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Posters on this site seriously overrate the damage caused by turnovers. You'd think they cost teams 17 points by the way people lament them.
Sometimes turnovers happen. Force a ball into a tight spot and it might get picked off. It might also extend a drive or lead to a TD. That's different than lobbing a ball into triple coverage.
I have no problem with a QB willing to take risks with the ball. There is a difference between Favre in the 2009 NFCCG and a CB making a great play on a ball down the sideline to take it away from the WR.
Manning had 16 turnovers this year, almost 3x the number that Smith had.
It's not hard to build an offense where you don't turn the ball over and it's especially easy to avoid it when your RB gets you in third and short constantly.
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