Factoid
Penalties in playoffs
5 Jan
, 2014
On the weekend, it definitely seemed like calls were down...
Brees on the road
4 Jan
, 2014
The Eagles in the regular season came within 81 yards of setting the all-time record for most passing yards allowed...
Protecting the football = playoffs
3 Jan
, 2014
Nobody doubts the importance of avoiding turnovers in today's NFL, but it's a little striking how important avoiding interceptions is to winning right now...
Home field advantage
2 Jan
, 2014
It's rare to see all four teams win in the first-round games. Since the NFL went to the eight-division format in 2002, only twice has all four of the first-round games been won by home teams...
Defenses behaving badly
30 Dec
, 2013
This year, four different teams gave up over 400 yards per game. That's rushing and passing production, but not including yards lost on sacks...
Not-so-Super No. 1 seeds
29 Dec
, 2013
In the last eight years, it’s been far more common to see No. 1 seeds lose their first game than advance to the Super Bowl...
Manning / TD pass record
23 Dec
, 2013
When I first started working on this one, I expected to show that Dan Marino's 48 TD passes in 1984 was a lot more impressive than what Manning's done...
Vikings bleeding TD passes
22 Dec
, 2013
The Vikings are in that group getting clobbered.
After allowing 4 TD passes today to Andy Dalton, they're now up to 36 for the season...
Players with 5 TDs
22 Dec
, 2013
For this one, I simply called up the list of all players who've scored 5 TDs in a game since 1960...
Late-season running backs
18 Dec
, 2013
Since the '60s, only 10 running backs have scored 5 TDs in a game. And the vast majority of done it late in the year.
The list appears below...
Tucker & Bailey
16 Dec
, 2013
According to my notes, 29 times previously in this century a kicker scored 18 or more points in a game...
Big run yards in defeat
15 Dec
, 2013
As best as I can figure, it's happened only seven other teams since the league moved to the 16-game format in 1978.
Most recently, Bryce Brown did it last year...
Broncos go bust
13 Dec
, 2013
There are 15 NFL receivers who have caught at least 8 TDs this year, and the Broncos have four of them...
Runners on the rampage
11 Dec
, 2013
The most popular week to go over 200 yards, for example, is Week 17. It's happened 13 times in the last 20 years...
Bad news, Bears
10 Dec
, 2013
And with three games left, it's looking like Chicago will become just the 10th team (since the move to the 16-game schedule in 1978) to allow over 5 yards per carry.
Can't promise the Browns will ...