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[QUOTE="dollarbill44, post: 47623, member: 686"]
You're putting words in my mouth, er, on my fingers. I never said they are [I]more[/I] to blame, but pointed out that the defense bears some of the blame of the offense not being on the field as much as they should/could be and that has a negative effect on the statistics.

For example, Toledo started the game with a drive of 10:34 minutes of game clock and kicked a FG. We fumbled right away on our first possession. Toledo had the ball for nearly 13 minutes of the first quarter.
So the defense allowed a 22 play, 10:34 drive that resulted in only a FG. The total number of yards given up for one quarter wasn't awful, but the TOP was terrible. As for the offense, shame on them for fumbling, but they didn't really get much of a chance after that to do anything in the quarter and their stats were woeful.

Granted, this is just a snapshot, but it illustrates how the play of the defense impacts the offensive stats and hence how context needs to be considered when looking at stats to derive real meaning.
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