Discipline!

[LtBillsFan66]

New Team Records
Despite the fact that the Bills had one of the younger rosters in the league, and were instituting new offensive and defensive systems Buffalo did not commit many unforced errors. In fact Buffalo didn't draw many yellow flags at all. Over the 16 game the Bills were called for the fewest penalties in team history committing just 87 infractions. The old record was 89 set in 1995. In addition the team also set the record for fewest penalty yards with 629. That was one yard better than their previous best in a 16-game season (630 in 1993).

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[Romes]

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wow.

Thats a great stat. GO DJ

[justasportsfan]

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A few of those penalties however hurt us bigtime against the Titans. We pretty much shot oursleves in the foot in that game.

[Michael82]

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Jauron definitely deserves props for getting this young team to finally learn some discipline. I remember how pathetic they were when Gregg Williams and Mike Mularkey were here. The players took so many bonehead penalties and had a bunch of regular ones too. This year, it was nice to see the penalties go down for a change. There were even a few games where they only had 2.

[Earthquake Enyart]

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I think it's professionalism more than "discipline".

DJ doesn't play mind games with the players and seems to treat them all like men.

[Ickybaluky]

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Kind of flies in the face of the "refs are out to screw us" theory that floats around here after each loss.

[mybills]

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Kind of flies in the face of the "refs are out to screw us" theory that floats around here after each loss.

It's not after "each" loss.

[OpIv37]

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Kind of flies in the face of the "refs are out to screw us" theory that floats around here after each loss.

when a team has struggled as much as the Bills have lately, it's tough to be in a close game with a superior opponent then lose it on a bunch of questionable calls. There has been some horrendous officiating lately.

That being said, it's rare that the officiating actually has an outcome on the game. Of the 16 Bills games this year, I'd say the only one that might have gone differently was the opener against the Pats. There were other games where the officiating was bad (the Titans game comes to mind), but I don't think it was bad enough to have cost us a victory- we did that to ourselves.

[Ickybaluky]

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That being said, it's rare that the officiating actually has an outcome on the game. Of the 16 Bills games this year, I'd say the only one that might have gone differently was the opener against the Pats. There were other games where the officiating was bad (the Titans game comes to mind), but I don't think it was bad enough to have cost us a victory- we did that to ourselves.

AMEN!

Things happen in the NFL game that are out of the partcipant's control. Two of the biggest factors are officiating and injuries. Complaining about them does no good, the good teams just move on.

[LtBillsFan66]

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Kind of flies in the face of the "refs are out to screw us" theory that floats around here after each loss.

We get screwed on judgement calls, not penalties.

[cocamide]

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Great thread. I cannot stand to see illegal procedure and offsides penalties. We also didn't seem to get hit with the ruffing the passer crap, and I don't recall any 40 yard pass interference penalties. Hopefully this trend will carry over into next season.

[BillsNick]

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AMEN!

Things happen in the NFL game that are out of the partcipant's control. Two of the biggest factors are officiating and injuries. Complaining about them does no good, the good teams just move on.

That's real easy for a Pat's fan to say. You guys have had the refs on your team for the better part of a decade.

[Saratoga Slim]

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I knew we were doing pretty well on penalties, but that's outstanding. Minimizing penalties is a key component of staying in tight games against good competition. I'm adding this to the things I like about the coaching staff.

[Historian]

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