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Thru Week 14
1. Everyone has at least two, but the Titans don't have any - Tennessee is the only team without a passing play of over 40 yards or more. New Orleans and Philadelphia lead the NFL with 17. Surprisingly the pass-happy Lions only have 3. There is a top 3 for this category and then virtually the rest of the field.
Passing gains of 40-yards or more - leaders
17 NO, PHI
12 CIN
9 PIT, DAL
8 ARI, CLE, GB, WAS
7 IND, STL, CAR, SEA, CHI, BUF
6 MIA, NYG, NYJ, SF, ATL
5 MIN, DEN
4 NE, KC, SD, BAL, JAC, TB
3 DET, HOU
2 OAK
0 TEN
2. More pass attempts does not exactly equal more TD passes - The Saints are the only team among the top 6 teams in pass attempts per game that fall into the top 12 in TD passes.
3. Two teams averaging less than 200 yards passing per game have 20 TD passes or more. Can you name them?
4. Ben Roethlisberger and Rex Grossman close to joining the 20/20 club - 20 TD passes and 20 INT in the same season
Other members from the past 4 years include...
2006: Ben Roethlisberger needs 5 TD and Rex Grossman needs 3 INT
2005: Brett Favre 20 TD, 29 INT
2004: Jake Plummer 27 TD, 20 INT & Kerry Collins 21 TD, 20 INT
2003: Brett Favre 32 TD, 21 INT, Brad Johnson 26 TD, 21 INT, Marc Bulger 22 TD, 22 INT
2002: Nobody
5. Offense is the key - If the playoffs started today, no team in the playoffs would be averaging less than 21 points scored per game. The lowest scoring offense of any team currently schedule to make the playoffs is 21.2 pts per game - Baltimore Ravens.
Can you guess the only team averaging more than 21.2 pts per game on offense that is not in the current playoff picture?
6. More potential playoff stats fodder - Baltimore is the only team currently scheduled to make the playoffs that is not averaging 100 yards rushing or more per game. Baltimore rush offense = 98.5 ypg
7. Can he do it? Joseph Addai needs 133 more rushing yards to reach 1000 to extend the streak of rookie RB's reaching the 1000-yard mark.
8. FWP flexing his muscle - Four of the past five weeks the NFL has featured a 200-yd rusher. Willie Parker is responsible for two of them. The others include S. Alexander 201, F. Gore 212 and of course Parker twice with 213 and 223.
9. Strangely enough, rushing offense isn't the only thing on the rise - Five of the past six weeks, the NFL has featured a 400+ yard passer. All different QB's.
Week 14 - Weinke 423
Week 13 - nobody
Week 12 - Leinart 405
Week 11 - Brees 510
Week 10 - Palmer 440
Week 9 - Roethlisberger 433
10. Trivia Question of the week - Four times this year a RB has rushed for 100 yards or more in a game with under 10 carries. One RB has done it twice. Who is it?
11. Yeah, offense has definitely taken an upswing the past few weeks - Four times this year a RB has reached 100 yards or more receiving in a game this season. Three of the four times occurred in the last two weeks - Reggie Bush has done it in consecutive weeks and DeAngelo Williams accomplished the feat in week 13. The other time was Larry Johnson back in week 5.
12. Tight End receiving yards on a decline from last year. - Only 5 times has a TE had 100 yards or more in a game this season. Tony Gonzalez has done it twice and Antonio Gates, LJ Smith and Heath Miller have each accomplished the feat once. Two of the five times happened in the last two weeks. Gates himself had 4 games of 100 yards or more in 2005.
13. Teammates with 1000 yards receiving - Who's on pace?
CIN: Chad Johnson 1247, TJ Houshmandzadeh 894 (needs 106 to reach 1000)
DET: Roy Williams 1116, Mike Furrey 857 (needs 143 for 1000)
DAL: Terrell Owens 971 (needs 29 for 1000) Terry Glenn 825 (needs 175)
ARI: Anquan Boldin 967 (needs 33) Larry Fitzgerald 743 (needs 257)
IND: Reggie Wayne 1129, Marvin Harrison 1094 (already accomplished the feat)
NO: Marques Colston 917 (needs 83) Joe Horn 679 (needs 321), Devery Henderson 654 (needs 346)
NYJ Laveranues Coles 921 (needs 79) Jerricho Cotchery 802 (needs 198)
STL Torry Holt 985 (needs 15) Isaac Bruce 826 (needs 174)
14. Andre Johnson is slowing down - After having four 100-yd games in the first 6 weeks, Andre Johnson has not had a 100-yd game since Oct 22nd. He has also only had 1 TD since Oct 29th.
