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I think lack of turnovers from our defense puts us at a major disadvantage as well as the lack of running. ... If we do get a DT which i hope we do we can cause teams to earn their points more and give the saints more opportunities to get the ball. 12 per game 6 a half. it would be nice to have 7 per half. We had at least one turnover every game thats an average of 11 possessions a game and our opponents 13.
Good thread. The stat that jumps out at me is turnovers.
Turnover ratio for games lost: -12
Turnover ratio for games won: +3
that's a big difference. And while we can certainly point out that the defense isn't a turnover-creating machine, it appears that our offense at times can be. In four games, the offense had 3 or more turnovers. NFL football teams are not going to win many games turning the ball over that many times.
Game turnover margins, with the associated win/loss record, may be a slightly easier way to look at it. When we were on the plus side, we were 3-0; when the turnovers were even we were 3-3; and when on the negative side 1-6. Here's the breakdown:
+3: 1 win,0 loss
+2: 1 win, 0 loss
+1: 1 win, 0 loss
Even: 3 wins, 3 losses
-1: 1 win, 2 losses
-2: 0 win, 3 losses
-3: none
-4: 0 win, 1 loss
To be honest, there are really no surprises in these numbers. I'd guess that they are very much in line with the league numbers as a whole.