Factoid
Broncos Defense
29 Jan
, 2016
Over the past 20 years, the league's No. 1 ranked defense has made it to the biggest game on five other occasions...
Cam Newton
28 Jan
, 2016
Previously, only 21 quarterbacks have put up 40-plus touchdowns in a season (that’s both running and passing), and only three of those guys have also gone on to win the Super Bowl.
Newton finished...
Defense versus Defense
26 Jan
, 2016
By almost every defensive measurement -- yards and points allowed, sacks, fumble recoveries, interceptions, touchdowns -- the Broncos and Panthers ranked among the league's elite performers...
Championship Defenses
20 Jan
, 2016
Turns out the Broncos were the only one of the four that was markedly better in the first eight games of the season than the final eight games (in key fantasy areas of sacks, interceptions, fumble ...
Tom Brady
19 Jan
, 2016
Including last week's playoff game, Brady played seven games against teams ranked in the top 12 in sacks during the 2015 season...
Larry Fitzgerald
17 Jan
, 2016
Last night Fitzgerald essentially saved Carson Palmer from himself, making big play after big play to help Arizona get a win on a night Palmer really struggled...
Postseason quarterbacks
16 Jan
, 2016
Rodgers in 12 playoff games has an impressive 25-7 ratio of TDs to interceptions...
Carolina Panthers
14 Jan
, 2016
This includes two teams prior to the 16-game schedule. The 13-1 Baltimore Colts ran their record to 15-1 before becoming the first NFL team to lose in a Super Bowl, against the upstart Jets...
Peyton Manning
13 Jan
, 2016
With the Steelers dealing with a host of injuries and the Broncos playing at home, I’m thinking Manning has another win in him, probably setting up a final showdown against Tom Brady...
Broncos running backs
13 Jan
, 2016
Then in Week 17, they both had big games against San Diego. Both rushed for at least 95 yards, and both scored...
Interceptions
12 Jan
, 2016
Of the eight remaining quarterbacks, six have been really good at taking care of the ball...
Heath Miller
12 Jan
, 2016
Including the playoffs, Pittsburgh played six games against teams ranked in the top-10 in terms of sacks this season...
Playoff rematches
11 Jan
, 2016
In this century, 23 times teams have met in the playoffs, with one of the teams winning by 17-plus points in the previous meeting between those teams (in the same season)...
Home cooking?
9 Jan
, 2016
Home teams in these games have gone only 30-22 in the last 13 years, and in probably none of those years did they match up as poorly as this one...
A.J. Green
6 Jan
, 2016
Historically he’s been really good against Pittsburgh...