The Buffalo Bills had another successful season in 2021.
A Super Bowl? Not exactly.
Still, a playoff berth, double-digit wins, and another AFC East title?
Things were pretty good for the Bills.
But it wasn’t perfect sailing in Buffalo–or at least that’s the case according to The Action Network.
In a study, every NFL team was polled to figure out which team was the most and least “stressful” to root for in 2021.
Overall, the Bills had a score of 51.58, good for the 24th most stressful team, otherwise known as ninth-least stressful.
At the top with a score of 104.97 was the Baltimore Ravens. They edged out the New York Giants by a health margin. The Giants clocked in at 86.73.
Rounding out the top five was the Detroit Lions (81.38), Cleveland Browns (80.43) and Las Vegas Raiders (79.32).
On the flip side, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were named the least stressful team with a score of 39.42.
Rounding out the bottom three were the Philadelphia Eagles (40.87) and Green Bay Packers (45.14).
Just running through the handful of teams referenced above, that’s a mixed bag. Even the Eagles were pretty up-and-down… but yet, not stressful?
Here’s a rundown of Action Network’s 10 metrics used in the study:
- Losses during the 2021-22 NFL season (index score out of 20)
- Win percentage during the 2021-22 NFL season (index score out of 20)
- Games won by a margin of four points or less (index score out of 20)
- Games lost by a margin of four points or less (index score out of 20)
- Loss of game as the favorite (index score out of 20)
- Penalties conceded each game (index score out of 10)
- Number of interceptions and fumbles per game (index score out of 10)
- Total games missed by players during the 2021-22 NFL season (index score out of 10)
- Number of negative comments online between September 2021 – February 2022 (index score out of 10)
- Percentage of negative comments online between September 2021 – February 2022 (index score out of 10)
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