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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 613842" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p>IMO some fumbles and some INTs are flukes. Some are unforced errors and some are the result of plain old luck. But when a team leads the league in INTs like the Packers did in 2011, it’s more by design than luck. Just like Peanut Tillman forcing fumbles – all you had to do was watch him and you could see most were by design, not luck. It's my sense that <em>recovering</em> fumbles involves a little more luck than INTs. </p><p></p><p>I was surprised at the stats I found for 2011. I don’t know how Football Outsiders defines “drives” but I assume it’s the same as offensive possessions. They list the Packers with 168 drives and the 9ers at the average of 184 for that season. Denver led with 199 drives. <a href="http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/drivestatsoff2011" target="_blank">http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/drivestatsoff2011</a></p><p></p><p>Of course the Packers led the league in the 2011 regular season in scoring. They finished third in yards per game – that’s no surprise. But they finished 28th in plays from scrimmage, with 129 fewer offensive plays than the Saints who led in that category. The 9ers had 5 more plays on O than the Packers. (These stats from the nfl website.) I get the fewer plays - they were a quick-strike O that season. And of course FO has them leading the league in points per drive, but where did all those extra possessions go?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 613842, member: 4300"] IMO some fumbles and some INTs are flukes. Some are unforced errors and some are the result of plain old luck. But when a team leads the league in INTs like the Packers did in 2011, it’s more by design than luck. Just like Peanut Tillman forcing fumbles – all you had to do was watch him and you could see most were by design, not luck. It's my sense that [I]recovering[/I] fumbles involves a little more luck than INTs. I was surprised at the stats I found for 2011. I don’t know how Football Outsiders defines “drives” but I assume it’s the same as offensive possessions. They list the Packers with 168 drives and the 9ers at the average of 184 for that season. Denver led with 199 drives. [URL]http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/drivestatsoff2011[/URL] Of course the Packers led the league in the 2011 regular season in scoring. They finished third in yards per game – that’s no surprise. But they finished 28th in plays from scrimmage, with 129 fewer offensive plays than the Saints who led in that category. The 9ers had 5 more plays on O than the Packers. (These stats from the nfl website.) I get the fewer plays - they were a quick-strike O that season. And of course FO has them leading the league in points per drive, but where did all those extra possessions go? [/QUOTE]
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