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8 sports records that will never be broken

By Dave Stevenson

1934: American baseball player Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth, 1895 - 1948) hits his first home run during his tour of Japan at Miji Shrine Stadium, Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by New York Times Co./Getty Images)
1934: American baseball player Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth, 1895 - 1948) hits his first home run during his tour of Japan at Miji Shrine Stadium, Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by New York Times Co./Getty Images) /
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7. Most Sacks In A Single Game

In 1990, Thomas was merciless towards Seattle Seahawks quarterback Dave Krieg, sending him to the turf seven times. People have come dangerously close to topping the late Derrick Thomas’ record for most sacks in a single game. New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora had six in a game in 2007. Aldon Smith had 5.5 sacks in a game in 2012. Those are the only two other than Thomas himself to come within even 1.5 sacks of his record.

To be fair, there is one factor working to the advantage of pass rushers that makes this record slightly less than impossible to break. The NFL is a passing league. Teams are passing now more than they ever have. That gives rushers more opportunities to get sacks.

Still, the dominance required to sack a quarterback seven times just seems impossible. Teams assign two blockers to guys like J.J. Watt and Khalil Mack. Those gentlemen could beat a guy seven times to sack the quarterback in a game. Too bad they’ll have to beat two guys seven times in order to best Thomas’ record. Thomas has one of the most unbreakable records in sports because of that.

His record is at least plausible to beat. But it would still require one of the greatest efforts in the history of sports to beat.

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