The bad news for the New Orleans Saints is that through five games, they aren’t on pace to force any more turnovers than the 17 that they forced last season. Worse news is that currently, they also aren’t on pace to commit less than the 30 turnovers they committed last year, when they finished minus-13 in turnover ratio.
New Orleans’ current ratio of minus-5 (five takeaways, 10 giveaways) is tied for fifth-worst in the league, and is a significant reason that the Saints (1-4) have struggled entering Thursday’s nationally televised game against Atlanta (5-0) in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.