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Did You Know?
10 quarterbacks passed for 300 yards or more last week.
300 Yd Passer | Record | Passing Yards | TD Passes |
Matt Ryan | 1-0-0 | 448 | 3 |
Andrew Luck | 0-1-0 | 370 | 2 |
Ben Roethlisberger | 1-0-0 | 365 | 1 |
Jay Cutler | 0-1-0 | 349 | 2 |
Matthew Stafford | 1-0-0 | 346 | 2 |
Joe Flacco | 0-1-0 | 345 | 1 |
Drew Brees | 0-1-0 | 333 | 1 |
Nick Foles | 1-0-0 | 322 | 2 |
Carson Palmer | 1-0-0 | 304 | 2 |
Andy Dalton | 1-0-0 | 301 | 1 |
- The average yards passing of those 10 was 348.3 yards.
- Incidentally, 6 QBs won their game and 4 lost
- All threw at least one touchdown pass. Six had multiple touchdown passes, four had only one
- Average age 29.4 years
- Last year, 12 quarterbacks threw for 300+ yards in week 1, five of those are on the list above, Joe Flacco, Matt Ryan, Matthew Stafford, Drew Brees and Carson Palmer.
- All quaterbacks who passed for at least 100 yards, which includes a member from each team, had at least one touchdown pass, except two: Robert Griffin, WAS and Austin Davis, STL
- 82.1% Geno Smith, NYJ
- 78.4% Robert Griffin, WAS
- 72.7% EJ Manuel, BUF
- 72.1% Matt Ryan, ATL
- 70.6% Derek Anderson, CAR
All won their game, except Griffin.
8 Running Backs and 9 Wide Receiver/Tight Ends had at least 100 yards rushing or receiving
100 Yards Rushing
- 134 Knowshon Moreno, MIA
- 118 DeMarco Murray, DAL
- 110 Marshawn Lynch, SEA
- 109 LeVeon Bell, PIT
- 103 Arian Foster, HOU
- 102 Chris Ivory, NYJ
- 102 Cordarrelle Patterson, MIN
- 100 Terrance West, CLE
Arian Foster (3.81) was the only one of the 8 who did not average 5.0 yards per carry or more. DeMarco Murray and Terrance West were the only ones who did not win their game.
100 yards Receiving
- 164 Calvin Johnson, DET
- 131 A.J. Green, CIN
- 119 Michael Floyd, ARI
- 118 Steve Smith, BAL
- 116 Julio Jones, ATL
- 116 Antonio Brown, PIT
- 110 Marques Colston, NO
- 110 Allen Hurns, JAC
- 104 Julius Thomas, DEN
All had five catches or more, except Hurns who had four.
A whopping 16 Running Backs had 4 or more receptions in week 1
- 8 Matt Forte, CHI
- 6 LeVeon Bell, PIT
- 6 Reggie Bush, DET
- 6 Pierre Thomas, NO
- 6 LeSean McCoy, PHI
- 6 Giovani Bernard, CIN
- 5 Andre Ellington, ARI
- 5 Shane Vereen, NE
- 5 Ahmad Bradshaw, IND
- 5 Justin Forsett, BAL
- 5 Chris Johnson, NYJ
- 4 Benny Cunningham, STL
- 4 Jamaal Charles, KC
- 4 Rashad Jennings, NYG
- 4 Lamar Miller, MIA
- 4 Darren Sproles, PHI
- 10.2 Chris Ivory, NYJ (10 carries)
- 6.50 Alfred Morris, WAS (14 carries)
- 6.45 Darren Sproles, PHI (11 carries)
- 6.36 Justin Forsett, BAL (11 carries)
- 6.25 Terrance West, CLE (16 carries)
- Brian Quick
- Julius Thomas
- Julio Jones
- Steve Smith
- Calvin Johnson
- LeVeon Bell
- Kelvin Benjamin
- Golden Tate
- Andre Johnson
- Julian Edelman
- Markus Wheaton
- A.J. Green
Only one RB had two runs of 20 yards or more last week - Terrance West.
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