Although this is normally a basketball statistic, I thought I’d look at what our offense does when our defense generates a turnover. Our defense has 16 takeaways this season (11 fumble recoveries and 5 interceptions).

Our offense has only scored 6 times when we generate a turnover. (34 total points)

Our offense has turned it back over 4 times

We have 4 punts and 2 missed field goals.

Not capitalizing on our opponents mistakes has cost us several wins this season.

I took a deep dive into our Red Zone Offense. Here’s what I found. We have run a total of 113 plays in the Red Zone in 11 games. 28% of passes in the Red Zone have been for a TD. Only 1 Interception in the Red Zone all Year.

Plays: 113 total
Run: 74 (66%)
Pass: 39 (34%)

TD: 21 total
Run: 10
Pass: 11

FG: 9/13

Penalties: 4

No gain or Negative Plays: 20

Turnovers: 6
Fumbles: 3
Downs: 2
INT: 1

Total Red Zone Conversion to Points: 71.4% (128th nationally)

This data shows that despite the relatively high passing success rate in the Red Zone, our coaches have shown a lack of trust in our QBs.