Factoid
Cleveland / championships
15 Jun
, 2015
By my count, that’s 47 seasons without a championship for the Browns, 50 for the Cleveland Indians and 45 for the Cavaliers...
Mike Evans
14 Jun
, 2015
I started by taking all quarterbacks selected in the first round since 2000. Then I eliminated all quarterbacks who didn’t start at least 10 games in their first year...
First-round running backs / yards per carry
14 Jun
, 2015
Since 1995, there have been 57 running backs drafted in the first round...
Cooper, White and Agholor / College receiving
12 Jun
, 2015
Over the last 20 years, there have been 21 other first-round wideouts who put up at least 1,200 yards their final seasons of college...
Turnovers
11 Jun
, 2015
Whatever the reason, five teams last year lost fewer than 6 fumbles...
Stat regressions
10 Jun
, 2015
To illustrate, I’m bringing out not individual numbers but entire teams. Since the NFL went to 32 teams in 2002, there have been 24 instances in which a team scored 450 or more points in a season...
Joe Flacco
7 Jun
, 2015
I don’t think he’s up in the very top tier, but I think he’s on the edge of the top-10 quarterbacks...
Jacoby Jones / Chargers Defense
7 Jun
, 2015
The Ravens released Jones in February, unwilling to pay him the salary he was due to be an excellent return man but mediocre receiver...
Jermaine Gresham
5 Jun
, 2015
The Saints traded Jimmy Graham, so they could use another body at that position...
Rookie receivers
4 Jun
, 2015
And getting downfield, notice, seems to be a contributing indicator to NFL success...
Tight ends
3 Jun
, 2015
At Seattle’s OTA workout yesterday, they were throwing everything to Jimmy Graham around the goal line yesterday...
C.J. Mosley / 100-tackle rookies
3 Jun
, 2015
Mosley racked up 133 total tackles last year, one of four 2014 rookies to clear 100 tackles. That's the 8th-highest total of any rookie this century...
Rookie quarterbacks
2 Jun
, 2015
Not too much, I believe. Mariota was running a completely different offense. My hunch is he’ll really be a fish out of water trying to do the more conventional stuff...
J.J. Watt
2 Jun
, 2015
Using a scoring system that awards points for tackles (1.5), assists (.75), sacks (4), takeaways (4) and defensive touchdowns (6), Watt last year racked up 235 fantasy points...
Repeat defenses
30 May
, 2015
Consider the fantasy scoring system of 6 points for touchdowns, 2 for takeaways and 1 for sacks...