Takeaway/Giveaway ratio

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Originally Posted by AnonEmouse

Been discussing this on the Skins newsgroup. Fumbles tend to balance out as they are more of a random factor (how the ball bounces as it were).

INT's on the other hand are a product of good coverage and QB pressure. That has made a difference in the last few weeks, although the fumbles bouncing our way may also have an emotional/awareness element to them.

I would also disagree about fumbles. Being that when a player has the ball defensive players should be in general swarming towards while the other offensive players not I believe the more fumbles you cause the more the defense will end up recovering. The defense has the player advantage usually in fumble situations so it stands to reason that over the long haul defenses recover more fumbles than offenses. This year was a particularly bad year for us as it seemed early on we weren't swarming the ball carrier like we needed to and therefore we weren't gaining our player advantage and lessened our opportunities to recover the fumbles. Our swarming ahs increased and our recovered fumbles has gotten better. I don't fumbles even out when a defense is playign as it is suppose to.