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Week 1
It's hard to believe I've been doing this every week of the NFL season for 4 years now. Thank you for all of your great feedback and comments throughout those years.
1. Serving up goose eggs - 3 teams shutout their opponent in week 1 of the 2006 NFL season. Baltimore, Chicago and San Diego. I'm no Elias Sports Bureau, but that's pretty impressive and I doubt that has ever happened before.
2. Equally impressive - 11 out of 16 road teams won their game week 1. Only NE, JAC, PIT, STL, ARI won at home. The Rams and Cardinals were the only teams from the NFC to win at home. Wow!
3. Airing it out - Despite only being three QB's who managed to reach 300 yards passing in week 1 (McNabb, Warner, Pennington), there were 10 QB's who had a passing play of 40 yards or more.
4. Interesting QB stat of the week - There was only 1 losing QB (starter) from week 1 that had a QB rating over 100. Can you guess who that might be?
5. Interesting QB stat of the week II - There were two QB's who had 40+ pass attempts in week 1. Oddly enough, neither of them reached the 300-yard plateau. One was Alex Smith (40) and the other was Peyton Manning (41). Again, I'm not Elias Sports Bureau, but I bet that might be the first time Peyton Manning has attempted 40 or more passes without reaching 300 yards.
6. Oh woe is me - Aaron Brooks only attempted 14 passes Monday night against the Chargers. He was sacked 7 times or 33.333% of the time he stepped back to pass.
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7. Who needs Eli? - The Giants as a team averaged 6.6 yards per carry against the Colts week 1. It's not like they had only 15 carries. The entire team had 28 carries. Now that, is impressive.
8. Week 1 leaders in yards per rush (min 10 carries)
6.9 T. Bell
6.8 B. Jacobs
6.6 J. Norwood
6.1 T. Barber
5.8 M. Bell
5.5 A. Green
5.5 S. Jackson
5.4 F. Gore
5.1 L. Maroney
4.6 W. Dunn
4.6 C. Dillon
4.4 R. Bush
4.3 J. Lewis
4.2 J. Jones
4.2 Tomlinson
4.2 Westbrook
4.1 McAllister
4.0 L. Johnson
4.0 C. Brown
4.0 W. Parker
9. Top pass-catching backs - 13 RB/FB had 4 receptions or more in week 1
8 R. Bush
6 F. Taylor, M. Strong, F. Gore
5 L. Johnson, Barber, Cadillac, K. Jones
4 Westbrook, S. Jackson, M. Bell, D. Foster, J. McKie (CHI)
10. Interesting Rb stat of the week - 14 RB's had at least a 20-yd run or longer. All 14 with the exception of these four RB's won their game. (Tatum Bell, Mike Bell and Julius Jones, Gore).
RB's with 20-yd runs or more include:
* Had two gains of 20+ yards
58 Tomlinson
39 T. Bell (L)
*37 S. Jackson
36 M. Bell (L)
32 Parker
32 Gore (L)
*27 Maroney
27 J. Lewis
*25 Dunn
23 J. Jones (L)
22 Barber
22 R. Johnson
20 Buckhalter
FWIW - Buckhalter, Maroney and Mike Bell were the only ones who were not starters.
11. Tatum Bell - Has never had more than 17 carries in a game, but this week was his 5th 100-yd game.
12. WR's with at least 3 gains of 20 yards or more
4 Stallworth
3 Coles
3 A. Bryant
13. There were 19 WR's with gains of 30 yards or more. Only 4 of them scored a TD in week 1 and they were not the usual suspects (M. Jenkins, P. Burress, Berrian, Stallworth)
14. Interestingly enough - No WR in week 1 scored more than 1 TD.
Going further...
There were 6 WR's with 7 recs or more and none of them scored a TD.
9 Harrrison
9 Fitzgerald
8 Coles
8 Bennett
7 Driver
7 Holt
No scores!
15. Only one 100-yd WR scored a TD - Donte Stallworth.
one more tidbit re: 100-yd WR's...
