Last week, we took a look at the correlation between the number of sacks a team recorded and the number of wins it managed to accumulate.

This week, we will look at an even more telling statistic as we examine how the number of interceptions a team records translates to victories for that team.

Demitrius Carrington of the BLACK KNIGHTS leads both conferences with a total of seven interceptions, and his team is second in the Steel Conference, North Division, with a record of 6-1.

SMOKE leads the division by a half-game over the BLACK KNIGHTS with a record of 7-1 and, naturally, features a pair of Pittsburgh Flag Football League’s best defenders in Darius Spinks and Majic Grigg, who both have four interceptions apiece.

PRIME sits in first place in the Steel Conference, East Division with a record of 5-0, and Mike Kelley is the league’s second-best interceptor with six.

PUCK U currently stands in first place in the Iron Conference, North Division at 5-1, and Josh Linton is one of six players in the league with four interceptions. VAPOR leads the Iron Conference, Central with a record of 4-2, and Josh Vermeulen is another of those defenders with four interceptions.

The MUD DOGS are in second place in the Iron Conference, North Division with a record of 4-3, and are paced by five interceptions from Brandon Hill. Shane Kaclik has four interceptions for MARS, and his squad sits in second place in the Iron Conference, West Division at 3-3.

The only exception to this pattern of winning is the PATRIOTS, who are mired in last place in the Steel Conference, Central division with a record of 1-7-1 despite boasting one of the top defenders in the league in Mike Carr, who has four interceptions. But it would seem that the PATRIOTS’ woes can be better attributed to the quality of their competition rather than their defensive shortcomings.

The conclusion, then, is an obvious one. In a league where the offense rules supreme and explosive touchdowns are the rule rather than the exceptions, it is generally the team with the better defense that ends up ruling the day.