MattyT Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 This is Chris's first of two stat-crunching posts today. Bye week must be a little slow for him too Thought this was interesting, but I'd be even more interested to see a comparison of the games pre-Marshawn and with-Marshawn to see if his conclusion still holds up that the run game is not the problem with regard to converting 3rd downs. I've felt that the Bills did a much better job of converting when they were leaning on Freddie as the primary back. http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2009/11/05/d...-game/#comments Companion article: http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-3...33-671956de6e04 Here's the other post. It breaks down the Run D. http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2009/11/05/w...s-getting-hurt/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black-Eyed Dog Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 The averages are decent on first and second down (8.7 yards combined), but all of those penalties are part of what's killing the team on third down too. Still, as he points out, even when it is third and short we convert only 13 of 37 (35%). And if it's more than 1 we're pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted November 5, 2009 Author Share Posted November 5, 2009 Good point about the penalties. They've been brutal this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdelma Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Same old stuff, nothing has changed. Why would it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofton80 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 We have some of the most inaccurate third down throws in league history and many are thrown short of the sticks anyway so we have no chance to convert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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