15. All board the Maurice Jones-Drew bandwagon. MJD or Mojo as I like to call him, has 6 TD in his last 5 games and he's quietly averaging 6.1 yards per carry which leads all RB's that have a minimum of 100 carries.
16. Did you know? - LaDainian Tomlinson was held scoreless for two games in a row when Baltimore and Pittsburgh played San Diego back in week 4 and week 5 of this season. He has gone on to score 26 TD's since then.
17. Vince Young - In all the games that Vince Young has started this year, he has reached the end zone either by run or by pass in every one. FYI: According to FBG specs, Vince Young has a 26.63 fantasy scoring avg in the last 3 weeks. Drew Brees 26.27
18. Starvin Marvin needs 4 more TD's - Marvin Harrison needs 4 more TD's to reach 10 on the year, which would extend his streak to 8 seasons in a row of 10 TD or more.
19. Passing defense - not so much - The Redskins have allowed only 4 rushing TD's this year, but they have allowed 25 passing TD's (most in the NFL).
20. Minnesota defense!! - The Vikings run defense has allowed 97 yards rushing...in the last 3 games total. They have also recovered 16 turnovers in that same span.
21. FYI: Denver, Detroit and Carolina have not scored a rushing TD over the last 3 weeks.
22. I promise you won't care about this - Stat of the week, and I really mean it - Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski has made only 1 FG and missed 5 FG over the last 3 weeks.
23. Target Leaders - Players with 10+ targets in week 14 (consecutive weeks of 10+ in parenthesis)
16 Furrey (3)
16 R. Wayne
13 S. Smith
13 T. Glenn
13 S. Jackson (3) RB
12 Fitzgerald
12 Holt (5)
12 M. Harrison
12 D. Carter
12 Shockey TE
12 Roy Williams
12 Keyshawn
11 A. Gates TE
11 Driver (2)
11 Jennings
11 Pittman RB
11 Booker
11 Whitted
10 A. Johnson
10 Houshmandzadeh (2)
Thru Week 14
1. Everyone has at least two, but the Titans don't have any - Tennessee is the only team without a passing play of over 40 yards or more. New Orleans and Philadelphia lead the NFL with 17. Surprisingly the pass-happy Lions only have 3. There is a top 3 for this category and then virtually the rest of the field.
Passing gains of 40-yards or more - leaders
17 NO, PHI
12 CIN
9 PIT, DAL
8 ARI, CLE, GB, WAS
7 IND, STL, CAR, SEA, CHI, BUF
6 MIA, NYG, NYJ, SF, ATL
5 MIN, DEN
4 NE, KC, SD, BAL, JAC, TB
3 DET, HOU
2 OAK
0 TEN
2. More pass attempts does not exactly equal more TD passes - The Saints are the only team among the top 6 teams in pass attempts per game that fall into the top 12 in TD passes.
3. Two teams averaging less than 200 yards passing per game have 20 TD passes or more. Can you name them?
4. Ben Roethlisberger and Rex Grossman close to joining the 20/20 club - 20 TD passes and 20 INT in the same season
Other members from the past 4 years include...
2006: Ben Roethlisberger needs 5 TD and Rex Grossman needs 3 INT
2005: Brett Favre 20 TD, 29 INT
2004: Jake Plummer 27 TD, 20 INT & Kerry Collins 21 TD, 20 INT
2003: Brett Favre 32 TD, 21 INT, Brad Johnson 26 TD, 21 INT, Marc Bulger 22 TD, 22 INT
2002: Nobody
5. Offense is the key - If the playoffs started today, no team in the playoffs would be averaging less than 21 points scored per game. The lowest scoring offense of any team currently schedule to make the playoffs is 21.2 pts per game - Baltimore Ravens.
Can you guess the only team averaging more than 21.2 pts per game on offense that is not in the current playoff picture?
6. More potential playoff stats fodder - Baltimore is the only team currently scheduled to make the playoffs that is not averaging 100 yards rushing or more per game. Baltimore rush offense = 98.5 ypg
7. Can he do it? Joseph Addai needs 133 more rushing yards to reach 1000 to extend the streak of rookie RB's reaching the 1000-yard mark.
