Factoid
Indianapolis Colts
24 Apr
, 2016
In the last 10 years, 13 offenses have improved by at least 20 touchdowns, and Chudzinski was calling the shots for two of them.
OFFENSES IMPROVING BY 20 TOUCHDOWNS
YearTeamBefTDsImp
2011Caroli...
Washington Defense
24 Apr
, 2016
You might be surprised to learn that Washington was actually pretty good already, in fantasy terms anyway. Last year they had a bottom-5 defense in terms of yards allowed, at 381 per game (28th)...
Team scoring
23 Apr
, 2016
So take for this mini study the top 50 offenses from the last 10 years. Actually the top 5 from each year, since I wanted each season equally represented...
Playoff teams and sacks, part 2
23 Apr
, 2016
Looking at the past 10 years, it can be said that playoff teams generally rank above-average in sacks, but it's seldom as definitive as 2015...
Dallas Cowboys
22 Apr
, 2016
McFadden has had a lot of problems with durability, so one scenario is that it’s an injury that lifts Morris into the lineup (and then they get comfortable with him in there)...
Where starting quarterbacks come from
22 Apr
, 2016
Of the 32 projected starting quarterbacks in the NFL this year, only nine of them weren't selected in the first round...
Green Bay Packers
21 Apr
, 2016
Not that Rodgers is a bum that we should all be avoiding, but he hasn’t been good in the crucial situations around the goal line, like he was earlier in his career...
Josh Norman
21 Apr
, 2016
In terms of interceptions, though, the Panthers have had one of the league's most productive defenses over the past three seasons...
Quarterbacks
20 Apr
, 2016
Take the last 20 quarterbacks, for example, who finished No. 1 in a season. Of those group, 40 percent the next year didn’t even rank in the top 12. That’s almost half...
Playoff teams and sacks
20 Apr
, 2016
The final sack numbers from 2015 show that only one of the top-10 pass rushes missed the postseason, and that was a Detroit team that finished very strong after a 1-7 start...
Carolina Panthers
19 Apr
, 2016
Since the league moved to the 16-game schedule in 1978, only 16 other wide receivers have caught 10-plus touchdowns while catching under 50 passes.
Daryl Turner, who used to play opposite Steve La...
Third-round wideouts
19 Apr
, 2016
Over the last 10 years, there have been 48 other wide receivers selected in the third round...
Wide receivers
18 Apr
, 2016
The productive receivers, by the way, were both from the state of Missouri. Jeremy Maclin with Kansas City, and Tavon Austin with St. Louis...
Quarterbacks outside the top 5 picks
18 Apr
, 2016
But are they right? Recent history shows a hit rate that's much, much better with quarterbacks selected in the top 5 picks as opposed to those selected at No. 6 through No...
L.A. Rams
17 Apr
, 2016
There have been a couple of notable exceptions – Cam Newton, Robert Griffin III, Andrew Luck – but it’s far more common for quarterbacks to struggle in their first year.
In this century, 42 have b...