The Buffalo Bills traveled to Atlanta to take on the Falcons in a game where they were generally favored. Instead, the team struggled to accomplish much of anything in a contest where they never seemed to be in control.

Speaking of “out of control,” as you might surmise by the headline, the Buffalo defense had a particularly bad time with penalties. Just wait until you see what I have in store for you.

Standard and Advanced Metrics

Penalty Counts

As you’ll see as we move along with today’s penalty talk, days like the one Buffalo had are precisely why we have the Harm metric and weekly posts. The conversation we’d be having if only the standard metrics existed would lean toward the two teams having a somewhat balanced day, especially in counts.

Both teams also hovered around the league

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