Monday, September 5, 2011

Look Back: Bills gave up fewest penalty yards on D in 2010, Jets saw fewest flags

The Buffalo Bills gave up too many yards on defense last year. But they did it in such disciplined style.

Buffalo gave up the fewest yards to the yellow flag in the 2010 NFL. The Bills’ 634 penalty yards against the defense ranked tops in the league. So there’s something.

In fact, the entire division fared very well in that regard. The New York Jets’ 74 penalties on defense were the fewest in the league. The New England Patriots were fourth best in penalty discipline with 84 flags. The Bills and Miami Dolphins were fifth with 85 flags.

The Patriots, however, had the most-penalized defense this preseason with 36 flags. The Jets were punished with the fewest penalty yards (117) by a landslide. Next were the Atlanta Falcons with 162.