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1,479 tackles
Jason Taylor has been credited with 139.5 career sacks. He led the NFL in 2002 with 18.5.Taylor retired following the 2011 season.
Tackles became an official NFL stat in 2001. When Jack Lambert played (1974-1984), tackles were unofficial and inconsistently recorded.
He averaged 146 per season after his tenth year in the league according to the 1984 Pittsburgh Steelers media guide. He then recorded 19 in his final season. So he had a total of 1,479 with 1,045 being solo.
Since tackles are not an official stat, the coaches review all the film (numerous times no doubt) and decide how many tackles (solo/assist) each player had. According to this method, Patrick Willis does hold the unofficial record for tackles in a single season with 226 accredited. At 6'1", nearly 250lbs and running a 4.4s 40, it doesn't seem far fetched :)