Ball hawking has become an annual rallying cry for a Vikings defense that has talked about turnovers a lot more than it has generated them.
Coach Leslie Frazier's opening speech at training camp last week included another challenge to steal more possessions and protect the football, supplementing his presentation with a data-driven lesson about the impact turnovers have on a team's bottom line.
"As good as we think we can be, if we're turning the ball over and not taking the ball away, it doesn't matter," Frazier said. "We may put up a lot of yards. We may be stingy in certain areas. But if we're turning the ball over or if we're not taking it away, we're not going to win that many games in the NFL."
Turnovers are great and it's good to try and improve your chances of getting them.
But it seems there is always some luck involved in the turnover battle - and teams that are built to create turnovers (e.g., the Bears) really suffer when they can't produce them.
Xqed wrote:Turnovers are great and it's good to try and improve your chances of getting them.
But it seems there is always some luck involved in the turnover battle - and teams that are built to create turnovers (e.g., the Bears) really suffer when they can't produce them.
True, good point.
Harrison Smith looks like he has a nose for the ball, he's always around it. Josh Robinson too. Hopefully they have that natural instinct.
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