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Thru Week 6
My apoloigies for the shorter column this week. I may add some more later if I have time.
1. In case you were wondering - Every single WR with at least a 60.0 yards per game average has scored at least 1 TD.
Yards per game leaders
100+
90-99
80-89
70-79
60-69
112.5 S. Smith
97.0 A. Johnson
97.0 TJ Houshmandzadeh
92.0 Roy Williams
89.5 Coles
88.4 Harrison
87.7 Holt
83.7 Boldin
82.7 Stallworth
77.6 J. Walker
77.4 D. Jackson
76.4 Wayne
74.0 Berrian
72.8 G. Jennings
70.2 B. Edwards
69.8 L. Evans
69.8 Keyshawn
69.2 S. Moss
69.2 Galloway
69.0 Colston
68.7 R. Brown
68.6 Driver
67.4 Glenn
67.2 Fitzgerald
66.0 Burress
64.7 Bruce
63.5 Horn
61.2 Toomer
60.0 C. Johnson
Going further with WR's...
* If you were to take away Greg Jenning's 1st game where he wasn't too involved, his yards per game would be 89.8
* If Steve Smith played in the first two games of the season, at his current rate of 112.5 yards per game, he would have 123 more yards than the next closest WR.
* Bernard Berrian still leads the NFL with 5 gains of 40 yards or more for WR's. He is the only Bears WR with any gains of 40 yards or more.
* KC, SD, TN and NE do not have any WR's with a 40-yard gain yet this season.
* Before Sunday's game against Carolina, Baltimore did not have any WR's with a gain of 40 yards or more. Mark Clayton is now the only one with his 62 yard TD rec that wasn't even intended for him.
* Other teams with only one WR with a 40 yard gain or more is DET, IND, MIA, MIN, OAK (Roy Williams, Reggie Wayne, Marty Booker, Troy Williamson, Randy Moss).
2. I wonder if this has ever happened before? - Tiki Barber is the NFL's leading rusher with 533 yards (5 games no less) and he has not even scored a rushing TD.
You'd have to go to #34 on the rushing yards leader board to find the next RB without a rushing TD (Leon Washington).
3. Talk me off the Edge - Edgerrin James is averaging 2.7 yards per carry, which is the fewest average per carry of the top 57 RB's in rushing yards. #58 Running Back Michael Robinson shares the same average of 2.7 ypc. James' longest run this season is STILL only 14 yards, which he managed to do week 1.
4. Houston, we have a problem - Ron Dayne is Houston's leading rusher with 167 yards or 41.8 yards per game.
5. I didn't think this would happen, but I bet you did
Who knew that after week 6 Travis Henry would have 196 more rushing yards and more rushing TD's than Shaun Alexander?
6. And down to earth comes Rex - Rex Grossman, after his Monday Night debacle, now has an 82.0 QB rating on the year, just in case you wondered.
7. Could this be why the Patriots wanted to pursue Randy Moss? - Tom Brady's longest pass on the year is 35 yards. You'd have to go to the 35th ranked QB in yards passing (Vince Young) before you found someone with a shorter longest pass.
8. Hines Ward is tied with Ladell betts in receptions - Notable examples of players with more receptions than Hines Ward's 18 - The number below in parenthesis is how many more than Hines Ward.
40 (22) Anquan Boldin
38 (20) Reggie Bush
33 (15) Wes Welker
28 (10) Mike Furrey
23 (5) TJ Houshmandzadeh (in only 3 games)
20 (2) Desmond Clark
18 (0) Ladell Betts
Write-in stats from fellow Footballguys
From Pizzatyme -
The Colts, who play host to the Washington Redskins (2-4) on Sunday, have won 26 consecutive regular-season games in which they had not yet secured their playoff seeding for that season. They won eight consecutive games at the end of the 2004 season before losing in Denver, then they won their first 13 games last season to secure home-field advantage throughout the
playoffs.
From Maurile Tremblay -
The Chargers now have seven passing touchdowns on the season. The shortest recipient of any of those TD's is 6'4".
9. What do Atlanta, Miami and Denver have in common with Oakland? - Each team has only had 3 passing TD's on the year.
10. Martz-Ball continues - The Lions are the only team in the NFL with less than 22.0 carries per game. The crazy fact is they average 18.8 carries per game. Compare that with the Chargers who average 37.2 carries per game.
