People keep bashing the offense

[Shake n Blake]

(11-22-2017, 08:57 PM)Synric Wrote: In 2016 the Bengals forced 20 turnovers. (17 Ints 3 fumbles) That's tied for 19th...

I goofed on that one. Looked at the offense's ranking instead of the defense. Ok then, how 2014? Our offense finished a mediocre 15th in scoring. We only had 3 blowouts all year, yet we finished 10th in turnovers forced. 

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cin/2014.htm

Most of our turnovers came in close games. 

4 turnovers forced in a 37-28 win over Broncos (that wasn't decided til the very end)
2 turnovers forced in a 23-16 win over Ravens
3 turnovers forced in a 17-27 loss to Steelers
2 turnovers forced in a 0-27 loss to Colts
2 turnovers forced in a 27-24 win over Ravens

5 of our 8 multiple turnover games were in close games or losses. 

I get what you're saying about blowout wins and making teams one dimensional, but good defenses just force turnovers regardless. Often times, it's not that we're getting turnovers because we're blowing a team out, we're actually blowing them out because of the turnovers we forced. Think about how impactful those 2 turnovers were against the Broncos. Keep in mind that it was a close game with little offense on our side. The defense just made plays. Too bad we haven't seen enough of that lately.