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FanDuel Helper - The Ravens have allowed 19 field goal attempts in six games (3 per game). This week's opponent is at Arizona. Hello Chandler Catanzaro. Jacksonville is 2nd with 17 field goals allowed. They play Buffalo in London (Dan Carpenter).
Kicker fade - You may want to consider fading Falcons kicker Matt Bryant this week at Tennessee. The Titans recently allowed their one and only field goal attempt last week.
Special Teams Exploitation - There have been three touchdowns on kickoff returns this year. Chicago has allowed two of them.
Etroit - There's no D in Detroit. The Lions are the only team to allow double-digit rushing and receiving touchdowns (10 each).
More Detroit - The Lions have also given up a league-high 18 turnovers in six games. 23.5% of their drives result in a turnover.
Sleeper Alert - Landry Jones and the Steelers play at Kansas City this week, who have allowed 14 receiving touchdowns. WR-11,RB-1, TE-2
Air McCoy - The Chargers have more pass completions (183) in six games than five other teams have pass attempts (also in six games).
658 yards! Philip Rivers has 658 more yards passing than Aaron Rodgers in the same amount of games. And yet Green Bay is 6-0 and San Diego is 2-4. Rodgers also leads the league with 15 touchdown passes.
Adrian Peterson wake up call coming? - Minnesota plays at Detroit this week, who have allowed 10 rushing touchdowns, tied with Atlanta for the league lead.
One-sided offense - Jacksonville has 13 passing touchdowns and 0 rushing touchdowns.
Yellow laundry deficient - The Seahawks have a league-low 2 first downs by penalty this year. Two!?
Over 50% score efficiency - New England is the only team averaging a score over 50% of their drives (56%).
Over 4 sacks per game - Russell Wilson has been sacked 26 times this year. Tops in the league. That's 4.3 per game.
2 catches!? - The Jets have just two catches by a tight end this year. Since 2002, the lowest in a season is 65 by the '11 Cardinals and '06 Raiders.
Peyton Manning is being dropped in leagues this week - His career QB rating is 96.9. (94.9 with IND, 103.7 with DEN). This year it's a paltry 72.5, lowest since his rookie season.
Chris Ivory and Todd Gurley - This pair of rushers lead the league in rushing yards gained per game (Ivory 115, Gurley 104.7). Interestingly enough, Gurley has the most rushing yards (314) without a rushing touchdown.
Who saw this coming? Mark Ingram (27) has more receptions than Matt Forte (21).
What do Jeremy Hill, Eddie Lacy, Mark Ingram and Dion Lewis have in common? Neither have had a run longer than 17 yards.
Theo Riddick > Mike Evans - Theo Riddick (33) has 20 more catches than Mike Evans (13). He also averages more receiving yards per game than Evans 46.3 vs. 43.5.
Reception Leaders by Position
Running Back
- 56 NO
- 55 DET
- 47 PHI
- 45 SD
- 44 BAL, DAL
- 42 OAK
- 40 HOU
- 39 ATL
- 35 NYG, NE, CLE
- 34 WAS
- 28 KC, JAC
- 27 TB, NYJ
- 24 CIN, SEA, CHI
- 23 TEN, GB, PIT
- 22 SF, BUF
- 20 DEN, STL
- 19 IND, MIA
- 18 CAR, MIN, ARI
- 109 HOU, DEN
- 93 DET, SD, ARI
- 92 IND
- 88 ATL
- 87 JAC
- 83 WAS
- 82 NO, NYG
- 78 NYJ, BAL
- 77 GB
- 76 MIA, CIN
- 74 CLE, PIT
- 73 PHI
- 72 NE
- 68 CHI
- 67 OAK, KC
- 63 BUF, SEA
- 59 SF
- 58 MIN
- 46 TEN
- 45 TB, DAL
- 38 STL, CAR
- 45 SD
- 39 TEN, BUF
- 37 NYG, CHI
- 36 KC, SEA, DAL
- 34 WAS, NO
- 33 CLE
- 32 BAL, IND, NE
- 31 CAR
- 30 SF
- 29 CIN
- 25 DET
- 24 GB, MIA, PHI
- 23 STL, ATL
- 22 JAC
- 18 MIN
- 17 DEN, PIT
- 16 OAK
- 15 ARI
- 14 TB
- 12 HOU
- 2 NYJ
- DeAndre Hopkins, HOU
- Keenan Allen, SD
- Antonio Brown, PIT
- Julio Jones, ATL
- Brandon Marshall, NYJ
- Steve Smith, BAL
- Gary Barnidge, CLE
- Odell Beckham, NYG
- Amari Cooper, OAK
- Jeremy Maclin, KC
- Greg Olsen, CAR
- Demaryius Thomas, DEN
- Travis Benjamin, CLE
- Anquan Boldin, SF
- Kenny Britt, STL
- John Brown, ARI
- Charles Clay, BUF
- Randall Cobb, GB
- Michael Crabtree, OAK
- Lance Dunbar, DAL
- Tyler Eifert, CIN
- Mike Evans, TB
- Larry Fitzgerald, ARI
- Jimmy Graham, SEA
- A.J. Green, CIN
- Rob Gronkowski, NE
- Allen Hurns, JAC
- Vincent Jackson, TB
- Alshon Jeffery, CHI
- Jarvis Landry, MIA
- Jordan Matthews, PHI
- Rishard Matthews, MIA
- Allen Robinson, JAC
- Emmanuel Sanders, DEN
- Nate Washington, HOU
- Ben Watson, NO
- Devonta Freeman, ATL
- LeVeon Bell, PIT
- Jamaal Charles, KC
- Matt Forte, CHI
- Doug Martin, TB
- Giovani Bernard, CIN
- Isaiah Crowell, CLE
- Justin Forsett, BAL
- Mark Ingram, NO
- Chris Ivory, NYJ
- Matt Jones, WAS
- Charles Sims, TB
- Duke Johnson, CLE
- LeVeon Bell, PIT
- Lance Dunbar, DAL
- Devonta Freeman, ATL
- Mark Ingram, NO
- Dion Lewis, NE
- Theo Riddick, DET
- Chris Thompson, WAS
- Shane Vereen, NYG
- Giovani Bernard, CIN
- Jamaal Charles, KC
- Justin Forsett, BAL
- Arian Foster, HOU
- Melvin Gordon, SD
- Jonathan Grimes, HOU
- Darren McFadden, DAL
- DeMarco Murray, PHI
- Latavius Murray, OAK
- Bilal Powell, NYJ
- Marcel Reece, OAK
- Darren Sproles, PHI
- Danny Woodhead, SD
- DeAndre Hopkins, HOU
- Demaryius Thomas, DEN
- Keenan Allen, SD
- Antonio Brown, PIT
- Julian Edelman, NE
- Larry Fitzgerald, ARI
- Julio Jones, ATL
- Jarvis Landry, MIA
- Jeremy Maclin, KC
- Emmanuel Sanders, DEN
- Calvin Johnson, DET
- Steve Smith, BAL
- Travis Benjamin, CLE
- Anquan Boldin, SF
- John Brown, ARI
- Randall Cobb, GB
- Amari Cooper, OAK
- Michael Crabtree, OAK
- Jamison Crowder, WAS
- Eric Decker, NYJ
- A.J. Green, CIN
- Allen Hurns, JAC
- Vincent Jackson, TB
- Alshon Jeffery, CHI
- Marvin Jones, CIN
- Jermaine Kearse, SEA
- Brandon Marshall, NYJ
- Jordan Matthews, PHI
- Golden Tate, DET
- Mike Wallace, MIN
- Bryan Walters, JAC
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