I’m not blaming any unit. Things like return units on special teams and defense provide points that are not contingent on offensive yards. Teams that do well in the yards per point metric will usually have units that provide non-offensive scores. A primary mission of our defense is to score directly off turnovers, it’s part of every practice. Things like our DBs turning deflections into interceptions greatly increases the likelihood of defensive scores, and as our technique continues to improve, we should expect exactly that. Field position also plays a vital part in this metric. Poor starting field position increases the chance for long drives that do not result in points. Our coaches have a stated goal of starting all drives from the 30+ for this reason.
Obviously an offense going 3 and out is not generating many yards on those drives and therefore the yards per point metric is pretty useless. I think it goes without saying that any team that isn’t doing well in this statistic needs to finish drives better.
