Return of No-Huddle

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Published: May 25, 2009

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... the box office.

Roseanne topped the TV ratings, and Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” burned up the charts. 

And the Buffalo Bills’ K-Gun no-huddle offense struck fear in opposing defenses. 

The newest page in the Bills 2009 playbook might be a dog-eared yellowing one that just turned 18 years old. 

Buffalo’s flirtation with the no-huddle has been rumored in recent weeks, and it might be the only way to explain several of the team‘s roster moves.  

According to official NFL play-by-plays, the Bills used the no-huddle for at least part of 16 drives last season. Like most teams, most of them were in hurry-up situations when the team trailed late (see Week 3, vs. Oakland) or in the last two minutes of halves and games.

The team scored a total of 47 points on those drives, or just shy of a field goal per possession, which is about 50 percent higher than...

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