LouGrant
12-20-2002, 10:07 AM
Posted Dec. 20, 2002
By Eric Goska
Press-Gazette correspondent
Taking a look at the Buffalo Bills this season, one is tempted to say that the team’s red zone has become a giant red carpet that welcomes opponents into its end zone.
While that’s an exaggeration, Buffalo, more than any other NFL team, nevertheless has allowed its competition to finish off a visit to its red zone with a touchdown.
Opponents have ventured within the Bills’ 20-yard line 45 times. Thirty-three of those excursions — 73.3 percent — have resulted in touchdowns.
Tennessee, the next worst team in this area, is giving up touchdowns at a 66.7 percent clip.
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By Eric Goska
Press-Gazette correspondent
Taking a look at the Buffalo Bills this season, one is tempted to say that the team’s red zone has become a giant red carpet that welcomes opponents into its end zone.
While that’s an exaggeration, Buffalo, more than any other NFL team, nevertheless has allowed its competition to finish off a visit to its red zone with a touchdown.
Opponents have ventured within the Bills’ 20-yard line 45 times. Thirty-three of those excursions — 73.3 percent — have resulted in touchdowns.
Tennessee, the next worst team in this area, is giving up touchdowns at a 66.7 percent clip.
...MORE... (http://www.packersnews.com/archives/news/pack_7673166.shtml)