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New Orleans running game
3 Jan
, 2018
But I don’t think it’s a given that Alvin Kamara and Mark Ingram will run for a bunch of yards and touchdowns. I don’t even think it’s particularly likely. Carolina’s run defense is really good...
Week 17 rushing
27 Dec
, 2017
I pulled the top Week 17 rushing performances from the last three seasons. Every running back who reached at least 70 yards in that week from 2014-2016 is listed...
Using backups in Week 17
26 Dec
, 2017
With Kansas City, they have a coach with a long track record of preferring to rest players. If he’s got a team positioned to help itself to a free bye, he’ll take it...
Roethlisberger at Houston
22 Dec
, 2017
In the last eight games, five quarterbacks have thrown for over 300 yards against Houston; a sixth over 250. Five of those quarterbacks have also thrown multiple touchdowns...
Hot hand? Or marked man?
20 Dec
, 2017
Earlier this week, I looked at 200-yard receivers and was surprised at the lack of production for that group in their next games...
Julio's creampuff matchup
18 Dec
, 2017
Tampa Bay has a terrible defense, but what about the dynamic (real or imagined) that it could make more of an effort to take away the player that cooked them in the last game? It would seem unlikel...
Free agent wide receivers
17 Dec
, 2017
Bill Rehor pointed out that rather he’d rather see not 1,000-yard receivers but players that we’re perceived as being valuable...
Aaron Rodgahs!
15 Dec
, 2017
Carolina has allowed 20 TD passes, which is an average to slightly below average number; only 12 teams have allowed more...
Transplanted wide receivers
14 Dec
, 2017
In the last 20 years, 29 receivers going over 1,000 yards have been moved onto new teams (either by trade or free agency), where they’re supposed to be key pieces or the missing ingredient or whate...
Brady versus Steelers
12 Dec
, 2017
Pittsburgh seems to use the same defensive strategy against New England every time these teams meet, and it never works...
Kamara is taking names
7 Dec
, 2017
And Kamara keeps doing it week after week...
New England's improved defense
4 Dec
, 2017
The Patriots after the first four weeks were allowing 32 points per game, 2nd-most in the league...
Can Julio stay hot?
30 Nov
, 2017
Last year, believe it or not, it would have been a significant downgrade...
Toothless Panthers?
28 Nov
, 2017
Nearly half of Carolina's schedule has been played against decidedly lesser, non-Brees level quarterbacks. Brian Hoyer, Tyrod Taylor, Mike Glennon, Jay Cutler, injured-Winston/Fitzpatrick...
Bengals run over Browns
27 Nov
, 2017
While the Bengals have had their troubles, they tend to be money in the bank against the Browns, and that’s the way it played out, with Joe Mixon running for 114 yards, adding another 51 yards as a...