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A Look at some of Julius Peppers' Career Splits

Some people were interested in taking a look at Julius Peppers' career splits so we could have a look at how he does in different situations.  Between myself and Barbados, we've come up with some intriguing observations.  Take a look after the jump.

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Overall career: 3.3 tackles/gm, .68 sacks/gm (If you want, I’ll delve into stuff like FFs and PDs, but they’re a lot more fluky than the two primary ones)

Home: 3.2 tackles/gm, .65 sacks/gm
Away: 3.5 tackles/gm, .72 sacks/gm
So maybe his (slightly) inferior performance at home is another reason he gets a hard time from the fanbase.

Day: 3.3 tackles/gm, .69 sacks/gm
Night: 3.8/.65
So perhaps he’s more active in primetime games, but he doesn’t get the same results since the opponent is more of a marquee team?

Grass: 3.4/.66
Turf: 3.3/.76
I’m surprised with his speed and athleticism that his numbers aren’t better on turf, but I suppose QBs might be aided in getting rid of the ball because of the added separation receivers can get.

Windy: 3.6/.8
Obviously, QBs might hold the ball longer if they know they have to make a perfect throw, and the tackles are probably increased because of increased runs.

Warm (61 and above): 3.4/.61
Cold (60 and below): 3.4/.80

Don’t really know how to explain this one other than the perfect throw concept like with the wind.

Games 1-8: 3.5/.58
Games 9-16: 3.1/.81
Interesting to see that his sacks go so high at the end of the season.

Best tackle month is October by far (3.6), best sack month is November (1.0!)

Intra-divisional: 3.1/.60
vs. NFC outside of division: 3.5/.78
vs. AFC: 3.4/.66
So there’s some splits that lend credence to the fact that he doesn’t come up big in the most important game. Could also be, though, that the teams he faces most often have better-developed plans to stop him.

The following stats come unedited from Barbados, aside from cleaning up a table he put together a little bit.

Per Game Averages (divided by #games played)

Top-5 Tackling
 vs Oakland 5.5
 vs Baltimore 4.5
 vs St.Louis 4.5
 vs Green Bay 4.2
 vs Arizona 4.0

Top-5 Sacks
 vs Oakland 2.5
 vs Dallas 1.8
 vs Detroit 1.8
 vs NY Jets 1.5
 vs Kansas City 1.5

Top-5 Forced Fumbles
 vs Oakland 1.0
 vs NY Jets 1.0
 vs Kansas City 1.0
 vs Arizona 0.8
 vs Detroit 0.8

No Sacks Ever Games Played
 vs Cincinnati 1
 vs Denver 1
 vs Miami 1
 vs Houston 2
 vs Philadelphia 3
 vs Chicago 2
 vs San Diego 2
 vs Seattle 2
 vs Pittsburgh 1
 vs Washington 2
 vs Indianapolis 2
 vs New England 1

Tackles/gm.

Sacks/gm.

Forced Fumbles/gm.

2008

3.4

.91

.31

2006-2008

3.0

.65

.26

Career

3.4

.67

.24

So, now that these are on the table, what do you guys think?  Are there more conclusions we can draw from this data?

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