But don't you see that the PPD is misleading? We have less possessions than everyone else you are looking at/comparing. And typically we have less turnovers and go for it on 4th and short in situations other teams would not. The offense we run in nature scores more on possessions than a typical offense. However, this season and last have been horrible. I think the answer is not consolidated within the PPD statistic as you believe. I get what you are saying but I feel there is more to it than the PPD stat. By the nature of what our offense does we should be able to score on 66% of our offensive possession. However, we are not and the defense is catching the brunt of much frustration by the fan base. I agree the Defense is not stellar. But what I am saying is the statistics are misleading and looking at it on paper the defense is much worse.
no, the PPD is not misleading. The PPD tells the truth of the story.
We have less turnovers. That's GOOD. We go for it on 4th and short and make it. That's GOOD.
The offense we run in nature scores on more possessions than a typical offense.
THAT"S THE FREAKING DEFINITION OF A GOOD OFFENSE.
EVERY offense wants to score as many points on every possession as they can. Teams that run other offenses aren't like "well, we COULD score more often, but maybe lets not and see what happens".
EVERY defense wants to prevent as many points on every possession as they can. The good ones do. The bad ones do not.
It really IS that simple. GT does a bad job of stopping other teams from scoring points when the other team has the opportunity to do so. That makes them a bad defense.