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Takeo Spikes out for the year


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according to cbs

 

DST Bills, DST BUF

 

News: The Buffalo News reports LB Takeo Spikes tore his Achilles' vs. Atlanta in Week 3 and will miss the rest of the year.

 

Analysis: Spikes will be replaced by Angelo Crowell. The Bills DST is still a useful Fantasy unit.

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I agree - Buffalo already was ranking DEAD LAST in rushing Defense, allowing 174 yards per game and a whopping 5.7 yards per carry.

 

Their passing defense, in contrast, was #1 in the NFL, allowing only 106.3 yards per game.

 

The key stat, however, is that Buffalo's opponents were only attempting 23 passes per game, also a league low. They allow a completion % of 57%, which is in the middle of the league.

 

This means while they don't allow many passing yards, it is only because their opponents run the ball on them at will and don't have the need to pass. Opponents run the ball on them 33 times per game, second most only to Houston. But even Houson does not allow 5.3 yards per carry (they allow 4.2).

 

If opponents had to pass, they would do reasonably well, but they don't need to since they can run all over Buffalo.

 

It won't get any easier for Buffalo - they allowed those yards to D. Davis, Cadillac Williams and Dunn. They next face McAllister, Ronnie Brown, CuMar, L. Jordan, and Dillon before a bye week, and then face Priest, LT, Stephen Davis, Ronnie Brown, Dillon, Mike Anderson, Rudi Johnson and CuMar.

 

I'm not sure what to think of their D, but if they couldn't stop the run before losing Spikes, and given that their offense has been as unproductive at moving the ball as it has, it will be a long season in Buffalo.

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