Why don't we get turnovers, and why do we fumble so much?

Young players on Offfense, and a lack of opportunism on D. Anytime you re read the preseason prognostications for the Saints. A lot of predictions were down on the Saints especially because of the youth of the offense and the lack of big play guys on d. Many Saints fans didn't enjoy those predictions, but the turnover margin reflects that opinion. Fortunately our young players on O have outplayed any possible prediction. I also think the d coordinator coached up our defense quite a bit, keying heavily on technique. That has helped a lot, but it has our guys concentrating on footwork tackling and body control more than even looking for errant passes. We can be upset about the lack of takeaways, but for the most part (compared to recent history) we have seen a big drop in big plays by opposing offenses. That is the tradeoff.