Yesterday, I wrote a piece detailing the Buffalo Bills defensive struggles in the first half compared to the second half in 2025. It’s distinctly a troubling trend Jim Leonhard and Co. have to fix in 2026 and beyond.
Afterward, it felt sensible to check the other side of the ball.
I ran the same numbers on the Bills offense from 2025, and while the unit did improve in the second half in many statistical categories, the first-half figures, almost universally across the board, were still really **** good.
So trying to draw any type of conclusion from those findings were a nonstarter, as expected.
But I did get a Twitter reply to that defensive research article that centered around this user’s thought that the defense needed to be better… because — and I’m paraphrasing — if Josh Allen needs to score a TD on the final possession, that wouldn’t happen.
Afterward, it felt sensible to check the other side of the ball.
I ran the same numbers on the Bills offense from 2025, and while the unit did improve in the second half in many statistical categories, the first-half figures, almost universally across the board, were still really **** good.
So trying to draw any type of conclusion from those findings were a nonstarter, as expected.
But I did get a Twitter reply to that defensive research article that centered around this user’s thought that the defense needed to be better… because — and I’m paraphrasing — if Josh Allen needs to score a TD on the final possession, that wouldn’t happen.
6 hours ago
