Are High Tackle Numbers for Safeties a Bad Thing?

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Originally Posted by That Guy

except that half the teams are in the top 16 in defense, as would be expected in a RANDOM sampling in two of the three years (3/6, 3/10, 4/8), which means your conclusion is wrong twice as often as it's right.

Except that was close to true in 2005 only, not even remotely close in 06 or 07. In 2005, it appeared to not be a huge factor for total defense, but in 2006 and 2007, it was a statistically significant trend