Toward the beginning of nearly every Jets practice this spring and summer, there would be one period dedicated to turnovers — forcing them for the defense and preventing them for the offense.
Coaches would put the players through a circuit of drills meant to instill the importance of taking the ball away and not giving it up.
“Well, it is the No. 1 stat in football,” coach Adam Gase said. “The turnover margin, that’s what it comes down to every game — where you see we’re plus-four, you’re probably saying that we’re going to win the game, then plus-three, plus-two, plus-one, we’re even — so we want to make a big emphasis on it.