Forced Fumbles

Billy Spikes · Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 41343

http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?seasonType=REG&offensiveStatisticCategory=null&d-447263-n=1&d-447263-o=2&d-447263-p=1&d-447263-s=FUMBLES_TOTAL&tabSeq=2&season=2012&role=OPP&Submit=Go&archive=false&conference=null&defensiveStatisticCategory=GAME_STATS&qualified=false

A big statistic that shouldn't go unnoticed is the fact that the Patriots defense forced 42 fumbles this season, I'm not sure what is the record for most in a season although i do know that in 2010 the Giants forced 42 fumbles aswell which was the most since the Dolphins in 2006 who had 35.

Either way, hopefully we keep the trend in the playoffs where every turnover is huge.
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NinjaZX6R · Joined: 05 Jun 2011 Posts: 9486 Location: Columbus, Ohio

How many recoveries did the Pats have? Forcing fumbles is nice but if you can't recover them, that stat is kinda useless.

That SB game...ugh. I believe we forced 4 fumbles and recovered none of them.
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homerjay24 · Joined: 05 Dec 2007 Posts: 1062 Location: Fitchburg, MA

ESPN has the Pats at 21 fumble takeaways, with 5 coming against the Jets alone Laughing

. So it's a 50% recovery rate, which is reasonable. So yes, the more the better.

Considering the correlation between turnover differential and wins, and Tom Brady's knack for minimizing turnovers, It's a huge stat.
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