Chiefs Turnover Performance Among NFL’s Worst
Eric Winston mentioned it while he was talking with the media on Thursday. The question was about turnovers, and part of his answer was:
“You are not going to win anything when you’re minus-13. It’s a simple bottom line thing. I saw a stat somewhere that it’s like third worst in NFL history after four games or something like that. It’s insane.”
I had missed that statistic, so I went off to research and sure enough, Winston was correct. Here are the worst turnover ratios in NFL history for teams after four games:
| Team |
Year |
Record |
Turnover Ratio |
| Washington |
1954 |
0-4 |
Minus-15 |
| Minnesota |
1962 |
0-4 |
Minus-15 |
| Chiefs |
2012 |
1-3 |
Minus-13 |
| Miami |
1967 |
1-3 |
Minus-13 |
| Detroit |
1989 |
0-4 |
Minus-13 |
| Detroit |
1959 |
0-4 |
Minus-13 |
| Buffalo |
1967 |
1-3 |
Minus-13 |

