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Turnovers are an important part of playing defense.I won't argue with that but it really is no surprise that once McCourty got moved to safety and Talib came in as the CB1, the back end of that defense stabilized more than in any previous year before that. Even when Talib was banged up or missing time, the secondary still wasn't as putrid as it had been from 2009-early 2012. And yes, the secondary was putrid in 2010 too. That defense lived and died off of their ability/inability to create turnovers.
Its a huge reason that people severely overrate Rex Ryans defense. They end up with good yardage statistics, are horrendous at generating turnovers and ultimately below average in allowing points.
Statistics are nice to use to back up an argument, but a defense that allows more points is not better than one that allows less, since the game is decided by points.