Muhsin Muhammad and Andre Johnson were the only 100-yd WR's who did not have at least 8 targets (both had 7)
16. Everybody's favorite WR stat - Targets! Target Leaders thru week 1 (min 9 targets)
* Scored a TD
17 Bennett
15 Harrison
14 Fitzgerald
14 Holt
14 Chambers
*12 Gonzalez (TE)
11 Driver
10 Coles
*10 Owens
*10 Cotchery
10 Bruce
10 D. Carter
10 R. Bush (RB)
9 Williamson
*9 Stallworth
9 M. Jones
*9 Boldin
9 Keyshawn
9 Winslow (TE)
9 Heap (TE)
*9 Gore (RB) 2 TD's
17. Tight Ends they are a plenty - 11 TE's scored a TD in week 1. Again, no player here had more than 1 TD either.
TE's who scored a TD include: Gonzalez, Winslow, Da. Clark, A. Bergen, Shockey, Crumpler, D. Wilcox, V. Davis, C. Baker, Gates, H. Miller
18. Only 3 positional players outside of QB scored multiple TD's in week 1. Frank Gore, Travis Henry and Ronnie Brown - each scored 2.
19. Kick it up another notch - 7 kickers made 3 FG's or more in week 1.
6 Wilkins
4 Vinatieri, Gould, Carney
3 Graham, J. Brown, J. Hall
20. 4 kickers had 50+ yard boots - Lindell, Kasay, Wilkins, J. Brown
21. So who's worse between the 3 teams that were shutout? (TB, OAK, GB) Tale of the Tape!
Total offensive first downs
14 GB
9 OAK
8 TB
Total yards
267 GB
142 TB
129 OAK
3rd downs converted
3 TB
2 OAK
1 GB
FWIW - SF did not convert a single 3rd down!
22. Where's the Defense? - 8 teams did not have a single takeaway in week 1 (WAS, NE, OAK, CAR, PHI, TB, DEN, MIN)
23. Funny stat of the week - The league basement in pass completions for week 1 is 8, both accomplished by the Raiders and the Chargers, who oddly enough played each other.
Week 1
It's hard to believe I've been doing this every week of the NFL season for 4 years now. Thank you for all of your great feedback and comments throughout those years.
1. Serving up goose eggs - 3 teams shutout their opponent in week 1 of the 2006 NFL season. Baltimore, Chicago and San Diego. I'm no Elias Sports Bureau, but that's pretty impressive and I doubt that has ever happened before.
2. Equally impressive - 11 out of 16 road teams won their game week 1. Only NE, JAC, PIT, STL, ARI won at home. The Rams and Cardinals were the only teams from the NFC to win at home. Wow!
3. Airing it out - Despite only being three QB's who managed to reach 300 yards passing in week 1 (McNabb, Warner, Pennington), there were 10 QB's who had a passing play of 40 yards or more.
4. Interesting QB stat of the week - There was only 1 losing QB (starter) from week 1 that had a QB rating over 100. Can you guess who that might be?
5. Interesting QB stat of the week II - There were two QB's who had 40+ pass attempts in week 1. Oddly enough, neither of them reached the 300-yard plateau. One was Alex Smith (40) and the other was Peyton Manning (41). Again, I'm not Elias Sports Bureau, but I bet that might be the first time Peyton Manning has attempted 40 or more passes without reaching 300 yards.
6. Oh woe is me - Aaron Brooks only attempted 14 passes Monday night against the Chargers. He was sacked 7 times or 33.333% of the time he stepped back to pass.
(edited to fix)7. Who needs Eli? - The Giants as a team averaged 6.6 yards per carry against the Colts week 1. It's not like they had only 15 carries. The entire team had 28 carries. Now that, is impressive.
