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

[harryS]

I mean, there's a reason why EPA or DVOA are considered better stats than yards per game

[HardyBoy]

3 hours ago, Bleeding Bills Blue said:

 

Dolphins had a few extra days against Buffalo, and Falcons off the bye week.  

 

That's right, the Falcons were off their bye...pats will be too next week...there are a lot of random variables that absolutely could impact how the team is being so inconsistent week to week, which as long as you're not the 7 seed playing the 1 in the divisional assuming you win, are not there in the playoffs.

[Paup 1995MVP]

18 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?

What year was that?  Was that under Marty Schottenheimer, Bobby Ross,  Mike McCoy, or maybe Norv Turner as head coach?

[BillsShredder83]

19 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?

Yes. Quite literally the WORST ST'S OF ALL TIME.  Their is a great video on Youtube that is absolutely BAFFLING, that that team was sank that much by ST's.  Sure they're important, but my God, you're talking about such a small percentage of plays in a game.  Had their ST's been even just as bad as 32nd from any other normal year, they would've made a helluva run at minimum lol

[BillsShredder83]

17 hours ago, st pete gogolak said:

“Utterly destroyed by the Texans.” You do know we had more yards than the Texans, right?  The turnovers were killers. We had a legitimate chance to win the game. Would a win have been a little fluky?  Sure. But it was nowhere near being utterly destroyed.

LOL We're fantasy football champs that week!!!!

 

We had more yards... if "only" we did the #1 most important in football, protect the ball we could've won!!!

If only our OL had not allowed a 4 man rush to live in our backfield all day, grrrrr, we woulda got them.

If only we didnt have 4 WR's who traded out their shadow for a CB... we wouldve had a passing game.

If only the most impotent offense in recent memory were impotent'er, we wouldve shut them out.

 

WE ABSOLUTELY SUCKED S*** THAT GAME.  THERE ISN'T 1 REDEEMING QUALITY ABOUT THAT GAME EXCEPT 'THE SCORE LOOKS CLOSE'.

ITS HARD TO THINK OF A GAME WE WERE DOMINATED HARDER IN, IN THE LAST 3 YEARS, THAN THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.

 

Pure unadulterated hopium smoking.  That game should've been 100 - 0.  We didn't do anything that prevented it, other than the Texans offense playing even worse than they already are... that had nothing to do with us, and everything on them.

[BillytheKid]

5 hours ago, harmonkillebrew said:

Bills had a horrible game plan for the texans too. Play them like we played the Steelers (smash mouth, ball protection) and we win

Exactly

 

I just looked over every Texans game so far. 
 

The Bills offense with a bad game plan still put up the 2nd most total yards on that Houston defense this year from all of their games. Only Tampa Bay put up 40 more yards. 
 

Also the Bills ran the ball for the most yards per carry on that defense compared to every other team they have faced. The Bills ran the ball for 6 yards per carry. That’s a lot against any defense, especially the top defense in the league. 
 

That defense has also played the 49ers, Seahawks, Buccaneers, Rams, Colts. So some other good offenses and the Bills had the 2nd most total yards and most yards per carry. Just quit turning the ball over and play smash mouth we would beat them. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

6 minutes ago, BillytheKid said:

Exactly

 

I just looked over every Texans game so far. 
 

The Bills offense with a bad game plan still put up the 2nd most total yards on that Houston defense this year from all of their games. Only Tampa Bay put up 40 more yards. 
 

Also the Bills ran the ball for the most yards per carry on that defense compared to every other team they have faced. The Bills ran the ball for 6 yards per carry. That’s a lot against any defense, especially the top defense in the league. 
 

That defense has also played the 49ers, Seahawks, Buccaneers, Rams, Colts. So some other good offenses and the Bills had the 2nd most total yards and most yards per carry. Just quit turning the ball over and play smash mouth we would beat them. 

The Texans schedule has been straight up wild and it really doesn’t get a ton easier down the stretch lol