11. The Chargers run game is good and all, but - They are 74 yards per game behind the league leading Falcons who are averaging 252 rushing yards per game. The Chargers still rank #2 in team rushing yardage.
ATL 1160 rushing yeards
SD 791 rushing yards
That's quite the difference between #1 and #2. FWIW, the Texans have 338 rushing yards as a team. That's slightly more than Lawrence Maroney and slightly less than Jamal Lewis. I'll let you know when Atlanta has 1000 yards more rushing than Houston.
If the trend coninues, they could have 2000 more yards than Houston by the end of the season. 
12. How can this be true - we're talking about Larry Johnson here?!? The Chiefs have only 20 rushing first downs on the season. Tied with Houston and Minnesota for the fewest in the NFL. Even the pass-happy Lions have at least 21 rushing first downs.
13. What do the Colts, Jets, Packers and Cardinals have in common with their running game? Neither team has had a RB with a 20+ yard gain.
14. It's a good thing Denver has a defense - Denver is tied with Oakland with only 5 offensive TD's this year. Compare that with Philadelphia's league leading 23 offensive TD's.
15. Steelers fans, did you know? - Your team is only averaging 3 penalties per game. Fewest of any other team.
16. What do these 11 teams have in common? DET, MIA, JAC, NE, PIT, SEA, CHI, MIN, SD, BAL, DAL
They all have a defense that is allowing less than 100 yards rushing per game. The teams in bold have only allowed 1 rushing TD.
17. The following teams are averaging 250 yards passing or more ALLOWED per game - SF, DET, PHI, SEA, HOU, GB. To me, it's interesting that SEA and PHI are in this list.
18. Week 6 Target leaders - The following players had 10+ targets in week 6 (consecutive weeks with 10+ targets in parenthesis)
18 Boldin
17 Roy Williams
16 A. Johnson (3)
15 Galloway
15 S. Moss
14 Holt
14 Houshmandzadeh
14 Keyshawn
13 L. Evans (2)
12 C. Johnson (2)
12 R. Moss
12 McMichael - TE
11 S. Smith (4)
11 Mi. Clayton
11 D. Hagan
10 Welker (2)
10 Berrian
10 Ma. Clayton
10 Glenn
10 Branch
Thru Week 6
My apoloigies for the shorter column this week. I may add some more later if I have time.
1. In case you were wondering - Every single WR with at least a 60.0 yards per game average has scored at least 1 TD.
Yards per game leaders
100+
90-99
80-89
70-79
60-69
112.5 S. Smith
97.0 A. Johnson
97.0 TJ Houshmandzadeh
92.0 Roy Williams
89.5 Coles
88.4 Harrison
87.7 Holt
83.7 Boldin
82.7 Stallworth
77.6 J. Walker
77.4 D. Jackson
76.4 Wayne
74.0 Berrian
72.8 G. Jennings
70.2 B. Edwards
69.8 L. Evans
69.8 Keyshawn
69.2 S. Moss
69.2 Galloway
69.0 Colston
68.7 R. Brown
68.6 Driver
67.4 Glenn
67.2 Fitzgerald
66.0 Burress
64.7 Bruce
63.5 Horn
61.2 Toomer
60.0 C. Johnson
Going further with WR's...
* If you were to take away Greg Jenning's 1st game where he wasn't too involved, his yards per game would be 89.8
* If Steve Smith played in the first two games of the season, at his current rate of 112.5 yards per game, he would have 123 more yards than the next closest WR.
* Bernard Berrian still leads the NFL with 5 gains of 40 yards or more for WR's. He is the only Bears WR with any gains of 40 yards or more.
* KC, SD, TN and NE do not have any WR's with a 40-yard gain yet this season.
* Before Sunday's game against Carolina, Baltimore did not have any WR's with a gain of 40 yards or more. Mark Clayton is now the only one with his 62 yard TD rec that wasn't even intended for him.
* Other teams with only one WR with a 40 yard gain or more is DET, IND, MIA, MIN, OAK (Roy Williams, Reggie Wayne, Marty Booker, Troy Williamson, Randy Moss).
2. I wonder if this has ever happened before? - Tiki Barber is the NFL's leading rusher with 533 yards (5 games no less) and he has not even scored a rushing TD.
