Penalty recap: Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears both bring the laundry

The Buffalo Bills hosted the Chicago Bears and the less said about the score the better. Let’s talk about penalties which should be far less depressing (hint: nope). Let’s shortchange the intro again this week, as both teams raced to collect flags like they were Shopkins.

Standard and Advanced Metrics

The league averages for both assessed and true counts ticked slightly up this week. This game is the biggest reason why. Only one other game (Chargers vs. Seahawks) hit or broke the 20 mark.