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It will be ignored because the Bills finished 9-7 and ended their playoff drought, but McDermott and coordinator Leslie Frazier’s first Buffalo defense was statistically worse across the board than either of Ryan’s units. In 2017, the Bills’ defense ranked 26th in yards allowed, 29th in rushing yards allowed, and 31st in sacks per attempt., 20th in passing yards, 30th in first downs allowed
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In losing to the Jets, Saints and Chargers, and it was even crazier in terms of points. Those 135 points represented 37 percent of the final point yield., the Bills gave up 1,242 total yards and a franchise-record 135 points for a three-game span. The yardage allowed in those three games accounted for 21.8 percent of the total yardage for the entire season
Taking those three games out of the mix, the Bills allowed an average of 17.2 points and 341.5 yards in the other 13 games, respectively. , which would have ranked fourth and 20th
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Even with those 135 points, the Bills gave up 19 fewer points in 2017 than they did in 2016, they were bending and not quite breaking., and the same as they did in 2015. That’s because they had nine games (10 counting the playoff game) in which they held opponents under 20 points, so while they were giving up gobs of yardage
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