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Stat of the Week - Russell Wilson has 17 touchdown passes in the fourth quarter. The next closest is Matthew Stafford with 9.
Get Eli in the Red Zone - Eli Manning has a 122.4 quarterback rating inside the 20 yard line. Inside the 10 yard line it's 120.2.
Stick with two wide receivers - Ryan Fitzpatrick's quarterback rating is 86.0 but it soars to 138.2 when under center with two wide receivers in formation.
Road Warrior - Alex Smith's quarterback rating on the road is 118.0. At home it's only 88.3
He gets better as the game goes along - Jordan Howard yards per carry on carries 1-10 is 3.9. On carries 11-20 it's 4.5 and on carries 21+ it's 6.4
Size isn't everything - LeGarrette Blount has scored only once on six carries inside the 3 yard line.
First half warrior - Mark Ingram has scored 8 of his 9 rushing touchdowns in the first half. His 8 first half rushing touchdowns is the most in the league.
Not even sure if the Greatest Show on Turf did this - The Rams have four different players with receptions over 60 yards. Cooper Kupp (63), Sammy Watkins (67), Gerald Everett (69) and Robert Woods (94).
Strong out of the gate - 16 of Andy Dalton's 21 touchdown passes came in the first half
rushing yards 1st and 10
- 649 Mark Ingram, NO
- 645 Kareem Hunt, KC
- 612 Todd Gurley, LAR
- 604 Jordan Howard, CHI
- 526 LeSean McCoy, BUF
- 512 LeVeon Bell, PIT
highest percentage of first down on 3rd down and less than 3
- 100% 9-for-9 Devonta Freeman, ATL
- 88.9% 8-for-9 Frank Gore, IND
- 80% 8-for-10 Cam Newton, CAR
- 76.9% 10-for-13 Jonathan Stewart, CAR
- 72.7% 8-for-11 LeSean McCoy, BUF
- 70% 7-for-10 LeVeon Bell, PIT
- 66.7% 6-for-9 Orleans Darkwa, NYG & Derrick Henry, TEN
Percentage of Touchdowns on runs inside the 3
- 80% (4/5) LeVeon Bell, PIT
- 80% (4/5) Deshone Kizer, CLE
- 66.7% (4/6) Ezekiel Elliott, DAL
- 66.7% (4/6) Mark Ingram, NO
- 62.5% (5/8) Devonta Freeman, ATL
- 60.0% (3/5) DeMarco Murray, TEN and Rob Kelley, WAS
Rushes over 10 yards
- 31 Todd Gurley, LAR
- 30 Jordan Howard, CHI
- 29 LeSean McCoy, BUF
- 27 LeVeon Bell, PIT & Kareem Hunt, KC
- 26 Melvin Gordon, LAC
- 24 Alex Collins, BAL, Carlos Hyde, SF, Russell Wilson, SEA
- 23 Alvin Kamara, NO
- 21 Isaiah Crowell, CLE
Percentage of first downs per carry
- 37% Russell Wilson, SEA
- 37% Alvin Kamara, NO
- 35% Cam Newton, CAR
- 31% Duke Johnson Jr, CLE
- 29% Tyrod Taylor, BUF
- 26% Devonta Freeman, ATL
- 25% Aaron Jones, GB
- 25% Dion Lewis, NE
- 24% Alex Collins, BAL
- 24% Derrick Henry, TEN
yards per carry on grass
- 6.8 Austin Ekeler, LAC
- 6.6 Cam Newton, CAR
- 5.5 Blake Bortles, JAC
- 5.2 Alex Collins, BAL
- 5.2 Kenyan Drake, MIA
- 5.2 Aaron Jones, GB
- 5.1 Dion Lewis, NE
- 4.9 Derrick Henry, TEN
Yards per carry on artificial turf
- 7.5 Deshaun Watson, HOU
- 6.8 Russell Wilson, SEA
- 6.1 Alvin Kamara, NO
- 5.8 Carlos Hyde, SF
- 5.6 Mark Ingram, NO
- 5.5 Melvin Gordon, LAC
- 5.4 Jordan Howard, CHI
- 5.2 Dion Lewis, NE
- 5.1 Jay Ajayi, PHI
- 5.1 Isaiah Crowell, CLE
- 5.1 Alfred Morris, DAL
quarterbacks with 30 or more passes of 25 yards
- 35 Tom Brady, NE
- 34 Kirk Cousins, WAS
- 33 Alex Smith, KC
- 31 Matthew Stafford, DET
- 31 Russell Wilson, SEA
- 30 Drew Brees, NO
- 30 Jared Goff, LAR
yards after the catch (Quarterback)
- 2005 Drew Brees, NO
- 1802 Kirk Cousins, WAS
- 1781 Jared Goff, LAR
- 1767 Alex Smith, KC
- 1760 Ben Roethlisberger, PIT
- 1738 Matthew Stafford, DET
- 1677 Tom Brady, NE
- 1663 Philip Rivers, LAC
percentage of pass attempts that result in a first down
- 41.2% Deshaun Watson, HOU
- 40.7% Jameis Winston, TB
- 39.7% Tom Brady, NE
- 38.8% Matt Ryan, ATL
- 38.2% Drew Brees, NO
- 38.1% Philip Rivers, LAC
- 37.9% Case Keenum, MIN
- 37.8% Alex Smith, KC
- 37.4% Matthew Stafford, DET
Percentage of Touchdown passes per attempt
- 9.3% Deshaun Watson, HOU
- 7.5% Carson Wentz, PHI
- 6.7% Aaron Rodgers, GB
- 6.1% Russell Wilson, SEA
- 5.6% Tom Brady, NE
- 5.4% Andy Dalton, CIN
Percentage of first down passes on 3rd and 8+
- 40.0 Andy Dalton, CIN
- 39.7 Tom Brady, NE
- 39.7 Carson Wentz, PHI
- 34.8 Matt Moore, MIA
- 34.4 C.J. Beathard, SF
- 34.3 Philip Rivers, LAC
- 33.3 Drew Brees, NO
- 33.3 Jameis Winston, TB
- 32.4 Tom Savage, HOU
- 32.0 Matt Ryan, ATL
Percentage of first downs per target
- 53.7 Albert Wilson, KC
- 52.9 Rob Gronkowski, NE
- 51.0 Allen Hurns, JAC
- 50.8 Hunter Henry, LAC
- 50.0 Sammy Watkins, LAR
- 49.2 Ted Ginn Jr, NO
- 49.0 Ryan Grant, WAS
- 48.6 Mohamed Sanu, ATL
- 48.2 JuJu Smith-Schuster, PIT
First down receptions on third down
- 26 Keenan Allen, LAC
- 23 Adam Thielen, MIN
- 19 Larry Fitzgerald, ARI
- 19 DeAndre Hopkins, HOU
- 18 Antonio Brown, PIT
- 18 Marqise Lee, JAC
- 18 Demaryius Thomas, DEN
- 18 Michael Thomas, NO
- 17 Devin Funchess, CAR
- 17 Golden Tate, DET
Receptions over 25+ yards
- 16 Antonio Brown, PIT
- 14 DeAndre Hopkins, HOU
- 13 Brandin Cooks, NE
- 12 Tyreek Hill, KC
- 12 Marvin Jones, DET
- 11 T.Y. Hilton, IND
- 11 Julio Jones, ATL
- 11 Adam Thielen, MIN
- 10 Robby Anderson, NYJ
- 10 Doug Baldwin, SEA
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