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Thru Week 3
1. QB rushing is down. Way down - Mike Vick leads all QB's with 232 rushing yards on 27 attempts. The next closest in yards is Charlie Frye with 60 and attempts is Byron Leftwich with 16.
Vick has had 3 rushing gains of 20 yards or more, the only other QB that has any 20+ yard gains is Alex Smith with 1
Interestingly enough, it's Frye who leads all QB's with 3 rushing TD's. Leftwich is 2nd with 2. Vick only has 1.
38 different QB's have attempted at least one rush. I looked and could not find a QB that has not attempted at least one rush.
Drew Brees has 8 rushing attempts totaling -5 yards. His longest run is 1 yard.
The top QB rushers with at least 8 attempts are:
27 Vick
16 Leftwich
12 Frye
11 McNabb
10 Carr
10 Culpepper
9 A. Smith
8 McNair
8 Brady
8 Palmer
8 Brees
2. Interesting QB stat of the week - Every starting QB has at least 1 TD pass so far with the exception of the Raiders woeful tandem of Aaron Brooks and Andrew Walter and Ben Roethlisberger. Roethlisberger also has the most passing yards (349) without a TD pass.
3. Let's not throw Aaron brooks under the bus just yet - He hasn't thrown an INT this season - so far.
8 total QB's without an INT (yardage leaders first)
814 yards Alex Smith
711 Marc Bulger
343 Phillip Rivers
273 Damon Huard
209 Charlie Batch
68 Aaron Brooks
20 Bruce Gradkowski
5 Brian Griese
4. Can you tell which QB is David Carr and which is Matt Hasselbeck?
QB A: 61 of 90 for 658 yards, 6 TD, 5 INT - sacked 8 times, 88.1 QB rating
QB B: 59 of 82 for 635 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT - sacked 10 times, 113.6 QB rating
If you guessed David Carr was QB B - you're right!
Impressive huh?
5. Did you know - The Chargers are the only team that has not been sacked yet? (granted they've played only 2 games)
6. Gettin' it done without the yardage - Houston, Cincinnati and Seattle are the only teams with an average of 200 yards passing per game or less that have 6 total TD passes. No other teams in that category even have 4 TD passes.
7. Those who get the carries will reach paydirt - Every RB with at least 20.0 carries per game has at least 200 yards rushing on the season except Larry Johnson (only 2 games so far), Shaun Alexander (injured) and Thomas Jones.
Carries per game leaders - followed by rushing yards
* only had 2 games
*25.0 Tomlinson - 202
25.0 C. Taylor - 275
24.3 Rudi Johnson - 288
23.7 McGahee - 311
23.7 W. Parker - 268
22.7 S. Jackson - 286
22.7 E. James - 231
*22.0 L. Johnson - 194
21.7 S. Alexander - 187
21.3 F. Taylor - 243
21.0 W. Dunn - 310
20.3 F. Gore - 266
20.0 T. Jones - 181
7. RB's with less than 20 carries per game that have 200 yards rushing or more
295 T. Bell, 19.3 carries per game
256 Westbrook, 14.7 carries per game
234 J. Lewis, 19.3 carries per game
225 T. Barber, 17.7 carries per game
218 McAllister, 17.7 carries per game
215 A. Green, 19.3 carries per game
8. Reason to be concerned? Edgerrin James is the only RB in the top 14 in rushing yards that has not had at least one gain of 20 yards or more. His longest run from scrimmage is only 14 yards
Longest runs from scrimmage (RB's) 3 of the top 7 are *non-starters.
*73 M. Turner
71 Westbrook
58 Tomlinson
39 T. Bell
37 S. Jackson
*36 M. Bell
*34 M. Anderson
33 C. Taylor
32 McGahee
32 Parker
32 Gore
30 Dunn
30 Portis
29 K. Jones
27 J. Lewis
27 R. Brown
27 Maroney
27 Gado
9. Surprisingly, no RB's have more than 3 rushing TD's in 3 games so far. Those with 3 include: Rudi Johnson, Westbrook, Gore, Tomlinson, Portis
10. The Falcons are averaging more yards per rushing attempt than they are per pass attempt.
Rush 5.9
Pass 4.6
5.2 per play total
Still not as bad as Oakland - - - 2.7 yards per play :X Every other team in the league has at least a 4.1 yard per play average.
