Whitney Mercilus had the most sacks by a linebacker in a 2015 playoff game, with 3 sacks in the 2015 AFC Wild Card game against the Chiefs on January 9, 2016.
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most defensive sacks by a lb in a game 2015 playoffs| NAME | SCK | DATE | ROUND | TM | OPP | TKL | AST | COMB | SCKY | INT | INT YDS | INT TD | FF | FR | FR TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | W. Mercilus | 3.0 | 1/9/2016 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | V. Miller | 2.5 | 2/7/2016 | Super Bowl | vs | 5 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | V. Miller | 2.5 | 1/24/2016 | AFC Championship | vs | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | N. Perry | 2.5 | 1/10/2016 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 |  | D. Ware | 2.0 | 2/7/2016 | Super Bowl | vs | 3 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | J. Collins | 2.0 | 1/24/2016 | AFC Championship | @ | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | M. Neal | 2.0 | 1/10/2016 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 8 |  | C. Matthews | 1.5 | 1/10/2016 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 |  | L. Kuechly | 1.0 | 2/7/2016 | Super Bowl | @ | 7 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | J. Harrison | 1.0 | 1/17/2016 | AFC Divisional | @ | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | D. Ware | 1.0 | 1/17/2016 | AFC Divisional | vs | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | D. Freeney | 1.0 | 1/16/2016 | NFC Divisional | vs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 |  | J. Peppers | 1.0 | 1/16/2016 | NFC Divisional | @ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | N. Perry | 1.0 | 1/16/2016 | NFC Divisional | @ | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | P. Smith | 1.0 | 1/10/2016 | NFC Wild Card | vs | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | V. Burfict | 1.0 | 1/9/2016 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | J. Harrison | 1.0 | 1/9/2016 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | J. Jones | 1.0 | 1/9/2016 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | D. Ware | 0.5 | 1/24/2016 | AFC Championship | vs | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | B. Irvin | 0.5 | 1/10/2016 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | K.J. Wright | 0.5 | 1/10/2016 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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