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According to Bill Coats' article, James Laurinatis has 59 tackles this year. However, according to NFL.com, he only has 45. What is the "official" number?
Jim Thomas: Technically, there is no "official" number because tacklings stats aren't considered an "official" record by the NFL. That's why you'll see no record for tackles in the NFL Fact & Record Book. The number Bill Coats is using comes from the Rams' coaching staff after their review of game film. The NFL.com totalis from press box stats, which are very unofficial. Coaches' stats sometimes inflate tackling totals, but press box stats grossly under-report tackles. So the more reliable number, and the one the Post-Dispatch uses, is the tackling totals from the coach's review of game film.
According to Bill Coats' article, James Laurinatis has 59 tackles this year. However, according to NFL.com, he only has 45. What is the "official" number?
Jim Thomas: Technically, there is no "official" number because tacklings stats aren't considered an "official" record by the NFL. That's why you'll see no record for tackles in the NFL Fact & Record Book. The number Bill Coats is using comes from the Rams' coaching staff after their review of game film. The NFL.com totalis from press box stats, which are very unofficial. Coaches' stats sometimes inflate tackling totals, but press box stats grossly under-report tackles. So the more reliable number, and the one the Post-Dispatch uses, is the tackling totals from the coach's review of game film.
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