Factoid
Fool's Gould
24 Nov
, 2014
Robbie Gould is a great kicker – probably one of the 10 best in the league – but he’s just not getting enough work right now...
200 yards rushing
23 Nov
, 2014
LeVeon Bell and Jonas Gray had the big games last week, going over 200 rushing yards...
Latavius Murray
22 Nov
, 2014
Since the NFL went to the 16-game schedule in 1978, only one time has a player run for over 100 yards with under 5 rushing attempts...
Bell-Gray-Blue
18 Nov
, 2014
It’s not often that we get to say something nice about running backs...
Rookie receivers
17 Nov
, 2014
Whatever happened to the rule of thumb that it took receivers a year or two to hit stride? As a group, the 2014 wide receivers are putting up the best numbers ever.
Since 2000, only five wide rece...
Interceptions down
16 Nov
, 2014
Sacks are trending up, as we discussed in a factoid last week. Interceptions, however, are headed in the opposite direction...
40 the new 30 Part II: Sacks
14 Nov
, 2014
The Bills didn't win in Miami last night, but they recorded 5 more sacks, bringing their season total up to 39...
High scoring kickers
12 Nov
, 2014
The kickers keep piling up the points, don’t they?
Only four kickers have gone over 160 points in NFL history, and it looks like Stephen Gostkowski and Adam Vinatieri could join them...
300-yard passers
11 Nov
, 2014
I was checking a stat on NFL.com, when I noticed that they no longer list 300-yard passers...
Six touchdown passes
9 Nov
, 2014
Are we getting to the point where these big games by quarterbacks have been too cheapened? It’s a lot easier putting up the yards and touchdowns than it was in the past.
For the third week in a ro...
Blowout rematches
9 Nov
, 2014
The Buccaneers and Falcons play today. These teams met, recall, in a Thursday night game in the Georgia Dome, back in Week 3. Atlanta won that one in a laugher – 56-14, and it could have been worse...
Browns running backs
7 Nov
, 2014
The Cleveland Browns are tied atop the AFC North, and their trio of running backs are a large part of the reason why...
40 is the new 30
4 Nov
, 2014
Remember when throwing 30 touchdowns in a season meant something?
I started watching football in the ‘70s...
Shutouts
2 Nov
, 2014
It’s not easy getting shutouts. We’re at the halfway point of the season, and we just got our fourth one today, with Miami blanking San Diego...
Big Game Quarterbacks
29 Oct
, 2014
Since 2003, 52 other teams have had 5 or more touchdown passes in a game and come back to play the next week...