The Buffalo Bills have struggled on third down as of late.
Buffalo went 2-for-7 on third down and didn’t convert on its only fourth-down attempt Sunday in a 44-7 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. The Bills were 3-for-11 on third down and 1-for-3 on fourth down the week before in a loss to the New York Jets.
“We have to execute. We didn’t execute at all,” Bills coach Chan Gailey told the media Monday. “And you have to stay away from those third-and-14 and third-and-12s. You can’t expect to be very good when you keep them in that category. We missed way too many third-and-4s and third-and-5s this past week.
The Cowboys, on the other hand, were 8-for-12 on third down, thanks to their production on first and second downs, which put them in manageable situations.
“Any time you’re in third-and-long it makes it tougher to convert,” Bills running back Fred Jackson said. “We’ve got to stay out of those. That’s the number one thing we know to be on the field is you have convert on third down and we haven’t been able to do that the past couple of weeks.”
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