prissythecat

Did you bet a few k on the game for Bills to cover and not tell your family about it 😛

here you go

The answer to that is simple. Just ask @JohnNord

this post coming from you is funny on so many levels

I recall that Peterman can be snatched off the PS of the Bears. I remember reading here years ago how awesome McCarthy is at developing QBs

There isn’t enough evidence as of yet that the Bills can shut down a ground and pound team effectively . Bills defense was built to stop the pass . They were a top ranked passing defense last season . However, run defense was middle of road. That’s why Bills got stomped by the Colts with Taylor running free all day and couldn’t contain Henry in the loss to Titans. Our biggest upgrade on defense is Miller. But he’s a pass rusher . So I’m not so sure that we can say that we will shut down a ball control team at this point .

I thought the Bills needed to pass more rather than run more to win based on all the pass happy posts . But for this game the Bills had 25 rushes total vs 31 pass attempts. Good balance there .

I remember looking at the box score to see the breakdown months ago and just recalled that they had over 40 pass attempts . So it wasn't a guess. As an fyi , the exact figure from the box score was 47 pass attempts. On the running side , if we include Josh's scrambles, the run attempts goes up to 14. Not a material increase. But curiously enough, the ypc number goes up to 5.1 (which is pretty darn good). So one could actually argue that we should have had Josh scramble more and pass less 😛

Kind of an ignorant statement since run and pass output is typically quite different. A good passing game usually is one that is over 7.0 ypa while a good running game is usually over 4.5 ypc. The two numbers are not comparable. Keep trying though

Nah. Using a rigorous statistical methodology, we just don't consider the loser . That way we get better correlation between wins and 300 yard passing 😛

He did finish the video with a nice wobbly spiral. He's ready for his AFC east competition. Just ask @FilthyBeast

9 rushes vs something like 45 pass attempts.

They couldn't block defenders from one of the worst defenses coming into that game? Or was it really just a poor game plan that involved continually trying to drop back and pass for chunk yardage against a defense that had dialed up pressure and blitzing all day in anticipation of a pass happy offense?

A fair point. It does need more drill down to see what drives the rushing success. But intuitively, would a team that is only gaining 2 yards a pop on the ground try to run the ball 50 times? Also, would a team that is able to spread the ball around to multiple rushers to reach 100 yards tend to be on the losing side? Probably not. On the other hand, it is relatively easy to get 300 yards in the air when playing catch up or in garbage time. So maybe simply increasing the 300 yard passing threshold to something higher may give more interesting results as suggested in this thread.

What happened last season when the Bills faced the lowly Jags last who teed off on the passing game all day ? The Bills foolishly went pass heavy the whole day and just gained a measly 20 yards on like 8 attempts on the ground excluding Allen’s scrambling. Results weren't pretty.

I think you are missing two points . One the OP did say that in his opinion the article doesn't mean you just build a team running team. Instead, it seems to highlight you cannot overlook the importance of a run game. The article itself basically just shows that getting to the 100 yard rushing milestone tends to equate to higher chance of winning compared to having a 100 yard receiver or a 300 yard passer. Also, as other posters in thread have said, the Bills themselves didn't do so hot when the offense was heavily shifted towards passing. The offense really took off when they were able to present a decent semblance of a run game.

but but Peters was nominated to all those pro bowls and is a future HOF er apparently. are you saying that the Eagles paid all that money and got no tangible return on their investment lol.

Anyone who is good at their job would take offense at being told that they are worse than a guy who makes way below the average annual salary in his profession. I should also point out that Peterman is statistically the worst QB to play in NFL in modern history. https://dailysnark.com/2018/11/13/nathan-peterman-finishes-with-worse-qb-rating-than-if-he-just-spiked-ball-into-ground-every-play-of-his-career/ Here is a quote for you to savor : "Nathan Peterman finishes his tenure with the Bills with a lower QB rating than if he simply spiked the ball straight into the ground on every play of his career." Imagine being so bad that your stats could be improved by just throwing the ball into the dirt every play.

Making 4.8 M total by year 5 is more like the definition of a fringe player isn't it? For perspective, the average annual NFL salary is 2.8 M. So the guy you are saying is "good" is actually making way less than average salary...

Peterman just needs time to hone his craft as per the apologists. A few more years of staying on a team or PS should be enough.

This is incorrect. NFL players get released all the time for any reason.

I wouldn’t classify Karlos as being a wonder since he sucked when he was the feature back. Getting good yardage spelling Shady is nice but when he was the primary ball carrier he wasn’t any good. A one year running back wonder would be someone like a Peyton Hillis with the Browns.

The Cardinals should have put a clause to get a correct height for Kyler Murray. Additional bonus if he is actually 5'10'' or taller

The NFL has a personal conduct policy... What happens in the legal system isn't all that relevant if the NFL finds that the policy has been breached.