The Bills' rushing yards with Ty Johnson and without Ty Johnson
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, the Bills were 24.8 yards over with Ty Johnson and 23.1 yards over without Ty Johnson in 2026, 5 games against 2. The plain averages are 150.0 and 144.5, a difference of 5.5. All 5 games on a full week’s rest or more were with Ty Johnson. All 4 second-half games were with Ty Johnson.
Ty Johnson, running back: 10 rushing yards, 6 carries and 15 receptions in 5 games this season, 1% of BUF’s rushing yards in those games.
2 games without Ty Johnson is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
rushing yards a game over expected
A +1.8 difference in rushing yards over expected with Ty Johnson vs without Ty Johnson is about what you’d expect.
A +5.5 difference in rushing yards with Ty Johnson vs without Ty Johnson is about what you’d expect.
The games
| Side | Date | Game | Result | rushing yards | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2026 | @ HOU | W | 86 | 127.7 | |
| Sep 17, 2026 | vs DET | W | 203 | 115.2 | |
| Sep 27, 2026 | vs LAC | W | 176 | 126.9 | |
| Oct 4, 2026 | vs NE | L | 91 | 119.9 | |
| Oct 12, 2026 | @ LA | W | 234 | 115.6 | |
| Oct 18, 2026 | @ LV | W | 103 | 141.4 | |
| Nov 1, 2026 | vs BAL | W | 146 | 121.9 |
Method
- Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2026 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 0.6 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
- Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 32% of the difference the model predicts.
- The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
- Who played is read from the snap counts, which name every player who took a snap on offense, defense or special teams.