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Here is a comprehensive list of every single player that has done so. These aren't going to be especially gaudy numbers compared to sacks, but the Titans have the fewest takeaways in the entire NFL at six and rank 20th in rushing yards per game given up, their bread and butter on a now-regressed overall defense. My sources are ESPN's 2023 NFL Team Turnovers Stat Leaders and their 2023 NFL Defense Stat Leaders. Without further ado, let's get into it with a player's name and his number of picks in parentheses. If two or more players are tied, they will be listed under "clubs" in bold just like how I listed the Chicago Bears vs players sack list.

  1. Geno Stone (6)
  2. 4 pick club
  3. Paulson Adebo
  4. Daron Bland
  5. 3 pick club
  6. Steven Nelson
  7. Jordan Whitehead
  8. Logan Wilson
  9. Jessie Bates III
  10. Kenny Moore
  11. Darious Williams
  12. Cam Taylor-Britt
  13. Andre Cisco
  14. Jerry Jacobs
  15. 2 pick club
  16. Kareem Jackson
  17. Stephon Gilmore
  18. Darius Slay
  19. Micah Hyde
  20. Justin Simmons
  21. Marcus Maye
  22. Kendall Fuller
  23. Matt Milano
  24. Dee Delaney
  25. Rudy Ford
  26. Germaine Pratt
  27. Ahkello Witherspoon
  28. Robert Spillane
  29. Levi Wallace
  30. Fred Warner
  31. Denzel Ward
  32. Julian Blackmon
  33. Brandon Stephens
  34. Camryn Bynum
  35. Charvarius Ward
  36. Byron Murphy
  37. Amik Robertson
  38. Tre Brown
  39. Demmondre Lenoir
  40. Jaylon Johnson
  41. Reed Blankenship
  42. Terrel Bernard
  43. Talanoa Hufanga
  44. Trevon Moehrig
  45. Asante Samuel Jr.
  46. Christian Izien
  47. Kyle Dugger
  48. Dax Hill
  49. Martin Emerson Jr.
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[–] ProudBlackMatt@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Interception stats and interception luck are pretty interesting. So much of a team can be hidden by turnover luck. The Patriots for example have had fantastic luck generating turnovers the last few seasons (even going back as far towards the end of the Brady era). That floor has completely dropped out from under the Patriots this season when through the first half of the season they were at or near the worst in the league at generating turnovers.

Some fans have pointed to the Matt Patricia lead offense as scoring more points than the BOB offense but I think this was largely due to vastly superior generation of turnovers by the defense. This season, the Zach Wilsons of the world aren't chucking the ball into triple coverage and are instead taking the sack. If Jonathan Jones gets beat for a catch he hasn't been immediately following it up with the Peanut punch to get the ball back.

I think interceptions by the defense are largely a product of the offenses they face which makes the stat very inconsistent. Patriots played a huge stretch of backup QBs, backup to the backup QBs, and Zach Wilson for years which propped up their numbers.