Highest - PHI 6.7
Lowest - OAK 2.7
11. This may be interesting, or it may not - Stat of the week - In all 3 games for Carolina so far this season, there have only been 17 3rd downs converted - this includes only 7 the Panthers have converted offensively and the 10 their defense has allowed. In contrast Colts games have yielded 43 3rd downs converted. 26 offensively and 17 allowed defensively.
12. Did you know - Amani Toomer is 4th in the NFL in receptions (20), but 27th in the NFL in receiving yards per game (69.0)
13. Deja Vu? - Just as there were no RB's with more than 3 rushing TD's so far, the same holds true for WR's. No WR has more than 3 TD receptions. In fact, only two WR's have at least 3 TD's - Amani Toomer and Darrell Jackson.
14. Can you stop 85? - Chad Johnson's longest reception so far is 18 yards. All of Cincinnati's WR's have a longer catch than Chad so far. Even Tab Perry (30 yards) has grabbed one for more yards than Chad.
Bengals longest catches
43 Henry
30 Houshmandzadeh
30 Tab Perry
22 K. Washington
18 C. Johnson
15. The WR stat of the week - Of the teams that have played 3 games so far, the 1-2 Steelers are the only team not to have at least one WR with 100 yards receiving. In case you're wondering, Heath Miller has 146.
16. Tight Ends that are leading their team in receiving yards or receptions
* Only Ben Watson leads both
H. Miller, PIT 146 yards
K. Winslow, CLE, 19 receptions
LJ Smith, PHI, 16 receptions
*B. Watson, NE, 11 recpetions, 143 yards
A. Crumpler, ATL, 9 receptions
T. Gonzalez, KC, 12 receptions
A. Gates, SD, 6 receptions (tied/McCardell), 81 yards
17. Target Stats - 10+ targets in week 3 (consecutive weeks with 10+ targets in parenthesis)
14 S. Smith
13 Holt (3)
13 Coles (3)
13 Muhammad
13 A. Johnson
13 L. Evans
12 Harrison (2)
12 Boldin (2)
12 Fitzgerald
12 Crumpler (TE)
11 Roy Williams
11 Heap (TE)
11 Watson (TE)
11 E. Johnson (TE)
11 Berrian
11 R. Brown
11 Gabriel
11 Ma. Clayton
11 H. Ward
10 Houshmandzadeh
10 Bennett
10 Colston
18. Trivia - Marvin Harrison is the only player with 30+ targets that does not have a TD
19. More trivia - Only 1 WR has just 1 target, that was a TD catch, can you name him? [Updated - The answer is Brandon Stokley
20. Well over pace to break the record of most 50+ yard FG's - John Kasay is on pace for 16 FG's of 50 yards or more. He already is a perfect 3/3 from 50+. The record is 8 by Morten Andersen (ATL) in 1995
21. Janikowski and/or Rian Lindell looking good this week - Opponents have made 9 FG (3 per game) against the Vikings and Browns so far this year. Minnesota plays Buffalo (Lindell) and Cleveland plays Oakland (Janikowski).
Thru Week 3
1. QB rushing is down. Way down - Mike Vick leads all QB's with 232 rushing yards on 27 attempts. The next closest in yards is Charlie Frye with 60 and attempts is Byron Leftwich with 16.
Vick has had 3 rushing gains of 20 yards or more, the only other QB that has any 20+ yard gains is Alex Smith with 1
Interestingly enough, it's Frye who leads all QB's with 3 rushing TD's. Leftwich is 2nd with 2. Vick only has 1.
38 different QB's have attempted at least one rush. I looked and could not find a QB that has not attempted at least one rush.
Drew Brees has 8 rushing attempts totaling -5 yards. His longest run is 1 yard.
The top QB rushers with at least 8 attempts are:
27 Vick
16 Leftwich
12 Frye
11 McNabb
10 Carr
10 Culpepper
9 A. Smith
8 McNair
8 Brady
8 Palmer
8 Brees
2. Interesting QB stat of the week - Every starting QB has at least 1 TD pass so far with the exception of the Raiders woeful tandem of Aaron Brooks and Andrew Walter and Ben Roethlisberger. Roethlisberger also has the most passing yards (349) without a TD pass.
3. Let's not throw Aaron brooks under the bus just yet - He hasn't thrown an INT this season - so far.