8. Week 1 leaders in yards per rush (min 10 carries)
6.9 T. Bell
6.8 B. Jacobs
6.6 J. Norwood
6.1 T. Barber
5.8 M. Bell
5.5 A. Green
5.5 S. Jackson
5.4 F. Gore
5.1 L. Maroney
4.6 W. Dunn
4.6 C. Dillon
4.4 R. Bush
4.3 J. Lewis
4.2 J. Jones
4.2 Tomlinson
4.2 Westbrook
4.1 McAllister
4.0 L. Johnson
4.0 C. Brown
4.0 W. Parker
9. Top pass-catching backs - 13 RB/FB had 4 receptions or more in week 1
8 R. Bush
6 F. Taylor, M. Strong, F. Gore
5 L. Johnson, Barber, Cadillac, K. Jones
4 Westbrook, S. Jackson, M. Bell, D. Foster, J. McKie (CHI)
10. Interesting Rb stat of the week - 14 RB's had at least a 20-yd run or longer. All 14 with the exception of these four RB's won their game. (Tatum Bell, Mike Bell and Julius Jones, Gore).
RB's with 20-yd runs or more include:
* Had two gains of 20+ yards
58 Tomlinson
39 T. Bell (L)
*37 S. Jackson
36 M. Bell (L)
32 Parker
32 Gore (L)
*27 Maroney
27 J. Lewis
*25 Dunn
23 J. Jones (L)
22 Barber
22 R. Johnson
20 Buckhalter
FWIW - Buckhalter, Maroney and Mike Bell were the only ones who were not starters.
11. Tatum Bell - Has never had more than 17 carries in a game, but this week was his 5th 100-yd game.
12. WR's with at least 3 gains of 20 yards or more
4 Stallworth
3 Coles
3 A. Bryant
13. There were 19 WR's with gains of 30 yards or more. Only 4 of them scored a TD in week 1 and they were not the usual suspects (M. Jenkins, P. Burress, Berrian, Stallworth)
14. Interestingly enough - No WR in week 1 scored more than 1 TD.
Going further...
There were 6 WR's with 7 recs or more and none of them scored a TD.
9 Harrrison
9 Fitzgerald
8 Coles
8 Bennett
7 Driver
7 Holt
No scores!
15. Only one 100-yd WR scored a TD - Donte Stallworth.
one more tidbit re: 100-yd WR's...
Muhsin Muhammad and Andre Johnson were the only 100-yd WR's who did not have at least 8 targets (both had 7)
16. Everybody's favorite WR stat - Targets! Target Leaders thru week 1 (min 9 targets)
* Scored a TD
17 Bennett
15 Harrison
14 Fitzgerald
14 Holt
14 Chambers
*12 Gonzalez (TE)
11 Driver
10 Coles
*10 Owens
*10 Cotchery
10 Bruce
10 D. Carter
10 R. Bush (RB)
9 Williamson
*9 Stallworth
9 M. Jones
*9 Boldin
9 Keyshawn
9 Winslow (TE)
9 Heap (TE)
*9 Gore (RB) 2 TD's
17. Tight Ends they are a plenty - 11 TE's scored a TD in week 1. Again, no player here had more than 1 TD either.
TE's who scored a TD include: Gonzalez, Winslow, Da. Clark, A. Bergen, Shockey, Crumpler, D. Wilcox, V. Davis, C. Baker, Gates, H. Miller
18. Only 3 positional players outside of QB scored multiple TD's in week 1. Frank Gore, Travis Henry and Ronnie Brown - each scored 2.
19. Kick it up another notch - 7 kickers made 3 FG's or more in week 1.
6 Wilkins
4 Vinatieri, Gould, Carney
3 Graham, J. Brown, J. Hall
20. 4 kickers had 50+ yard boots - Lindell, Kasay, Wilkins, J. Brown
21. So who's worse between the 3 teams that were shutout? (TB, OAK, GB) Tale of the Tape!
Total offensive first downs
14 GB
9 OAK
8 TB
Total yards
267 GB
142 TB
129 OAK
3rd downs converted
3 TB
2 OAK
1 GB
FWIW - SF did not convert a single 3rd down!
22. Where's the Defense? - 8 teams did not have a single takeaway in week 1 (WAS, NE, OAK, CAR, PHI, TB, DEN, MIN)
23. Funny stat of the week - The league basement in pass completions for week 1 is 8, both accomplished by the Raiders and the Chargers, who oddly enough played each other.
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Do you know how many game logs that would be sifting through? Elias Sports Bureau anyone?
