BringBackOrton Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 9th in yards. 8th in yards per play. 14th in takeaways. 11th in passing NY/A allowed. 8th in YPC allowed. 8th in yards per drive. 10th in plays per drive. 9th in time per drive. There are some really horrifying stats too. 24th in points allowed. But when you consider we are 29th in starting position, and we had the Peterman game, and Chargers debacle, I think the arrow is pointing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cba fan Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 too early as the sample size is way too small. One good game like Vikes game and you shoot up the charts. Shoot up so far that the eye test you have seen so far in season is disturbing and confusing as to what the hell is really the truth. Very encouraging though and we all hope it continues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Hard to believe they could rebound that fast after the Baltimore game. I wonder how we rank in the last 6 quarters! Long way to go...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 4 minutes ago, cba fan said: too early as the sample size is way too small. One good game like Vikes game and you shoot up the charts. Shoot up so far that the eye test you have seen so far in season is disturbing and confusing as to what the hell is really the truth. Very encouraging though and we all hope it continues. Well I guess we need to find out if we are the defense for the first 6 quarters of the year or the last 6 quarters. Based on last year probably both in inexplicable ways. Like how can a defense look so good for a few weeks then look equally as bad for a few weeks, then go back to looking good again like nothing happened?? I'm gonna bet we see that type of rollercoaster again this year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinnearlysghost88 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 21 minutes ago, BringBackOrton said: 9th in yards. 8th in yards per play. 14th in takeaways. 11th in passing NY/A allowed. 8th in YPC allowed. 8th in yards per drive. 10th in plays per drive. 9th in time per drive. There are some really horrifying stats too. 24th in points allowed. But when you consider we are 29th in starting position, and we had the Peterman game, and Chargers debacle, I think the arrow is pointing up. So middle of the pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 20 minutes ago, cba fan said: too early as the sample size is way too small. One good game like Vikes game and you shoot up the charts. Shoot up so far that the eye test you have seen so far in season is disturbing and confusing as to what the hell is really the truth. Very encouraging though and we all hope it continues. This. At this stage, a few games skew the stats in either direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuckyBoys Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Hopefully were more the defense of the last 6 quarters which looked like a top 5 unit. Defense had lot of trouble with the run last year Maybe adding Star and Harry , playing more athletic lbers has fixed that issue. Think we find out much more this Sunday. They pressure Rodgers consistently and we do have something going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackOrton Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share Posted September 29, 2018 19 minutes ago, quinnearlysghost88 said: So middle of the pack Is the middle of the pack having most of your stats in the top 10? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billspro Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 I think they are for real, we will know after the Green Bay game for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, DuckyBoys said: Hopefully were more the defense of the last 6 quarters which looked like a top 5 unit. Defense had lot of trouble with the run last year Maybe adding Star and Harry , playing more athletic lbers has fixed that issue. Think we find out much more this Sunday. They pressure Rodgers consistently and we do have something going. i think between McCoach stepping in and putting emphasis on getting a push and Murphy getting his legs under him, that we are going to display that we are more of the D that we have seen the last 6 quarters. it can not be underestimated how much benefit Hughes is seeing from having Murphy on the other side. Edited September 29, 2018 by Foxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Angel Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 If the offense can keep them off the field it would help tremendously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoBills Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 51 minutes ago, BringBackOrton said: 9th in yards. 8th in yards per play. 14th in takeaways. 11th in passing NY/A allowed. 8th in YPC allowed. 8th in yards per drive. 10th in plays per drive. 9th in time per drive. There are some really horrifying stats too. 24th in points allowed. But when you consider we are 29th in starting position, and we had the Peterman game, and Chargers debacle, I think the arrow is pointing up. As others have stated the first 3 games have been bipolar. The next 3 will tell a lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franco_92 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 There were 3-4 drives i hated in the Baltimore game, but even in that one with an average offense and average qb play, it would have been winnable had the D given the exact same performance. Everything was made worse by turnovers, an inability to get first downs, or give them anything but great field position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, cba fan said: too early as the sample size is way too small. One good game like Vikes game and you shoot up the charts. Shoot up so far that the eye test you have seen so far in season is disturbing and confusing as to what the hell is really the truth. Very encouraging though and we all hope it continues. It’s actually been 6 putrid quarters of defensive football followed by 6 tremendous quarters. Where is the truth ? Were the first six just the offshoot of the Nate Peterman implosion/ hangover into game 2 ? While a good game can skew things upward, an exceptionally poor one can do the opposite. Bills fans can hope that the Bills D that has shown up the last 6 quarters is what they will be going forward. It was hard to imagine a team playing so badly for a whole season. Time will tell, of course. The #2 CB spot is still a weakness, but Lewis may be an answer there. Edited September 29, 2018 by Boatdrinks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobChalmers Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 45 minutes ago, quinnearlysghost88 said: So middle of the pack 32/2 = 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Stools Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 59 minutes ago, Augie said: Hard to believe they could rebound that fast after the Baltimore game. I wonder how we rank in the last 6 quarters! Long way to go...... I read an article a few days ago about how during the first 6 quarters of the season, the Bills were on track to demolish a record for worst defense ever. And then the article went on to say that we were statistically best or 2nd best in almost every category. I honestly forgot just how good, but when I leave work I’ll try to post what I can find 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Murray Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 The BIG question for this D is can they stop the run? It was their Achilles heal last year and last week the Vikings didn’t even attempt to run (due to RB injuries and our fast start). As great as we looked last week, don’t forget what NO did to us last year — we couldn’t have looked worse that day. If we play a power power running team and hold them under 4yds a carry en route to winning, I will start to get very excited. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBatty is alive Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 52 minutes ago, quinnearlysghost88 said: So middle of the pack remedial math, consider it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnycage46 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 It seems it's always too early to say the Bills are good....but never too early to say they suck. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 58 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: This. At this stage, a few games skew the stats in either direction The Vikes game may prove to be a nasty lil outlier later in the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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