11-26-2012, 09:04 AM
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2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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Re: Second Half of Season Turnover Differential Really 56-5?
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Originally Posted by Brady'sButtBoy
The plus 51 TO ratio in 19 games has to be some kind of record, it's incredible number - for both ends! Think of only turning over the ball 5 times in more than one season, that's as amazing as snagging 56 turnovers. That's just a hair off of 3/game average.
And anyone who wants to argue the importance of turnovers on game outcomes only need to look at JJDChE's quote above: the Pats are minus 7 in the corresponding playoffs games. No wonder they couldn't quite get it done, the Pats weren't employing their not so secret weapon = turnovers.
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The record for least TOs in a season is 10, a tie between us ('10) and SF ('11). So having 5 in 19 games is pretty amazing. It's very unsettling that we've both turned the ball over more (7 times in 4G) and forced less turnovers (2 in 4G) once the playoffs roll around. I don't know how to fix that, but it needs to be fixed if this team expects to win another title.
I'm sure the +/- is a record. In the last decade or so teams have put a much higher value on reducing giveaways. You never see teams putting in gunslingers who throw 30 TDs and 25INTs. They'd rather play a game manager who throws 18TDs and 8INTs. Look at some of the old school RBs fumble numbers, too. A lot of the all-time greats fumbled 10+ times a season. You rarely see any RB with fumble numbers like that nowadays. MJD had the most fumbles by a starter last year with 6.
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Last edited by JJDChE; 11-26-2012 at 09:10 AM..
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