8 total QB's without an INT (yardage leaders first)
814 yards Alex Smith
711 Marc Bulger
343 Phillip Rivers
273 Damon Huard
209 Charlie Batch
68 Aaron Brooks
20 Bruce Gradkowski
5 Brian Griese
4. Can you tell which QB is David Carr and which is Matt Hasselbeck?
QB A: 61 of 90 for 658 yards, 6 TD, 5 INT - sacked 8 times, 88.1 QB rating
QB B: 59 of 82 for 635 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT - sacked 10 times, 113.6 QB rating
If you guessed David Carr was QB B - you're right!

5. Did you know - The Chargers are the only team that has not been sacked yet? (granted they've played only 2 games)
6. Gettin' it done without the yardage - Houston, Cincinnati and Seattle are the only teams with an average of 200 yards passing per game or less that have 6 total TD passes. No other teams in that category even have 4 TD passes.
7. Those who get the carries will reach paydirt - Every RB with at least 20.0 carries per game has at least 200 yards rushing on the season except Larry Johnson (only 2 games so far), Shaun Alexander (injured) and Thomas Jones.
Carries per game leaders - followed by rushing yards
* only had 2 games
*25.0 Tomlinson - 202
25.0 C. Taylor - 275
24.3 Rudi Johnson - 288
23.7 McGahee - 311
23.7 W. Parker - 268
22.7 S. Jackson - 286
22.7 E. James - 231
*22.0 L. Johnson - 194
21.7 S. Alexander - 187
21.3 F. Taylor - 243
21.0 W. Dunn - 310
20.3 F. Gore - 266
20.0 T. Jones - 181
7. RB's with less than 20 carries per game that have 200 yards rushing or more
295 T. Bell, 19.3 carries per game
256 Westbrook, 14.7 carries per game
234 J. Lewis, 19.3 carries per game
225 T. Barber, 17.7 carries per game
218 McAllister, 17.7 carries per game
215 A. Green, 19.3 carries per game
8. Reason to be concerned? Edgerrin James is the only RB in the top 14 in rushing yards that has not had at least one gain of 20 yards or more. His longest run from scrimmage is only 14 yards
Longest runs from scrimmage (RB's) 3 of the top 7 are *non-starters.

*73 M. Turner
71 Westbrook
58 Tomlinson
39 T. Bell
37 S. Jackson
*36 M. Bell
*34 M. Anderson
33 C. Taylor
32 McGahee
32 Parker
32 Gore
30 Dunn
30 Portis
29 K. Jones
27 J. Lewis
27 R. Brown
27 Maroney
27 Gado
9. Surprisingly, no RB's have more than 3 rushing TD's in 3 games so far. Those with 3 include: Rudi Johnson, Westbrook, Gore, Tomlinson, Portis
10. The Falcons are averaging more yards per rushing attempt than they are per pass attempt.
Rush 5.9
Pass 4.6
5.2 per play total
Still not as bad as Oakland - - - 2.7 yards per play :X Every other team in the league has at least a 4.1 yard per play average.
Highest - PHI 6.7
Lowest - OAK 2.7
11. This may be interesting, or it may not - Stat of the week - In all 3 games for Carolina so far this season, there have only been 17 3rd downs converted - this includes only 7 the Panthers have converted offensively and the 10 their defense has allowed. In contrast Colts games have yielded 43 3rd downs converted. 26 offensively and 17 allowed defensively.
12. Did you know - Amani Toomer is 4th in the NFL in receptions (20), but 27th in the NFL in receiving yards per game (69.0)
13. Deja Vu? - Just as there were no RB's with more than 3 rushing TD's so far, the same holds true for WR's. No WR has more than 3 TD receptions. In fact, only two WR's have at least 3 TD's - Amani Toomer and Darrell Jackson.
14. Can you stop 85? - Chad Johnson's longest reception so far is 18 yards. All of Cincinnati's WR's have a longer catch than Chad so far. Even Tab Perry (30 yards) has grabbed one for more yards than Chad.

Bengals longest catches
43 Henry
30 Houshmandzadeh
30 Tab Perry
22 K. Washington
18 C. Johnson
15. The WR stat of the week - Of the teams that have played 3 games so far, the 1-2 Steelers are the only team not to have at least one WR with 100 yards receiving. In case you're wondering, Heath Miller has 146.
16. Tight Ends that are leading their team in receiving yards or receptions
* Only Ben Watson leads both

H. Miller, PIT 146 yards
K. Winslow, CLE, 19 receptions
LJ Smith, PHI, 16 receptions
*B. Watson, NE, 11 recpetions, 143 yards
A. Crumpler, ATL, 9 receptions
T. Gonzalez, KC, 12 receptions
A. Gates, SD, 6 receptions (tied/McCardell), 81 yards
17. Target Stats - 10+ targets in week 3 (consecutive weeks with 10+ targets in parenthesis)
14 S. Smith
13 Holt (3)
13 Coles (3)
13 Muhammad
13 A. Johnson
13 L. Evans
12 Harrison (2)
12 Boldin (2)
12 Fitzgerald
12 Crumpler (TE)
11 Roy Williams
11 Heap (TE)
11 Watson (TE)
11 E. Johnson (TE)
11 Berrian
11 R. Brown
11 Gabriel
11 Ma. Clayton
11 H. Ward
10 Houshmandzadeh
10 Bennett
10 Colston
18. Trivia - Marvin Harrison is the only player with 30+ targets that does not have a TD
19. More trivia - Only 1 WR has just 1 target, that was a TD catch, can you name him? [Updated - The answer is Brandon Stokley
20. Well over pace to break the record of most 50+ yard FG's - John Kasay is on pace for 16 FG's of 50 yards or more. He already is a perfect 3/3 from 50+. The record is 8 by Morten Andersen (ATL) in 1995
21. Janikowski and/or Rian Lindell looking good this week - Opponents have made 9 FG (3 per game) against the Vikings and Browns so far this year. Minnesota plays Buffalo (Lindell) and Cleveland plays Oakland (Janikowski).
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