When your offense is assigned the responsibility of not coughing up the ball... and your defense is assigned the responsibility of trying to take the ball away... and the two have absolutely nothing to do with each other... calling it a battle with the other team is meaningless. I'm all for coaching my offense to limit turnovers. I'm all for coaching my defense to force turnovers. The two sides don't get an award for their combined net effort. The only common battle is the score at the end. I'll give you "turnover battle" if you acknowledge the other 50 critical battles that don't get equal billing.