THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2011
PAGE 11
NBA commissioner David Stern officially canceled the first two weeks of the 2011-12 regular season on Monday night.
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Turnovers: the most important stat
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In professional football, the margin of victory is often in the margin of turnovers. Football prognosticators argue over statistics of individual players to enhance their arguments, while fans, especially those who participate in fantasy football, love them because they are the basis for fantasy football competition.
Turnovers are the one of the most vital parts of the football because they change the complexion of every game, and it can make or break a team. A couple types of turnovers exist in football:
The turnover margin is the one statistic that stands above all others that shows whether a football team has been winning or losing.
**Unforced:** Luck can have a big role in turnovers. In many situations, a quarterback's pass can be deflected by a defensive player, and from there, the ball is live for anyone to catch. In some instances during a punt, a player on the receiving team unintentionally touches the live football when the ball falls from mid-air before a teammate gains control of it, which then leads to a mad scramble for the live football.
Forced: This category particularly targets the offense's inability to take care of the football and the defense's ability to create turnovers. Every football team
Players who catch the ball, particularly wide receivers, kick returners and running backs, will initially have control of the football when they have caught it, but then they subsequently lose it instantaneously. The defense capitalizes on the receiver's botch by catching the live ball. This is similar to when the ball-carrier simply loses control of the football and fumbles it when it is not striped from his hands, which is also an unforced error.
runs specific drills about turnovers during practices, whether it's creating or limiting them. Quarterbacks are taught to not force passes into coverage, to lessen the chance of interceptions, as well as how to hold the ball when they're in the pocket and feeling pressure from the defense. For all ball carriers, they are shown how to protect the football when defense is ready to tackle them. On defense, players blitzing the quarterback are taught how to swipe at the ball when the quarterback is about to pass. Defensive players
in coverage learn to anticipate the quarterback so they can correctly predict his pass and intercept it. While ball-carriers are trained to protect the ball, defensive players are trained to strip the ball from the ball-carrier's hands.
Top 5 NFL teams in turnover margin:
1 Buffalo: +11
2 San Francisco: +10
T-3 Green Bay: +7
T-3 Detroit: +7
T-3 Baltimore: +7
Bottom 6 NFL teams in turnover margin:
T-27 San Diego: -5
T-27 Kansas City: -5
T-27 Denver: -5
T-27 Miami: -5
T-31 Pittsburgh: -10
T-31 Philadelphia: -10
The top five NFL teams in turnover margin have a combined record of 21-3, and the bottom six NFL teams in turnover margin have a combined record of 11-18. It's simple. If teams create and limit turnovers, they will win. If they don't, they will lose.
—Edited by Jason Bennett
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