8. FWP flexing his muscle - Four of the past five weeks the NFL has featured a 200-yd rusher. Willie Parker is responsible for two of them. The others include S. Alexander 201, F. Gore 212 and of course Parker twice with 213 and 223.
9. Strangely enough, rushing offense isn't the only thing on the rise - Five of the past six weeks, the NFL has featured a 400+ yard passer. All different QB's.
Week 14 - Weinke 423
Week 13 - nobody
Week 12 - Leinart 405
Week 11 - Brees 510
Week 10 - Palmer 440
Week 9 - Roethlisberger 433
10. Trivia Question of the week - Four times this year a RB has rushed for 100 yards or more in a game with under 10 carries. One RB has done it twice. Who is it?
11. Yeah, offense has definitely taken an upswing the past few weeks - Four times this year a RB has reached 100 yards or more receiving in a game this season. Three of the four times occurred in the last two weeks - Reggie Bush has done it in consecutive weeks and DeAngelo Williams accomplished the feat in week 13. The other time was Larry Johnson back in week 5.
12. Tight End receiving yards on a decline from last year. - Only 5 times has a TE had 100 yards or more in a game this season. Tony Gonzalez has done it twice and Antonio Gates, LJ Smith and Heath Miller have each accomplished the feat once. Two of the five times happened in the last two weeks. Gates himself had 4 games of 100 yards or more in 2005.
13. Teammates with 1000 yards receiving - Who's on pace?
CIN: Chad Johnson 1247, TJ Houshmandzadeh 894 (needs 106 to reach 1000)
DET: Roy Williams 1116, Mike Furrey 857 (needs 143 for 1000)
DAL: Terrell Owens 971 (needs 29 for 1000) Terry Glenn 825 (needs 175)
ARI: Anquan Boldin 967 (needs 33) Larry Fitzgerald 743 (needs 257)
IND: Reggie Wayne 1129, Marvin Harrison 1094 (already accomplished the feat)
NO: Marques Colston 917 (needs 83) Joe Horn 679 (needs 321), Devery Henderson 654 (needs 346)
NYJ Laveranues Coles 921 (needs 79) Jerricho Cotchery 802 (needs 198)
STL Torry Holt 985 (needs 15) Isaac Bruce 826 (needs 174)
14. Andre Johnson is slowing down - After having four 100-yd games in the first 6 weeks, Andre Johnson has not had a 100-yd game since Oct 22nd. He has also only had 1 TD since Oct 29th.
15. All board the Maurice Jones-Drew bandwagon. MJD or Mojo as I like to call him, has 6 TD in his last 5 games and he's quietly averaging 6.1 yards per carry which leads all RB's that have a minimum of 100 carries.
16. Did you know? - LaDainian Tomlinson was held scoreless for two games in a row when Baltimore and Pittsburgh played San Diego back in week 4 and week 5 of this season. He has gone on to score 26 TD's since then.
17. Vince Young - In all the games that Vince Young has started this year, he has reached the end zone either by run or by pass in every one. FYI: According to FBG specs, Vince Young has a 26.63 fantasy scoring avg in the last 3 weeks. Drew Brees 26.27
18. Starvin Marvin needs 4 more TD's - Marvin Harrison needs 4 more TD's to reach 10 on the year, which would extend his streak to 8 seasons in a row of 10 TD or more.
19. Passing defense - not so much - The Redskins have allowed only 4 rushing TD's this year, but they have allowed 25 passing TD's (most in the NFL).
20. Minnesota defense!! - The Vikings run defense has allowed 97 yards rushing...in the last 3 games total. They have also recovered 16 turnovers in that same span.
21. FYI: Denver, Detroit and Carolina have not scored a rushing TD over the last 3 weeks.
22. I promise you won't care about this - Stat of the week, and I really mean it - Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski has made only 1 FG and missed 5 FG over the last 3 weeks.
23. Target Leaders - Players with 10+ targets in week 14 (consecutive weeks of 10+ in parenthesis)
16 Furrey (3)
16 R. Wayne
13 S. Smith
13 T. Glenn
13 S. Jackson (3) RB
12 Fitzgerald
12 Holt (5)
12 M. Harrison
12 D. Carter
12 Shockey TE
12 Roy Williams
12 Keyshawn
11 A. Gates TE
11 Driver (2)
11 Jennings
11 Pittman RB
11 Booker
11 Whitted
10 A. Johnson
10 Houshmandzadeh (2)
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