The Buffalo Bills win over the Miami Dolphins felt way closer than the 10-point final margin would indicate. Along the way the real story happened. Penalties. In the Sean McDermott era the Bills haven’t been shy about racking up penalties, which makes any day where they get away mostly clean an anomaly. Let’s dive in!

Standard and Advanced Metrics

Penalty Counts

The Dolphins come in just under the mean for both sides of the chart. However, to illustrate how clean the day was for Buffalo, it’s pretty wild how much lower their bars are. Also, check out the league average for count. That might be a good omen. Or just a coincidence. I’ll let you be the judge.

Penalty Yards

The yardage charts tell a similar story, though if there’s a numerical connection to Western New York it’s lost on me

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