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Patriots Defense
22 Oct
, 2019
New England currently has 18 interceptions -- twice as many as the 2nd-place Panthers -- and 27 sacks (one fewer than Carolina). They're on pace for 41 interceptions and 59 sacks...
Chase Edmonds
21 Oct
, 2019
In the last 10 years, in fact, only 12 running backs have scored more than 3 touchdowns on runs of 20-plus yards in a season...
Marvin Jones
20 Oct
, 2019
Catching 4 touchdowns is difficult. In the Super Bowl era, it’s happened only 31 times...
Running wild
16 Oct
, 2019
In each of the last four weeks, Kansas City has allowed at least 180 rushing yards. The Ravens ran for 203 and 4 TDs at Arrowhead. Detroit (the Lions!) ran for 186 yards against them...
Robby Anderson
15 Oct
, 2019
Anderson came into the league as an undrafted free agent, but he’s got good speed and the ability to track to the ball when it’s in the air...
Carolina QBs
14 Oct
, 2019
Carolina is playing well with Kyle Allen at quarterback. He doesn’t have Newton’s overall ability, but he’s in a groove right now, operating the offense efficiently...
Sony Michel
13 Oct
, 2019
Michel misfired on a couple of short-yardage plays early in the game. He was stopped on third-and-one, and then stopped on fourth-and-one, with the Patriots turning the ball over on downs...
Tight end matchups
9 Oct
, 2019
The Cardinals, Browns and Bucs in particular...
Amari Cooper
8 Oct
, 2019
Cooper went over 200 receiving yards against Green Bay last week. Including the playoffs, that's his seventh game with at least 100 yards since the start of last season...
Odell Beckham
7 Oct
, 2019
But Beckham has been around for a lot of years, and he’s played many times in big games without making much of an impact at all...
Eric Ebron
6 Oct
, 2019
Ebron famously dropped 3 passes last week, playing a huge role in the loss to Raiders. Even last year (when he was at least scoring a bunch of touchdowns) Ebron dropped 9 passes...
Tarik Cohen
2 Oct
, 2019
Daniel took over on Sunday and Cohen caught a short touchdown at the goal line.
Last year, Daniel started two games, and Cohen was very good in both of them...
Believe in the Vikings?
2 Oct
, 2019
Kirk Cousins has apologized to Thielen, which is kind of funny; almost seems like Thielen is the one who should be apologizing. But whatever...
Waller is a baller
30 Sep
, 2019
Waller has been remarkably good for the Raiders. At the quarter-pole mark of the season, he’s caught 33 passes – on pace to set the NFL’s single-season record...
Will Dissly
25 Sep
, 2019
I haven't actually seen the rankings. But I do know that Dissly will be Seattle's main tight end, playing a full complement of snaps...