UF defense trying to cut down on explosive plays, create more turnovers

A group of UF defenders led by Gervon Dexter (9) make a tackle against Tennessee on Sept. 25, 2021. GatorCountry photo by David Bowie.Two of the best statistics to evaluate how well a defense is playing are explosive plays and turnovers.

By preventing huge chunk plays, a defense forces the offense to string together long drives in order to score. By making them run more plays, you increase the likelihood of the offense making a mistake.

Generating turnovers is important for obvious reasons. It gives your offense more opportunities to score and allows you to not have to defend as many plays.

If a defense does a good job of limiting opposing offenses’ big plays and produces big plays of its own,…