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Turnover tidbits - OAK, ARI and PHI have not committed a turnover on offense yet this season. Interestingly enough, Carolina has five turnovers yet lead the league with 66 points scored.
Silver and Black Attack - The Raiders are the only team with 600+ yards passing and 300+ yards rushing. They are also the only team with 600+ yards passing and 200+ yards rushing.
Speaking of the Raiders - On defense, they have been a sieve, allowing 34.5 points per game and over 800 passing yards allowed with 7 touchdown passes allowed in the first two games. Marcus Mariota - it's your turn.
From the Who would've thunk it Dept. - Matt Ryan and Sam Bradford have the Top 2 QB Ratings after two weeks (121.4 and 121.2 respectively).
Quarterback efficiency - 20 quarterbacks have 500 yards passing through two games. Seven of those 20 have at least 5 touchdown passes. Two of those five have zero interceptions. Those two quarterbacks are Drew Brees and Carson Palmer.
Houston is a sneaky defensive play this Thursday night - Jacoby Brissett was sacked twice in 12 drop backs in Week 2. That's a pace of 4 sacks in 24 pass attempts or 6 sacks in 36 attempts. New England has averaged 34.5 pass attempts per game this season.
Good Luck - Andrew Luck is 11 for 15 (73%) inside the 20 with 5 touchdown passes - three to the tight end, one to a wide receiver and one to a running back.
Bad Cousins - Kirk Cousins is 5 for 17 (29%) inside the 20 with 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions. He is 1 for 8 inside the 10. No wonder why Jordan Reed hasn't taken off yet.
Take that! Sophomore Slump - Melvin Gordon has 3 rushing touchdowns in 38 carries this year (1 every 12.6 carries). Last year he had 0 rushing touchdowns in 184 carries.
Running Back efficiency - 33 running backs have 20 carries this year. 11 of those 33 have 7 receptions or more. Three of those 7 have over 100 receiving yards. Those three running backs are Tevin Coleman, Spencer Ware and David Johnson.
More Running Back efficiency - 7 running backs are averaging 75+ rushing yards per game. Six of those seven have scored more than one touchdown. Two have scored three touchdowns. Those two are - Matt Forte and Melvin Gordon.
The volume is there - Mike Evans leads all players with 24 targets. Unfortunately, he has only 11 receptions for 45.8% catch rate.
Reception Leaders By Position
Running Back
- 16 OAK, KC, IND
- 15 TEN
- 14 DET, NO, KC, JAC
- 12 ATL, BAL, SEA
- 11 TB, PIT
- 10 NYJ, MIA, CLE, ARI, NYG, DEN, BUF
- 9 SD
- 8 HOU, SF
- 7 CAR, WAS, NE
- DAL, CHI
- 5 LA, PHI, MIN
- 3 GB
Wide Receiver
- 39 NO
- 33 NYJ
- 32 CIN, WAS
- 31 NYG, NE
- 30 SEA, MIA
- 29 OAK, GB, TB, DET
- 28 MIN, JAC
- 26 PHI, SD
- 25 ARI, KC, DAL
- 24 SF, TEN, CHI, ATL
- 23 HOU, CAR, DEN, IND, LA
- 22 BAL
- 18 PIT
- 17 BUF
- 16 CLE
tight end
- 19 WAS
- 17 ATL
- 15 DAL
- 14 BAL
- 13 IND, OAK, JAC, KC
- 12 PHI, CAR
- 11 TEN, PIT
- 10 DET, HOU, TB, NYG
- 8 GB, NE, MIA, ARI, CIN
- 7 SD, MIN, BUF, CHI, SEA, LA, DEN
- 6 SF, CLE
- 3 NO
- 0 NYJ
Yards per carry averages (min 15 carries)
- 6.5 Isaiah Crowell, CLE (30 carries)
- 6.1 Danny Woodhead, SD (19) - IR
- 6.0 Spencer Ware, KC (21)
- 5.9 Fozzy Whittaker, CAR (19)
- 5.6 Ameer Abdullah, DET (24) - IR
- 5.3 Latavius Murray, OAK (22)
- 5.2 DeMarco Murray, TEN (25)
- 5.0 Christine Michael, SEA (25)
12 Players have with 13+ receptions
Bold = 70% catch rate or higher
* = 150+ receiving yards
Green = Scored 2+ touchdowns
- *17 Jarvis Landry, MIA
- *16 Stefon Diggs, MIN
- *14 Larry Fitzgerald, ARI
- 14 Julian Edelman, NE
- *14 Willie Snead, NO
- *13 Jordan Matthews, PHI
- *13 Kelvin Benjamin, CAR
- 13 Cole Beasley, DAL
- *13 Brandin Cooks, NO
- 13 Travis Benjamin, SD
- 13 Quincy Enunwa, NYJ
Most receptions with less than 10 yards per catch
- Jason Witten, DAL, 12 rec, 9.8 YPC
- Jamison Crowder, WAS, 12 rec, 8.1
- Doug Baldwin, SEA, 12 rec, 9.3
- Jordy Nelson, GB, 11 rec, 9.5
- Tajae Sharpe, TEN, 11 rec, 9.9
- Randall Cobb, GB, 11 rec, 9.0
- Travis Kelce, KC, 11 rec, 9.8
- Jeremy Kerley, SF, 10 rec, 9.0
is Aaron Rodgers in a decline?
Yards per attempt through the years
- 2011 - 9.2
- 2012 - 7.8
- 2013 - 8.7
- 2014 - 8.4
- 2015 - 6.7
- 2016 - 5.9
300 yard passing games per year
- 2010 - 5
- 2011 - 8
- 2012 - 6
- 2013 - 4
- 2014 - 8
- 2015 - 3
- 2016 - 0
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