Gugny Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 I'm gonna go with two stats; one for each team. 1. We need to win the turnover war. 2. Brady needs to be inaccurate (due to pressure); so I'm saying we need his completion % to be below 50. Go Bills!
Solomon Grundy Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 Penalties!! The Bills have to limit their number of penalties. Penalties are drive killers, offensively. Defensively, they can extend drives.
l< j Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 Number of threads started and locked outside of the Official Game Day Thread
biglukes Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 Sacks. If Bills have 5 sacks or more, we will win. 3-4 sacks will mean a close game. < 3 sacks = big loss. The obvious reason I say this is that sacks = pressure. Brady has to be pressured else he will eat you alive. I don't think that's necessarily true. You can get a lot of pressure and knock Brady around without having a high sack total. Consistent pressure is going to be much more important than total number of sacks.
YoloinOhio Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 Number of threads started and locked outside of the Official Game Day Thread Over/under 17
richNjoisy Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 I don't think that's necessarily true. You can get a lot of pressure and knock Brady around without having a high sack total. Consistent pressure is going to be much more important than total number of sacks. I don't disagree with that but the point of this thread was to ask what "stat" would be revealing. Since pressure is not USUALLY measured after a game is over, I chose sacks as the measure.
biglukes Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 I don't disagree with that but the point of this thread was to ask what "stat" would be revealing. Since pressure is not USUALLY measured after a game is over, I chose sacks as the measure. Oh no, I totally understand that. I wasn't jumping on you or anything.
Fan in Chicago Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 I'm gonna go with two stats; one for each team. 1. We need to win the turnover war. 2. Brady needs to be inaccurate (due to pressure); so I'm saying we need his completion % to be below 50. Go Bills! If I had to choose one stat, it would be % completion for Brady. If that percent is low, it means we are pressuring him and covering his targets. Also will allow us to devote extra resources to shutting down their run game.
The Wiz Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 (edited) Since we are running the no huddle it seems kind of silly to say Time of Possession but I feel if we can win this early, with the hurry up their defense will be shot shortly into the 3rd and we can take advantage. (I expect to be down by at least a TD at that point). Edited September 4, 2013 by The Wiz
Beerball Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 Since we are running the no huddle it seems kind of silly to say Time of Possession but I feel if we can win this early on with the hurry up, their defense will be shot shortly into the 3rd and we can take advantage. (I expect to be down by at least a TD at that point). How about offensive plays run?
mountainwampus Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 Big plays on D. Sacks, INTs, FFs & PDs will win it.
Best Player Available Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 The Bills will need more players that are MOFO'S than the pats*
Bill from NYC Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 Turnovers? Sacks? Passing Yards? Rushing Yards? Other? I have to believe it is going to be INT's. The only times we have beat Brady are when we can force him to throw INT"s. No, you cannot say Touchdowns. Aside from the obvious (EJ, Spiller, the OL), imo we need a huge game from Dareus. It's at the point where sadly, I don't expect one, and I am a huge Crimson Tide fan. I watched him in college and always liked the kid. The thing is, if Dareus can dominate up the middle, it could very well be smooth sailing for Mario. I know this isn't a stat, but it's the truth.
TPS Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 More points scored than given up I'll be a little more specific. I think 30 is the magic number: keep them under 30, and score 30+. The Pats have averaged 40 ppg against the Bills over the past 6. You can't stop Brady, so holding the Pats to under 30 is the crucial number for the D. We'll see if EJ and the O can take care of their end....
Talley56 Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 Maybe TOP, long drives that keep Brady off the field. Though if we run the hurry up this may not be possible.
JPS Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 Rushing yards. Hold them to less than 100 yards rushing and I'll take my chances with Kenbrell Thompkins, Danny Amendola and Zac Sudfield. I think our DTs are wildly overrated and this game will be a good test to prove or disprove that.
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