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Defenses get in on scoring act

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Monday, October 17, 2005

It doesn't take the letter "D," of course, to spell "scoring." Good thing, too, because over the first five weeks of the season, there was little "Scoring D" around the league. In the first 74 games, defenses accounted for just 20 touchdowns, 14 on interception returns and six on fumble runbacks. Over the course of a full season, that would project to only 48 interceptions and 21 fumbles returned for touchdowns, 69 defensive-generated scores in all, well below the typical league standard. During ...

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