stuckincincy Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 I zipped through CBS Sportsline's Game Center play-by-play, to see the field positions of drive starts. I totaled them up for both teams, and divided by the # of possessions (Int's at the point of the int - e.g., STL got an int at the 33 so that's starting a drive at the BUF 33, a net of 67 yards from STL's goal line, fumble recoveries where recovered and so forth). Over 13 possessions, the Bills garnered 508 "yards" of field possession (13 possessions, starting at their own 19, 43, STL's 21 (79 yards' of field position), 48, 49, 30, 42, 24, 43, 19, STL's 45, 42, and 15). 508/13 = on average, starting a drive at a bit over 39 yard line. The #'s for STL (15 possessions, "361 "yards" of field possession, gave an ave. drive start at a bit over the 24 yard line. One could parse things ad infinitum...time during the game of getting favorable possession, turnovers that halted a threatening drive by the opposition, and so forth. But that's very good - having 15 yards' less field to have to march for a score is a nice advantage. The Bills' ST's, and Coach April are remarkable...
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