Week 6 Preview Tidbits

[averagejoe]

• Drew Brees enters this weekend one TD pass behind Tom Brady on the all-time list, 403-402 (in fourth and fifth place, respectively). Brees has thrown for at least one touchdown in each of his last 40 games; he has the second-longest current streak of games with a TD pass.

• The Bengals have now outscored their opponents by a combined total of 19 points in the second half and overtime in their last two games (42-23), after being outscored by 17 points in the second half over their first three games (50-33).

• If Karlos Williams is able to play and scores a scrimmage touchdown this week versus Cincinnati, he will be just the fourth player since 1960 to score at least one scrimmage touchdown in each of his first five career games played; the others are Robert Edwards (six games), Joe Cribbs (five games) and Charlie Brown (five games).

• Tyler Eifert had eight receptions in Week 5 and is now tied for the AFC-lead among tight ends with 24 receptions this season (also Cleveland's Gary Barnidge and Kansas City's Travis Kelce).

• Josh McCown is the first quarterback in Browns' franchise history with three straight 300-yard passing games, including a team-record 457 passing yards in the Browns' overtime win against the Ravens last week.

• Peyton Manning has started a season 5-0 for the seventh time in his career. No other quarterback since 1950 has more than three such seasons in his career -- Fran Tarkenton and Kurt Warner are the only other QBs with three during this span.

• The Broncos are one of five NFL teams in the last 30 years to go at least the first five games of their season without scoring or allowing a first-quarter touchdown. The last team to do this was the 2006 Miami Dolphins with six straight games.

• Jay Cutler won his 46th game as the Bears' starting quarterback Sunday, tying Jim McMahon's franchise mark for most QB wins since 1950. Cutler is also two touchdown passes away from tying Sid Luckman's career franchise record of 137 (Cutler has 135).

• Detroit ranks last in the NFL in rushing yards per game (48.8) and yards per carry (2.8). The Lions' 244 rush yards this season are the fewest through five games by any NFL team since the 1994 Saints had 238.

• Brian Hoyer came off the bench to throw for 312 yards and a pair of touchdowns in last week's loss. Hoyer was the first player to throw for at least 300 yards in a game he did not start since the Jaguars' Chad Henne threw for 354 yards at Houston on November 18, 2012. Hoyer was the first Texan ever with 300+ passing yards off the bench.

• Adrian Peterson rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown against the Broncos in Week 4, and is averaging 93.0 yards per game on the ground thus far in 2014 -- most of any NFC player. Including an NFL-record 296 yards in 2007 versus the Chargers, Peterson has 2829 rushing yards in 28 career games against AFC opponents (101.0 per game).

• Kansas City's opponents have recorded 17 drives ending in touchdowns this season -- tied for most in the NFL. The Vikings have just eight touchdown drives in 2015 (tied for third fewest in the league).

• Chris Ivory ran for a career-high 166 yards in Week 4, raising his average to 104.7 rushing yards per game, which is tied with Todd Gurley (St. Louis) for the highest rate in the league (minimum 1 game). Ivory has gained at least 10 yards on 17.5 percent of his carries, the highest rate by any non-quarterback (minimum 6.25 attempts per team game).

• With 400 receiving yards, Brandon Marshall has accounted for 43.3 percent of the Jets' total, the highest rate by any receiver in the league. Marshall has generated at least 100 receiving yards in each of his last three games, becoming the first Jet to accomplish the feat since Al Toon in 1988.

• Chris Johnson had 11 carries for 103 yards last Sunday, giving him 405 yards on the ground overall in 2015 -- tied with Devonta Freeman and Doug Martin for second most in the NFL (Matt Forte -- 438). Johnson has two 100+ yard rushing performances in his last three games (had just two such performances in his previous 26 games).

• Le'Veon Bell ran for 111 yards and a touchdown in Week 5, and including back-to-back 100+ yard rushing performances, is averaging 100.7 yards per game on the ground in 2015. Despite missing the first two contests this season, Bell has an AFC-best 1663 rushing yards since the beginning of 2014.

• The Cardinals are averaging 39.7 yards per kickoff return in 2015 -- best in the NFL.

• Marcus Mariota is the first rookie since Dan Marino in 1983 to pass for 900 or more yards and eight or more touchdowns in the first four starts of their career.

• Although Jarvis Landry had a season-low four receptions in the Dolphins' loss to the Jets in Week 4, Landry's 28 receptions through four games are the most all-time by a Dolphins' player through the team's first four games in a season.

• In four career starts against the Seahawks, regular and postseason combined, Cam Newton is 0-4 while averaging just 170.8 passing yards per game, a 57.3 completion percentage and a 73.4 passer rating.

• Philip Rivers tops the NFL with 1613 yards passing; he has already thrown for better than 350 yards on three occasions. The Chargers have five players with at least 200 receiving yards, six players with 200-plus scrimmage yards, and seven players who have recorded an offensive TD.

• Last week, Aaron Rodgers fumbled for the first time this year, and had a multi-interception game at home for the first time in five years. He has not been intercepted in consecutive games in the same regular season since 2012.

• Among qualifying passers in NFL history, Aaron Rodgers has, by far, the highest touchdown-interception ratio, 4.05. Philip Rivers ranks sixth in this category with a 2.06 figure.

• Carlos Hyde, who rushed for 93 yards against the Giants last week, has carried the ball 83 times this season, which exactly matches his carries total from last season. His 375 rushing yards this season are 42 more than his total from last season.

• The 49ers have allowed 1494 net passing yards this season -- the second most the team has ever allowed through their first five games of the season (1718 in 2005).

• Matt Hasselbeck has 495 passing yards, three touchdown passes and zero interceptions (95.0 rating) in two wins as Andrew Luck's replacement this year.

• The Patriots have just two giveaways in 2015 -- fewest in the NFL. Indianapolis has turned the ball over 12 times this season (most in the AFC and second most in the league).

• Eli Manning completed 41 of 54 passes (both career highs) for 441 yards and three touchdowns (1 INT) last Sunday night. Manning has seven career 400+ passing yard performances, all of which have come since the beginning of 2011 -- most of any NFL quarterback over the last 4+ seasons.

• DeMarco Murray is averaging 110.4 yards on the ground in his last five games versus the Giants.

 

[averagejoe]

My favorite is the last one ^^^ about DeMarco...

Heard this on sports talk radio today: In the last 3 meetings with the Colts, the Patriots have averaged 219 rushing yards, and scored 13 TD. In the last 4 meetings (the Andrew Luck era), the Pats have scored an average of 47.25 points per game and have allowed the Colts to score average of 18.25. That's a winning differential of 29 points per game. And don't forget that the Colts started the deflate-gate accusations - as if the Pats needed another reason to pile on the points.

I'd bench all Colts players and start all Patriots. Heck, maybe even pick up Amendola, Dobson, Chandler, and James White.

 

[TKOSpikes]

That Jarvis Landry one jumps out at me. Figured Danny, Mark and Mark would have made a bigger dent than that.