1billsfan Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) Bills scoring offense: 2013 (Manuel, Lewis, Tuel, no Sammy Watkins): 24th in average plays per drive 28th in average yards per drive 25th in average points per drive 2014 (Manuel, Orton, with Sammy Watkins): 28th in average plays per drive 29th in average yards per drive 25th in average points per drive These numbers are the real reason why the Buffalo Bills missed the playoffs. Marrone and Hackett have no excuses for these 2014 numbers. Year 2 with a veteran QB with 100 passing TDs and Sammy Watkins should have bumped those numbers up several spots. So who knows how good EJ Manuel could be, because these two offensive coaches stink. Edited December 23, 2014 by 1billsfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I wonder how the yards per pass and yards per run compare between the two years. I feel like with Orton, we have much better passing yards. Also, how do the number of drives compare between the two years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garion Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Nice post OP appreciate the comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PearlHowardman Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 +1 This^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 "The season ain't over yet!" Coach St. Doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T master Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Bills scoring offense: 2013 (Manuel, Lewis, Tuel, no Sammy Watkins): 24th in average plays per drive 28th in average yards per drive 25th in average points per drive 2014 (Manuel, Orton, with Sammy Watkins): 28th in average plays per drive 29th in average yards per drive 25th in average points per drive These numbers are the real reason why the Buffalo Bills missed the playoffs. Marrone and Hackett have no excuses for these 2014 numbers. Year 2 with a veteran QB with 100 passing TDs and Sammy Watkins should have bumped those numbers up several spots. So who knows how good EJ Manuel could be, because these two offensive coaches stink. The guy was brought here entirely with a history of taking a stinky college program from the basement of the college ranks to a .500 team . Well he has done just that with this team & if they win one more game this sunday he will have surpassed his previous mark . Does that make him a great coach ? Plan on being stuck with him at least one more season I only hope he has the Balls to see what is wrong & fix it ! TIme is short in the NFL & we have a lot of players that could get sick & tired of this real quick & want the training wheels taken off soon !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maury Ballstein Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Fire em all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNMBillsFan Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 You should add in, same horrible O line. IMO, that is the real problem. Although It is difficult to quantify the success or failure of the O line, watching the games you could see that there were no holes for the RB's, and very little time in the pocket. When Orton did have time, he looked shell shocked waiting for the pocket to collapse at any moment. Why do you think the red zone was so bad? It was because the O line sucks. One on One battles were consistently lost. Did you ever see the O line push the D Line back 1 yard to get the first down? Where the O line dominated the LOS. No! Not a single game. Almost all short yardage runs were met at the LOS. IMO, the O line is priority 1 this off-season. It is hard to evaluate the RB's and QB's with such a lousy O line. If you listened to Woods comment the other day, you could tell they all had a come to Jesus talk with the coaches. I expect a vastly improved O line next year. If not, then fire Marrone and Hackett for not being able to identify the root cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSJayDee Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 The decline in yds/drive & plays/drive might be partially due to our improved Dee & ST. Which of course, makes the lack of improvement in scoring all the more damning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 The decline in yds/drive & plays/drive might be partially due to our improved Dee & ST. Which of course, makes the lack of improvement in scoring all the more damning. our average drive start is among the best. the lack of plays/yards is a lack of converting first downs, not short fields though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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