Factoid
Kirk Cousins
28 Jan
, 2017
Cousins was very good in 2015, but he slipped...
Goal-line receiving
27 Jan
, 2017
Jameis Winston was banging the drum for Brate to go to the Pro Bowl, and I understand why...
Patriots Defense
27 Jan
, 2017
Seriously: anything close.
The Falcons finished the season with the NFL's 2nd-ranked offense (in yards; No. 1 in points)...
Kenneth Dixon
26 Jan
, 2017
"We have not run the football well enough or enough, really, for the last two years," said Harbaugh...
Goal-line rushing
25 Jan
, 2017
With the likes of Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski, have passing ability, but they also can and will run it...
Kansas City
24 Jan
, 2017
Specifically at the goal line...
New England Patriots
22 Jan
, 2017
But ultimately New England still has Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, and that tends to elevate them above most opponents...
Two-point conversions
17 Jan
, 2017
At one point around midseason, teams were converting around 60 percent of their attempts. But by the end of the season, that success rate had dropped to about where it's always been...
Los Angeles Rams
14 Jan
, 2017
There’s something to be said for experience. Most coaches probably get better after they’ve been doing it for a few years...
NFL playoffs
13 Jan
, 2017
I have checked the historical numbers, and in most years, there have been playoff games between teams that were involved in regular-season blowouts – with one team winning by 20-plus points...
Julio Jones
13 Jan
, 2017
I took a look at how opposing No. 1s had done in every other game versus Seattle this year. I left out the 49ers games -- not really sure who their No...
Alex Smith
11 Jan
, 2017
With Roethlisberger, I’m swayed by the strong numbers suggesting he doesn’t tend to be as good on the road. He’s also thrown only 12 TD passes in his last 11 playoff games...
Russell Wilson
10 Jan
, 2017
But Wilson played five games against lousy pass defense this year -- ones ranked 22nd or worse defending it...
Pittsburgh Steelers
9 Jan
, 2017
I’m not talking about a couple of games or even a couple of months. I’m talking about dozens of games over many years.
Roethlisberger has thrown only 36 TD passes in his last 30 games on the road...
NFL playoffs
8 Jan
, 2017
In this century, only five other players have run for over 160 yards in playoff games...