Guess Who Has the #1 Pass Defense in the NFL?

[DapperCam]

13 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

It's not a volume stat at all. It's all about efficiency. The key metrics are ypa, completion pct, INT rate, and TD rate. 

 

If a QB goes 8-11 in a game for 94 yards, 1 TD, and 0 INTs, his passer rating is 128.6.

My bad, you are correct. Every aspect of the formula is divided by attempts. Not sure why I thought otherwise.

[gobills404]

As others have pointed out they’re #1 mainly due to having faced the lowest amount of pass attempts in the league. However they’re still 4th in epa/dropback, 6th in passer rating, 4th in completion %, and 7th in NY/A allowed for the whole season. Since Rapp went to IR and Bishop broke out those numbers are probably even better.

Edited 3 hours ago by gobills404

[BananaB]

Then why did Davis Mills look like Peyton Manning in the last two minutes before half?

[HOUSE]

This can't possibly be true, just 8 weeks ago Hairston was a wasted injury prone draft pick, Tre White was completely washed and that freaking Cole Bishop was a draft day gaff.

Somebody must be posting fraudulent misleading stats

Edited 1 hour ago by HOUSE

[MarlinTheMagician]

Agree pass D has not looked good on the whole.  But with Poyer organizing the back-end (spelled by Hancock), Benford trending up, Bishop emerging, Milano recovering, and Max Hairston back I think it could be pretty decent (At least until we have to put all of them in the box to stop the run!)

[Avisan]

1 hour ago, BananaB said:

Then why did Davis Mills look like Peyton Manning in the last two minutes before half?

Because sometimes opposing teams have successful drives?

[GoBills808]

1 hour ago, DapperCam said:

My bad, you are correct. Every aspect of the formula is divided by attempts. Not sure why I thought otherwise.

thats why passer rating isnt a great stat btw

 

completions are weighted too heavily

[Herc11]

2 hours ago, st pete gogolak said:

Crazy, right?  Not sure it passes the eye test.  Guess we’ll find out on Sunday.

That's what happens when teams have routinely ran for over 200 yards on us

[NewEra]

2 hours ago, stlbills13 said:

Sunday will indeed be a big test

If Bosa is out, I reckon it’s not going to end well for our pass d

[Psautcsk]

2 hours ago, dorquemada said:

would you say that we've quietly gotten better?

sneaky good

[transplantbillsfan]

2 hours ago, st pete gogolak said:

Crazy, right?  Not sure it passes the eye test.  Guess we’ll find out on Sunday.

 

Actually I think our pass D has been mostly great all year and it's really because of the way Beane and McDermott have built the team with such a focus on the back 7.

 

It's part of the reason I feel more confident playing teams like the Bengals and Chiefs than I do the Ravens since our run D has been a huge issue.

[Rubes]

1 hour ago, BananaB said:

Then why did Davis Mills look like Peyton Manning in the last two minutes before half?

 

I mean, aside from that drive he didn't do much. Even the Steelers looked like they couldn't be stopped on that one drive yesterday.

 

[Simon]

13 minutes ago, NewEra said:

If Bosa is out, I reckon it’s not going to end well for our pass d

 

They tend to get the ball out so fast that our pass rush might end up being irrelevant.

[BananaB]

21 minutes ago, Avisan said:

Because sometimes opposing teams have successful drives?

Yeah that’s it. We’ll see on Sunday how good they are. Passing game is good when teams are focused on running, it’s bad when we need it. Last minute before half is a crucial drive and if this Passing D was better it wouldn’t of looked like a cake walk

[NewEra]

7 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

They tend to get the ball out so fast that our pass rush might end up being irrelevant.

Most of the time sure, but losing our best rusher will give them even more time when our coverage does hold up.  Losing Bosa will hurt, there’s no doubt in my mind 
 

Burrow has been sacked 6 times in 3 games.  

[Lothar]

I also like how Allen has responded this year when facing the top quarterbacks - he definitely seems more dialed in. Jackson, Mahomes, Mayfield seem to bring out the best in him.

[Simon]

37 minutes ago, NewEra said:

Losing Bosa will hurt, there’s no doubt in my mind 

 

I don't disagree with that at all; the guy is turning it over like a hotel waffle machine.

I just wonder if it will hurt slightly less this week than it might down the road.

[sven233]

Obviously, this ranking is due to teams running all over us, but it's nice to be first in something.....

 

And I am willing to be our ranking on 3rd and long (10+) is not #1.......

[The Jokeman]

3 hours ago, dorquemada said:

would you say that we've quietly gotten better?

We've moved up to 30th ranked rushing defense, so yes.