Bills are in good company as to passing plays % per game

[Stallions]

The Bills only pass 53.32% in a game as of this weeks NFL stats.  They're ranked 28th in the League. Notice the teams with them!  A balanced attack wins games!

 

28.Buffalo 53.32%

29.Seattle 53.22%

30.San Francisco 50.33%

31.Minnesota 50.11%

32.Baltimore 44.65%

[Augie]

It helps if you aren’t down 20 points and can afford to stay balanced. Our D keeps us in games so we don’t need to panic. I LOVE that! 

[LB48]

8 minutes ago, Augie said:

It helps if you aren’t down 20 points and can afford to stay balanced. Our D keeps us in games so we don’t need to panic. I LOVE that! 

Great observation.  The teams with much more passing plays than rushes give up a lot of points!

[Bookie Man]

Josh is like 6th or 7th ranked ff quarterback. I was a little surprised when I saw that!

[wppete]

It’s a running league and string Defense league now and that stat proves it. Great find! 

[Penfield45]

if our passing attack was anything close as efficient as those teams we'd be talking about SB contenders. 

 

really wish Beane got some extra offense playmakers last offseason. #1 WR and #2 RB should be main priorities this spring. 

Edited December 18, 2019 by Penfield45

[Stallions]

11 minutes ago, wppete said:

It’s a running league and string Defense league now and that stat proves it. Great find! 

Thank You!

[ganesh]

1 hour ago, NC Book said:

Josh is like 6th or 7th ranked ff quarterback. I was a little surprised when I saw that!

He is averaging 2 TDs a game for the last 10 weeks

[Thurman#1]

3 hours ago, Stallions said:

The Bills only pass 53.32% in a game as of this weeks NFL stats.  They're ranked 28th in the League. Notice the teams with them!  A balanced attack wins games!

 

28.Buffalo 53.32%

29.Seattle 53.22%

30.San Francisco 50.33%

31.Minnesota 50.11%

32.Baltimore 44.65%

 

 

 

Running more doesn't win games. Last year Buffalo was 29th and went 6-10. Some teams such as Seattle always prefer to run more, but others are just running the ball a lot down the stretch when way ahead, like New Orleans. Generally it's not so much that running teams win as it is that winning teams get ahead and then run.

 

Or that some teams have QBs they're trying not to force feed and so they deliberately run more. That was Buffalo last year.

 

And as for "being in good company" ... the Bills are running 53.32% of the time at #28, but the next five teams, all within 3 percentage points of the Bills look like this:

 

27. 6-8 Indy 54.17%

26. 8-6 Tennessee 54.27%

25. 6-8 Oakland 54.96%

24. 9-5 Houston 56.92%

23. 7-7 Dallas 57.54%

 

Those aren't powerhouses.

 

 

Edited December 18, 2019 by Thurman#1

[atlbillsfan1975]

Great find. Looks like the top 10 teams in this area  there are 4 division leaders, 3 more definite playoff teams, and one more team fighting for a playoff birth. It appears the league is slowly moving back towards a more balance attack. Whatever the reasons people want to say that occurring, is fine. Running to pass or passing to run will always be the way to win games. Offenses need to keep defenses guessing. 

[Big Turk]

7 hours ago, Stallions said:

The Bills only pass 53.32% in a game as of this weeks NFL stats.  They're ranked 28th in the League. Notice the teams with them!  A balanced attack wins games!

 

28.Buffalo 53.32%

29.Seattle 53.22%

30.San Francisco 50.33%

31.Minnesota 50.11%

32.Baltimore 44.65%

 

Be careful in drawing conclusions like this. It also could mean these teams are ahead a lot so they try and shorten the game and keep the clock moving.

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

8 hours ago, wppete said:

It’s a running league and string Defense league now and that stat proves it. Great find! 

 

8 hours ago, Stallions said:

Thank You!

 

OYE ...

 

It's a PASSING LEAGUE.    The internet says so. 

 

 

Where are the #'s for the other 10 + 

Green Bay, or New Orleans and Kansas City??

 

You should show both cases if you want to win an argument. 

 

Edited December 18, 2019 by SlimShady'sGhost