The NFL is all about good defense and avoiding turnovers...

[atlantic10]

games can turn early in the game and once a team has momentum, its usually over. I had the saints yesterday and when A. Brooks fumbled on the opening drive at the cardnails goal line, i KNEW that team, which is poorly coached and undisciplined, was not going to recover from that, especially on the road.

 

[ElIguana]

The same can be said about SF last night. Their opening drive looked promising, but then stalled. StL capitalized and scored, and SF never quite recovered. Think how different the game could have gone if SF would have put it in to go up 7-0 at home.