Factoid
Bengals defense
5 Apr
, 2016
The ratio of touchdowns to interceptions tends to be something we look at (both with quarterbacks and defenses)...
Defensive touchdowns
5 Apr
, 2016
Over the last three years, three teams have scored at least 3 more of those touchdowns than any other team...
Megatron
4 Apr
, 2016
In the 2013-14 seasons, Johnson missed five games and was a spot-duty performer in a sixth (he was hurt, by they stuck him out there for part of the game, using him as a decoy)...
Top-5 Quarterbacks
4 Apr
, 2016
Over the last 20 years, there have been 24 quarterbacks selected with top-5 draft picks...
NFL draft
3 Apr
, 2016
Here’s my count, and I’ve double-checked to make sure that the names for Louisiana State (LSU) and Southern Cal (USC) are consistent to make sure those totals aren’t corrupted.
Bears and Notre Dam...
Keenan Allen
2 Apr
, 2016
In this century, only 24 wide receivers have managed to catch over 100 passes in back-to-back seasons without hitting on a gain of 40-plus yards somewhere along the line...
Buffalo Bills
1 Apr
, 2016
In 2014, the Bills ranked 4th in yards and points allowed...
Jared Cook
31 Mar
, 2016
My gut impression was that Cook hasn’t been very good in goal-line situations, and that I don’t envision him being a big factor in that part of the field.
But in fairness, we should look at the ac...
Jared Cook
30 Mar
, 2016
Cook was largely a disappointment with the Rams, but he didn't work with a lot of great quarterbacks, and he usually shared numbers with Lance Kendricks...
Kirk Cousins
29 Mar
, 2016
It’s unusual for what you would call an immobile quarterback to score 4-plus rushing touchdowns...
Offenses
27 Mar
, 2016
As I’m flipping through these charts that 7 of the top 11 teams in time of possession didn’t make the playoffs...
Sophomore slump
26 Mar
, 2016
That is, how often does it play out that way? How often do we see a running back who’s serviceable and then turns into something really good in his second year.
Certainly it happens sometimes...
Short-yardage rushing
25 Mar
, 2016
When looking at such things, I like to expand it and look also at third-and-one and fourth-and-one plays. They are the same kind of situations...
Rushing offenses
24 Mar
, 2016
Nice thing about the NFL is we have access to lots of reliable historical data...
Carolina Panthers
22 Mar
, 2016
They are not a team, I believe, that can simply line up and run the ball in a conventional way. Jonathan Stewart is fine, but he’s not a top-level back...