NFL game stats should include players with defensive sacks but no tackles otherwise.
I'm watching the 49er-Giant game right now and two players, Nick Bosa and Javon Hargrave, have sacks but are not shown in the defensive statistics on Yahoo! Sports. In week 1, Drake Jackson of the 49ers had three defensive sacks and no tackles otherwise, but did not appear in the defensive statistics. Yahoo or whatever source it gets its football stats from needs to reprogram its algorithms so sacks are considered a criteria to add a player to defensive statistics or is considered equivalent to a tackle.
Added after the game: Now I see Shemar Jean-Charles and Tre Swilling in the 49ers defensive statistics, with no statistics at all, but no Nick Bosa with 3 total tackles, 2 solo (clearly sacks) and 1 tackle for loss; no Javon Hargrave with three total tackles (1 solo, clearly a sack) and 1 tackle for loss.
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