Because Ayers split a sack with Gerald McCoy against Chicago in Week 10, that means he was involved in seven different sack plays on the season. Four of those came on third downs, which on the face of it doesn't seem particularly unusual. Intuitively, one would expect a majority of sacks to occur on third-down plays because that's the down on which teams choose to pass with the highest frequency. As it turns out, however, only 18 of the Buccaneers' 38 sacks as a team in 2016 came on third down. Ayers had 3.5 of his 6.5 sacks on third downs; only Noah Spence had more third-down sacks for the Buccaneers in 2016, with 4.0. In addition, a sack Ayers recorded on a second down against the Saints was essentially the same as a third-down stop because it occurred without enough time for New Orleans to run another play before halftime, leading to a field goal on third down.