8th In "D" - 2nd in "O"!?!?!

[Bongo]

10 hours ago, NewEra said:

Can’t help who you play but;

Lamar

Maye

Mahomes

Baker

 

tua x2

fields

mills

dalton

1 armed Rodgers

penix

rattler

 

twice as many bottom tier QBs as top tier 

This is true but other than Maye, our losses are against your bottom tier. That’s one of the very frustrating things.

[MarlinTheMagician]

13 hours ago, johndhall1 said:

Currently 6th in points for and twelfth in points against. The only stats that matter imho.

Those are not bad stats either.  On Defense:  I think the points against is in part on the offense due to turnovers.  Clean those up and the points against will improve.  Whether the D to date is judged based on being eighth in yards or twelfth in points - both stats are describing a similar defense.  If the defense can be a top 10 unit in both yards and points -- a true top 10 that passes the eye test -- we may be on to something.  The comments about "which team shows up" being important I think are spot on - we need to be consistent on defense and fix the offensive mistakes and develop a passing philosophy that works given our limitations at WR (more to the backs, more to TEs - especially once Kincaid is back).  Loved seeing Cook and Ty Johnson in the backfield at the same time.  Defense seems to be coming together a bit. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

14 hours ago, TheBrownBear said:

Does anyone remember that San Diego Chargers team that finished both first in total Offense and Defense, but somehow still missed the playoffs at 9-7?

They had the worst special teams in nfl history im pretty sure haha there were so many close games where they gave up a punt return td or had a fg blocked etc 

 

Edited 33 minutes ago by Generic_Bills_Fan

[BuffaloBillyG]

And this is an example of why I say stats without context are meaningless.

[boater]

2 hours ago, BuffaloBill said:

 

Exactly - this has been a very confounding season because of the inconsistency.

 

Which is ironic, because all season long McDermott has been preaching for consistency in everything that they do. So far, I'd say that is a fail.

 

McD:

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We have to have that mindset as we continue to move forward, if you want to get consistent results, even though results are somewhat variable, you got to have a consistent process. And that's what I'm looking for.