You'd have to go to #34 on the rushing yards leader board to find the next RB without a rushing TD (Leon Washington).3. Talk me off the Edge - Edgerrin James is averaging 2.7 yards per carry, which is the fewest average per carry of the top 57 RB's in rushing yards. #58 Running Back Michael Robinson shares the same average of 2.7 ypc. James' longest run this season is STILL only 14 yards, which he managed to do week 1.
4. Houston, we have a problem - Ron Dayne is Houston's leading rusher with 167 yards or 41.8 yards per game.
5. I didn't think this would happen, but I bet you did
Who knew that after week 6 Travis Henry would have 196 more rushing yards and more rushing TD's than Shaun Alexander?6. And down to earth comes Rex - Rex Grossman, after his Monday Night debacle, now has an 82.0 QB rating on the year, just in case you wondered.
7. Could this be why the Patriots wanted to pursue Randy Moss? - Tom Brady's longest pass on the year is 35 yards. You'd have to go to the 35th ranked QB in yards passing (Vince Young) before you found someone with a shorter longest pass.
8. Hines Ward is tied with Ladell betts in receptions - Notable examples of players with more receptions than Hines Ward's 18 - The number below in parenthesis is how many more than Hines Ward.
40 (22) Anquan Boldin
38 (20) Reggie Bush
33 (15) Wes Welker
28 (10) Mike Furrey
23 (5) TJ Houshmandzadeh (in only 3 games)
20 (2) Desmond Clark
18 (0) Ladell Betts
Write-in stats from fellow Footballguys
From Pizzatyme -
The Colts, who play host to the Washington Redskins (2-4) on Sunday, have won 26 consecutive regular-season games in which they had not yet secured their playoff seeding for that season. They won eight consecutive games at the end of the 2004 season before losing in Denver, then they won their first 13 games last season to secure home-field advantage throughout the
playoffs.
From Maurile Tremblay -
The Chargers now have seven passing touchdowns on the season. The shortest recipient of any of those TD's is 6'4".
9. What do Atlanta, Miami and Denver have in common with Oakland? - Each team has only had 3 passing TD's on the year.
10. Martz-Ball continues - The Lions are the only team in the NFL with less than 22.0 carries per game. The crazy fact is they average 18.8 carries per game. Compare that with the Chargers who average 37.2 carries per game.
11. The Chargers run game is good and all, but - They are 74 yards per game behind the league leading Falcons who are averaging 252 rushing yards per game. The Chargers still rank #2 in team rushing yardage.
ATL 1160 rushing yeards
SD 791 rushing yards
That's quite the difference between #1 and #2. FWIW, the Texans have 338 rushing yards as a team. That's slightly more than Lawrence Maroney and slightly less than Jamal Lewis. I'll let you know when Atlanta has 1000 yards more rushing than Houston.
If the trend coninues, they could have 2000 more yards than Houston by the end of the season. 12. How can this be true - we're talking about Larry Johnson here?!? The Chiefs have only 20 rushing first downs on the season. Tied with Houston and Minnesota for the fewest in the NFL. Even the pass-happy Lions have at least 21 rushing first downs.
13. What do the Colts, Jets, Packers and Cardinals have in common with their running game? Neither team has had a RB with a 20+ yard gain.
14. It's a good thing Denver has a defense - Denver is tied with Oakland
with only 5 offensive TD's this year. Compare that with Philadelphia's league leading 23 offensive TD's.15. Steelers fans, did you know? - Your team is only averaging 3 penalties per game. Fewest of any other team.
16. What do these 11 teams have in common? DET, MIA, JAC, NE, PIT, SEA, CHI, MIN, SD, BAL, DAL
They all have a defense that is allowing less than 100 yards rushing per game. The teams in bold have only allowed 1 rushing TD.
17. The following teams are averaging 250 yards passing or more ALLOWED per game - SF, DET, PHI, SEA, HOU, GB. To me, it's interesting that SEA and PHI are in this list.
18. Week 6 Target leaders - The following players had 10+ targets in week 6 (consecutive weeks with 10+ targets in parenthesis)
18 Boldin
17 Roy Williams
16 A. Johnson (3)
15 Galloway
15 S. Moss
14 Holt
14 Houshmandzadeh
14 Keyshawn
13 L. Evans (2)
12 C. Johnson (2)
12 R. Moss
12 McMichael - TE
11 S. Smith (4)
11 Mi. Clayton
11 D. Hagan
10 Welker (2)
10 Berrian
10 Ma. Clayton
10 Glenn
10 Branch
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