Factoid
Storming off to Buffalo
25 Oct
, 2016
In Brady's last five trips to Buffalo, New England has scored 31, 52, 23, 37 and 40 points -- an average of 37 points per game...
Running backs
24 Oct
, 2016
David Johnson and Ezekiel Elliott, of course, are ripping it up. They were selected in the first rounds of most fantasy drafts.
But Spencer Ware is also having himself a heck of a year...
San Francisco 49ers
23 Oct
, 2016
I checked into the historical numbers. Since the NFL moved to the 16-game schedule in 1978, this has happened only four other teams...
Seahawks-Cardinals
23 Oct
, 2016
Really.
Since the start of the 2013 season, the Seahawks have allowed only 15.4 points (on average) in their road games, with 34 touchdowns in 26 games...
Kenny Britt
18 Oct
, 2016
Back in 2009, Britt was one of six wide receivers selected in the first round. All but one of those players worked out well, at least for awhile...
Jay Ajayi
17 Oct
, 2016
This isn’t new.
In the past 10 years, there have been 41 200-yard rushers. Well over half of those rushers (26) are players who didn’t rank in the top 20 at their position the previous year...
Ezekiel Elliott
14 Oct
, 2016
I went back to the 2015 season and pulled out the NFL's top 5 running backs, in terms of rushing yards, and looked at their matchups with teams that finished the season as top-5 run defenses...
Falcons-Seahawks
12 Oct
, 2016
Obviously you move the Falcons down some from their usual perch. But they’re playing well enough that you don’t move them all the way down to the bottom 5...
Jordy Nelson
11 Oct
, 2016
The Cowboys have faced a series of top-level wideouts in their five games (we'll leave out San Francisco, which doesn't have such a player). Not one of those four No...
Adam Vinatieri
10 Oct
, 2016
Morten Andersen is currently the record holder, with 2,544 career points. Vinatieri is 240 points back, so it’s unlikely he would pass Anderson until the 2019 season...
Home cooking
5 Oct
, 2016
In his last 16 games at Lambeau (a season’s worth of work) Rodgers has gone 13-3, with 43 touchdowns and 4 interceptions.
In Roethlisberger’s last 16 at home, he’s also gone 13-3, with 47 touchdow...
Arizona Cardinals
3 Oct
, 2016
Stanton has spent most of his nine years in the league as a backup. He’s completed 16 of 40 passes the last two years, with no touchdowns and 4 interceptions...
Los Angeles Rams
29 Sep
, 2016
Keenum is unheralded and modestly talented – a former undrafted free agent who worked his way onto the Texans roster. They traded him to the Rams...
Houston Defense
28 Sep
, 2016
Watt racked up 75.5 sacks over the last five seasons. That's nearly 40 percent of the team's sacks during that span...
New Orleans Saints
27 Sep
, 2016
The Saints are bad – historically bad. If you catch me this year suggesting any other defense “might be the worst in the league” call me on it...