Not sure how you arrive at field position.
You basically admitted in your last post that field position was a difference. You said, "aside from field position how are they different?" Now it's not a difference?
What's the difference of say... a QB throws from their own 20-yard line and it gets INT at the other 20 yard line for 60 yards, and that of a punter punting the ball from the 20 yard line to the other 20 yard line for a 60 yard punt?
There is no difference in field position in those two scenarios, if you assume in this rare instance that the INT return and the punt return result in the offense getting the ball at the same place. The odds of a 60 yard INT happening are remote compared to a 60 yard (gross) punt. And the odds of getting a better return on an INT are much higher than on a punt, because you don't have 10 punt coverage guys bolting down the field as soon as the ball is snapped.
Then there's the difference that a 60-yard INT probably didn't happen on 4th down, so you took a down away from the offense.
Or an RB rushes from their own 20 yard line to the other 20 yard line for a 60 yard run, and then fumbles and it's recovered by the defense?
Is this really what you're hinging your argument on? A 60 yard run where the RB fumbles at the end? What has that happened like 3 times ever?
As for momentum... that's arbitrary. Who are you to say that momentum is not gained by forcing the opposing offense to a 3 and out?
Do you know what the word "arbitrary" means? From the context here, I don't think you do.
It may be difficult to measure, or subjective. But I'm 99% sure most people who know football at all would agree that momentum swings much more when a team gets a turnover than when a team forces a punt. Because TURNOVERS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN PUNTS FORCED.
I've never heard of a defender getting upset about having to settle for a 3 and out, instead of getting an INT, or fumble recovery.
What the fuck? Is this your baseline? You've never heard of a defender getting upset about a 3 and out? Well, that settles everything... What a joke.
How about this Laz? When you hear a coach talking about what they need to do to win a game, is it more likely to hear...
A) We have to win the turnover battle, or
B) We have to punt fewer times than they punt.
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WHO CARES! That's never been my arguement. In fact, the TD portion is irrelevant, to the argument. On a 3rd and 1 situation, you're more likely to get the first down by running than by passing. So what.
Bottomline. Punts, INTs, and fumble recoveries addd up to the exact same thing.
Here I will make it easy for you.
What is the GOAL of the OFFENSE? To SCORE... right? Either by TD or FG.
What is the GOAL of the DEFENSE? To STOP the offense from scoring and TURN the ball OVER to their offense... right? Either by INT, fumble recovery, turnover on downs, or... wait for it... by forcing a punt.
Are you arguing that an INT accomplishes that goal moreso than a PUNT?
Are you arguing that a fumble recovery accomplishes that goal moreso than a PUNT?
lol
The likelihood of a TD after a turnover is devastating to your argument, not irrelevant to it. And I guess if you want to ignore facts and statistics, and instead dumb it down so you can manage to comprehend this, we can do that. The GOAL of the entire team is to score more points than the other team... you know, to win. Usually that occurs through an offense scoring points and the defense preventing points. But it can also occur by the defense/special teams scoring points. The ONLY way the defense scores points is through turnovers. Special teams is much less likely to score points than a defense is, as I've shown.
If a defense can score points, then the likelihood of winning goes up dramatically.... remember that's the GOAL.
And once agian... WHO CARES? That was NEVER my arguement. So what if a INT is more likely to be returned for a TD, than a PR? That's to be expected, because upon a INT, the offense then becomes the defense, and they naturally do not do it so well. Most DBs are the ones that get the INTs, and not too many Olinemen are going to chase down a DB.
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Bottomline, all that crap you wrote dopes not detract from the fact that PUNTS are technically, turnovers.
Dude, you asked what the difference was between a turnover and a punt, and I gave it to you. I showed you stats, you ignore them and say the stats are "to be expected." If they were expected, then why did you ask how a punt was different from a turnover? It's like you're admitting here that they're different, when you were saying they weren't different... Brilliant debating tactic.
No. Because you'll just go off on more bullshit tangents. You fail to answer my inital question the first time. You still didn't explain how a PUNT is not a turnover, and how a PUNT and INT do not add up to the same thing.
Can you read? I explained it time and time again. Just cause you don't like the answer doesn't mean it's not an answer.
FFS Laz. Give it up. Save what little face you have left.