A few weeks ago I made a comment that the Buffalo Bills were one of the lower-penalized teams in the league, and that this was atypical for them. Well, they’ve righted the ship. Of course by “righted” I mean they’ve had several bad games in a row and are now in line with typical Sean McDermott-era performances. To be clear, that’s typically a bit above average.
Right now they’re averaging 7.33 assessed penalties per game, tied for 13th-worst in the league. Nothing crazy, but they’re not known for being a clean team either. Let’s dive into some of the trends since we’re coming off Buffalo’s bye week and I don’t have a game to analyze.
Weekly ebbs and flows
See? They started off so strong and then… less so. These roller coaster results aren’t unusual for the Bills, and I don’t see any rea