizona
1     Tampa Bay
1     Kansas City
1     Jacksonville
1     Cleveland
1     Atlanta
0     Oakland
0     San Francisco
0     New Orleans

--Andy Richardson

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