Factoid
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
Houston Texans
28 Dec
, 2016
Houston has clinched the AFC South title. Yet the offense has scored a league-low 21 touchdowns...
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...
Bad teams
21 Dec
, 2016
This kind of matchup is rare...
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...
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...
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...
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...