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NFL postseason

7 Jan , 2017
In this century (17 seasons), at least a third of the playoff teams have been new every season. Only twice, in fact, have there been as few as only four new playoff teams...

Jermaine Kearse

4 Jan , 2017
The regular-season numbers are pretty ugly. In regular season the last three years, he’s averaged only 37 yards, with 7 TDs in 47 games...
Jermaine Kearse

Sam Bradford

3 Jan , 2017
Nobody has done that before. Only Brees has gone over 71 percent. And Bradford did it while playing for a team with all kinds of offensive line problems...
Mike Zimmer Sam Bradford Drew Brees

New England Patriots

2 Jan , 2017
Looking at past seasons shows there’s a big difference between cruising through the regular season and finishing things off in the playoffs. In this century, 25 other teams have outscored their op...
New England Patriots

New England Patriots

31 Dec , 2016
Is this do to scheduling? Or do Bill Belichick and his guys do a better job of coaching up their players? Certainly this year New England has benefitted from playing an easy schedule...
Bill Belichick New England Patriots

Week 17 running backs

30 Dec , 2016
Among the candidates for big games are backups in Pittsburgh, Houston, Dallas or New York -- teams who are locked into their playoff seeding and may give most snaps to reserve players...
Mike Gillislee Fitzgerald Toussaint

Houston Texans

28 Dec , 2016
Houston has clinched the AFC South title. Yet the offense has scored a league-low 21 touchdowns...
Houston Texans Tom Savage

Alshon Jeffery

28 Dec , 2016
The Vikings had a great defense for most of the year, but they've tailed off lately. They apparently drifted from the game plan against the Packers, and got lit up...

Week 17

26 Dec , 2016
Bengals-Ravens, Cardinals-Rams, Jets-Bills and Bucs-Panthers jump out as these kind of games. None of these teams have anything to officially play for...

Donte Moncrief

25 Dec , 2016
He’s what Buddy Ryan might call a Cris Carter Guy – all he does is catch touchdowns. Moncrief has had big games in the past...
Donte Moncrief Cris Carter

Bad teams

21 Dec , 2016
This kind of matchup is rare...
Los Angeles Rams San Francisco 49ers

Ryan Mathews

21 Dec , 2016
Wendell Smallwood and Kenjon Barner are on injured reserve, so the previous four-man committee is down to just two...
Ryan Mathews

Goal-line rushing

16 Dec , 2016
Seattle did eventually score on a pass to Doug Baldwin, nice for those who started him and Russell Wilson but not so much for those who started Thomas Rawls...
LeGarrette Blount Thomas Rawls Richard Sherman Seattle Seahawks goal-line rushing money yards

Steelers-Bengals

15 Dec , 2016
Divisional games tend to be lower scoring. This can be shown by looking at the hundreds of games over the last 5-10 years...
Ben Roethlisberger Andy Dalton

Buffalo Bills

14 Dec , 2016
The Buffalo Bills have been giving up a lot of rushing production. They’ve allowed 18 rushing touchdowns, and they’ve allowed over 135 rushing yards three weeks in a row...
Isaiah Crowell Buffalo Bills Cleveland Browns

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