Mr. WEO Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Only 1 is in the top 10 D for points allowed. A lot of offense, and just enough D. That's the formula for success. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 That's the current trend, eh? Thanks. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Good thing our Offense is set then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Imagine where we could go if we kept up the top D and added offensive firepower? Wouldn’t we be right there then with the league’s elite? Let Vegas quake in its boots! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 so winning teams put more on the scoreboard more consistently ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Hucklebuck Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 33 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said: Only 1 is in the top 10 D for points allowed. A lot of offense, and just enough D. That's the formula for success. But watch how the Playoff games unfold. 16-15 Eagles over the Bears, Dallas beating the Seahawks 24-22 in a scratch and claw game, Chargers limped by the Ravens. I think what you see is, QB play is the most important especially the decision making , but games are more tightly contested and the scoring is harder to come by. The Bills really need to continue building the depth on defense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Wagon Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Straight Hucklebuck said: But watch how the Playoff games unfold. 16-15 Eagles over the Bears, Dallas beating the Seahawks 24-22 in a scratch and claw game, Chargers limped by the Ravens. I think what you see is, QB play is the most important especially the decision making , but games are more tightly contested and the scoring is harder to come by. The Bills really need to continue building the depth on defense. Sure. If you ignore the top 4 teams that all moved on to the conference finals and 3 of which racked up points pretty easily, you can make an argument for defense. But what happened opening weekend is pretty irrelevant when the Colts / Cowboys / Chargers showed they can't keep up and the Eagles gave up a 14-0 lead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrb1979 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Straight Hucklebuck said: But watch how the Playoff games unfold. 16-15 Eagles over the Bears, Dallas beating the Seahawks 24-22 in a scratch and claw game, Chargers limped by the Ravens. I think what you see is, QB play is the most important especially the decision making , but games are more tightly contested and the scoring is harder to come by. The Bills really need to continue building the depth on defense. That was last weekend. Minus the Saints, the other 3 top scoring teams all won in a blowout. I hope the league keeps trending this way. I love watching a high powered offense. Its way better then watching a game of field position and teams going 3 and out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 It's almost like the Bills should have made whatever maneuvers were necessary to land a QB in last year's draft. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 The goal is to score one point more than the other team, in a blowout it goes to garbagetime and the leading team puts the breaks on the rest of the way and doesn't care if they other teams scores, it's a matter of grinding the clock and sealing the win taking the end result and pretending it was the strategy the whole 60 minutes defeats the purpose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemma Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 I've always looked at this stat (average scoring margin) https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/average-scoring-margin That, along with turnover differential, are usually very conclusive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 1 minute ago, hemma said: I've always looked at this stat (average scoring margin) https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/average-scoring-margin That, along with turnover differential, are usually very conclusive. Man, hemma, nice stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan130 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Yep. Defence does not win championships anymore. You need to have a respectable defence of course but offence is way more valuable In 2018. I know it sounds like I am stating the obvious, but a descent amount of people here seemed to think a top defence was close or equal to a top offence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 24 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said: But watch how the Playoff games unfold. 16-15 Eagles over the Bears, Dallas beating the Seahawks 24-22 in a scratch and claw game, Chargers limped by the Ravens. I think what you see is, QB play is the most important especially the decision making , but games are more tightly contested and the scoring is harder to come by. The Bills really need to continue building the depth on defense. Scoring wasn't hard to come by in the AFC games. Both were over before halftime. Blowouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 And last year it was 3 out of 4 with the top 5 defenses. Its definitely a back and forth league, but there is a need for consistsncy across the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vorpma Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 1 hour ago, row_33 said: so winning teams put more on the scoreboard more consistently ? Funny how that works and defenses stop teams from opponents from scoring more than the offense; row_33 we should get into coaching! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 the consistency is the win-loss record is the only thing that matters in the regular season, top teams seek to gain HFA and then can relax and in the playoffs you aim to win the game, hopefully easily so you can pull back and rest up for next week 10 minutes ago, vorpma said: Funny how that works and defenses stop teams from opponents from scoring more than the offense; row_33 we should get into coaching! just like in hockey the best plus/minuses come from the top teams that score a lot of goals? i need stats to TELL ME SOMETHING I DIDN"T ALREADY FIGURE OUT from watching the game and maybe 30 seconds of low-level stat analysis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vorpma Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 I 1 minute ago, row_33 said: the consistency is the win-loss record is the only thing that matters in the regular season, top teams seek to gain HFA and then can relax and in the playoffs you aim to win the game, hopefully easily so you can pull back and rest up for next week just like in hockey the best plus/minuses come from the top teams that score a lot of goals? I seen nothing over the last 48 hours that differentiates the NFL in 2018 from the last 60 years; good teams win - passing, running, defense, blitz, zone, or special teams. The offense has to score more points than the opponent and the defense has to hold the opponent to less points. And defense still wins games through the course of a season! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 can't wait for a new baseball stat so i can be comfortable in believing that Joe DiMaggio and Mike Schmidt and Pedro Martinez were pretty good ballplayers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 We need heat maps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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