There are some who would argue that there is no greater indicator of a team’s success and failure than that of turnover differential. That number that tells us how many times a team takes the ball away from an opponent versus how many times turn the ball over themselves.
So, where do the Raiders rank in that category through five games? Why dead last, of course.
Yup, sitting right there tied for 32nd in the league is the Raiders with a -7 in turnover differential. Only the Tennessee Titans match that number.
What’s interesting is the bottom five includes the Kansas City Chiefs with a -4. But the Chiefs tend to make up for their mistakes by having a juggernaut of an offense every year led by the best QB in the league.
There is no Patrick Mahomes coming out of that tunnel for the Raiders, so they have to be far more careful with the ball while relying on taking the ball away. Neither of those areas worked in their favor this season as they have turned the ball over nine times while taking it away just twice.
The best in the league in turnover differential are the
1. Bills (+7)
1. Packers (+7)
3. Bears (+5)
3. Chargers (+5)
5. Vikings (+4)
5. Steelers (+4).
That’s right one of the best in the league in turnover differential is coming to Las Vegas this Sunday. I am, of course, speaking of the Steelers who have eight takeaways to just four turnovers.
