Coach Tuesday Posted October 25, 2005 Posted October 25, 2005 An interesting comparison... Per YahooSports: RUSHING DEFENSE 2001 Bills: G Rush RushYds Avg Rush/G RushYds/G TD 1stD Lng |16| |482| |2133| |4.4| |30.1| |133.3| |20| |122| |47| 2005 Bills (so far): G Rush RushYds Avg Rush/G RushYds/G TD 1stD Lng |7| |218| |1113| |5.1| |31.1| |159.0| |11| |63| |59| PS - sorry about the formatting - damn that's tough.
NEEDFREDJACKSONNOW Posted October 25, 2005 Posted October 25, 2005 An interesting comparison... Per YahooSports: RUSHING DEFENSE 2001 Bills: G Rush RushYds Avg Rush/G RushYds/G TD 1stD Lng |16| |482| |2133| |4.4| |30.1| |133.3| |20| |122| |47| 2005 Bills (so far): G Rush RushYds Avg Rush/G RushYds/G TD 1stD Lng |7| |218| |1113| |5.1| |31.1| |159.0| |11| |63| |59| PS - sorry about the formatting - damn that's tough. 485671[/snapback] Great point. I remeber the Bills being in some games in 2001 but the run defense let them down, alot like this year....Except the Bills are on a pace to allow MORE yards thiis year....
Mikie2times Posted October 25, 2005 Posted October 25, 2005 Great point. I remeber the Bills being in some games in 2001 but the run defense let them down, alot like this year....Except the Bills are on a pace to allow MORE yards thiis year.... 485684[/snapback] It's startling isn't it? I mean we could really score that year, especially early on, but the defense was just horrible. I always contended that was the best offense we had under TD, and paired with last years defense would have fielded a strong playoff contender. All off-season we screamed defense, and from then on we played pretty solid defense for two years. Right now I think those memories of 2002 are so distant that we couldn't draw a comparison, we just simply felt the defense would be heading in a direction soon, and that direction would be more like last season. The fact is Takeo may never return to the player he was, we will probably lose Nate, and the rest of the defense is aging quickly. This defense is not only resembling 2002, but it's even worse on the ground, and that was our Achilles heal that year. If TD survives the media and fan onslaught I expect a ton of noise this off-season, ala 2003.
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