Some of us—mostly me—have been skeptical about the Buffalo Bills’ offense, beating the drum that we’d like to see a larger-than-average jump in productivity this coming season. Well I’m not above questioning my own thoughts so I figured I’d dive into efficiency metrics to see how far away the Bills really are from making that jump. Maybe we’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Why efficiency metrics?
I know many of you have seen me argue this plenty of times, so feel free to skip ahead. Volume metrics are flawed—badly so. Take yards for a quarterback: it doesn’t account for how often he was asked to throw the ball, the typical play call and depth of target and more.