San-O Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) Is anyone aware of a site or statistic which counts how many down linemen a team (Bills) used during games. The concensus seems to be that they switched D fronts often, more toward the middle or end of season. I would like to see what the 3 down and 4 down numbers were as the season went on how much of the time they actually spent in the different formations. P.S. Bills F.O., please draft a beast D lineman. Maybe two. Edited January 11, 2011 by SoCal-Surf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. ChumChums Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Is anyone aware of a site or statistic which counts how many down linemen a team (Bills) used during games. The concensus seems to be that they switched D fronts often, more toward the middle or end of season. I would like to see what the 3 down and 4 down numbers were as the season went on how much of the time they actually spent in the different formations. P.S. Bills F.O., please draft a beast D lineman. Maybe two. That would actually be an interesting look - although much of it is affected by situation. For example, the Bills may have used 3 down linemen in running situations, and 4 in passing more, etc... which would affect the performance numbers. Still, would be interesting to look. And I would prefer if they drafted a beast Linebacker, not a best D Lineman. Just my preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderweb Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 That would actually be an interesting look - although much of it is affected by situation. For example, the Bills may have used 3 down linemen in running situations, and 4 in passing more, etc... which would affect the performance numbers. Still, would be interesting to look. And I would prefer if they drafted a beast Linebacker, not a best D Lineman. Just my preference. If we don't have guys on the DL that can take on blockers and gooble them up, the oppositions OL will have yet another field day firing out on our LB's. Nice to have monster LB's, but even they need some horse up front to keep the oppositions OL off them. Horse then Cart, not the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San-O Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Buffalo faced the 2nd fewest pass plays of any NFL team year. http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?offensiveStatisticCategory=null&archive=false&seasonType=REG&defensiveStatisticCategory=TEAM_PASSING&d-447263-o=2&conference=null&d-447263-s=PASSING_ATTEMPTS&d-447263-n=1&season=2010&qualified=true&Submit=Go&tabSeq=2&role=OPP&d-447263-p=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VirginiaMike Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 It's an interesting question. In thinking about it you would need to factor in when kelsay had his hand down as a pass rusher, thus looking like a 4 man line, but in actuality the other players were playing 3 down line positions. Kelsay had to put his hand down and rush as he was really lost playing a stand-up OLB, even when he rushed from that position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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