Imagine how the game would have gone if the Buffalo Bills had a reasonable number of penalties. While the win over the Denver Broncos was never in doubt, it may have been even less-doubtier if Buffalo hadn’t tripped over itself so often. Let’s take a look at the only stats that matter, penalties.
Standard and Advanced Metrics
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The charts really speak for themselves don’t they. The Broncos had a pretty average day when it comes to penalty count. The Buffalo Bills, on the other hand, worked really hard to throw off the concept of scale for these bar graphs.