I guess for some context... for those who want to argue about which unit was worse.
Not including kneel-down drives the defense gave up 3.0 points per drive. The best offense in the league, the chiefs, score 2.91 points per drive. The Bills average 2.68 points per drive. The worst defense, the Lions, give up 2.59 points per drive. The Patriots went into this game 3rd best at 1.54 points per drive.
Meanwhile the offense "earned" 1.11 points per drive. The Bills defense allows the 9th best 1.79 points per drive. The worst offense, the Broncos, score 1.26 points per drive. The went into the night 23rd overall with 1.76 points per drive.
I am not sure which one is worse. The Bills are a good offense and the Patriots stink against mobile QBs so I would think the offense underperforming is the bigger disgrace.
Yup, and these stats ignore the fact that Von Miller (8 sacks in 11 games) was out for the Bills.
GOATs:
OL
Mac
As I suspected, I'm not sure the play calling is as much of an issue as the problem that Mac
doesn't always know what play is called. A lot of the cross-ups in assignments and head scratchers may be attributable to poor mental effort on Mac's part.
In any case, we're talking about a QB who:
-forgot it was a pass play, by his own admission, and proceeded to fumble the ball by handing it to Rham (blocking on the play)
-nearly killed one of the WRs with a boneheaded over the middle throw in double-coverage to Jakobi...in garbage time no less
-struggled completing basic sideline catches on target, no zip, and no accuracy on throws
-fucked up clock management with inane timeouts and poor decision making at the end of the 1st half
None of the above has anything to do with the OL.