Quote:I disagree that 3 points is so automatic. If a team makes it to the 20, it's going to be a 37 or 38 yard FG. Anything beyond that is by no means a given. With that in mind, I can agree to assigning 3 points for turnovers or ST plays that result in the opponent getting the ball inside the red zone, but beyond that the defense most definitely has a chance to fend off the points.


With this in mind, the team had four such plays... A fumble, a muffed punt and two INTs. However, no points were scored off the fumble, so there are no points to subtract from the defense for that play. This leaves three plays where I can agree to assign the FG to the offense instead of the defense. Subtracting 9 more points puts the overall points scored against the defense at 276, which in turn works out to 23.0 points per game and would have them ranked 18th.


The points allowed breaks down as follows...


276 - defense

27 - offense

10 - special teams

313 - total

Ravens game:


Bortles eludes a sack, rolls left, then fumbles the ball away in his own territory.


Ravens ball. Jags defense immediately holds. Justin Tucker comes out and nails a FG.

3 points there, the defense had nothing to do with it. They stopped the Ravens from advancing.


That's happened quite a few times this season. Heck, the KC game was almost nothing but possessions starting in FG range. Defense holds in 3 downs,, KC nails 3 points.

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