Don’t forget to read Ray’s Week 15 Matchups piece in which he breaks down every matchup on the gridiron. 

(-11): The yardage mark for the Raiders in Week 14 against the Broncos in the first half of the game. They still won the football game. #Wow 

2: The number of quarterbacks with at least five rushing scores. Cam Newton leads with seven followed by Jameis Winston who has five. Newton has way more than twice as many rushing yards though (480 to 184). Russell Wilson is the only other QB over 400 yards at 456 on the ground. His 5.2 YPC mark is way better than the 4.3 mark of Newton.

3: The number of quarterbacks with eight touchdown passes in December (Russell Wilson, Cam Newton, Blake Bortles). No other signal caller has thrown for six scores.

3: The number of players who are averaging at least five yards a carry over at least 150 rushing attempts. Those runners are Todd Gurley (5.2 YPC on 189 rushes), Doug Martin (5.1 YPC on 238 rushes) and Lamar Miller (5.1 YPC on 151 carries).

4: The rushing scores by Devonta Freeman in the fourth quarter, the most in football.

5: Consecutive games in which Giovani Bernard has failed to run for 45 yards. On the year he is averaging 49.8 yards a carry. He hasn’t gotten into the end zone in seven straight games either.

6.7: YPC mark of Adrian Paterson on carries above 21 carries in a single game. Todd Gurley is second at 6.0 YPC.

10: Interceptions by Drew Brees in the second half, the most in football.

17.02: YAC mark for Ty Hilton, the highest mark in football for a pass catcher with 40 receptions.

19: The number of touchdown passes thrown in the second half by Blake Bortles, the most in football.

33: The number of 25-plus yard passes for Aaron Rodgers, the most in football.

39: The league-leading number of runs of at least 10 yards for Adrian Peterson. Doug Martin has 30 such runs, the second most in football.

40: The number of sacks taken by Alex Smith, the most in football. On the other end of the spectrum is Ryan Fitzpatrick who has been sacked only 15 times on 460 pass attempts, a 3.3 percent mark that is the best in football.

41: The most “stuffs” of any back in football. That number belongs to Adrian Peterson. The leader in football, with at least 150 carries, for fewest stuffs was LeGarrette Blount at .061 before he was hurt (10 in 165 attempts).

74: The number of receptions for Delanie Walker this season, the most of any tight end in football. He’s averaging a mere 3.7 YAC, though that is still better than the sickly 2.9 mark of Jason Witten (65 receptions). The leader in YAC for tight ends, with at least 50 receptions, is Rob Gronkowski at 7.9. The only other tight end over 5.6 is Travis Kelce at 7.8.

82.0: The percent of passes caught by Tyler Lockett this season (41-of-51). That’s the best mark in football for any wideout with at least 40 receptions.

110.4: QB Rating of Josh McCown on the road, the best in football.

115.3: QB Rating of Russell Wilson at home, the best in football.

117.0: QB Rating of Matthew Stafford inside the 10-yard line, the best in football.

168: League-leading target total for Julio Jones. DeAndre Hopkins is the only other player over 150 with 158 targets from three quarterbacks in Houston. Hopkins also leads football with 69 passes thrown his way that weren’t turned into receptions. Allen Robinson is second in the league with 62.

525: The YAC mark for Odell Beckham Jr., the most in football for a wideout.

Tom Brady leads the NFL with 33 touchdown passes. Add together the passing scores of Ben Roethlisberger (15) and Matt Ryan (17) and you’re still one short of Brady.

Drew Brees has now thrown for 300 yards 93 times, tying Peyton Manning for the most in history.

Antonio Brown has now hit 100 receptions in three straight years. Only two other men have ever done that: Wes Welker and Brandon Marshall.

Isaiah Crowell ran for 145 yards in Week 14 against the Niners. He is the first Browns back to run for 140 yards since Peyton Hillis in 2010. He produced a whopping 99 yards after contact. Crowell carried the ball 33 times for a total of 54 yards in November.

Stefon Diggs has hit 50 yards once in six games. He’s caught just 19 of 32 targets during that time. #Useless

Devonta Freeman ran for at least 80 yards in five of six games heading into the November 8 matchup with the Niners. Over his last four games he hasn’t run for 50 yards in a single time. He’s also failed to score on the ground in six straight outings.

Michael Floyd averaged 39.9 yards his first eight games this season. Over his last four games he’s averaged 83.3 yards.

Antonio Gates has two scores in seven games. Over his last six games he’s failed to hit 60 yards four times and hasn’t hit 80 once.

T.Y. Hilton scored seven times as a rookie. In his second season he scored five times. Last year he scored seven times. This season he’s scored five times.

DeAndre Hopkins is finally slowing. Can’t blame him given the spotty QB play and the fact that defenses can so squarely focus on him. In each of the last three games he’s been in the single digits in targets after hitting double-digits each of the first 10 games. He’s also failed to hit 90 yards in three straight with two outings being under 55 yards. He’s averaging 12.2 targets and 93.9 yards a game this season.

David Johnson has gone over 90 yards on the ground each of the last two games. He earned 51 of 92 yards in Week 14 after contact.

Peyton Manning has thrown 17 interceptions this season. Brian Hoyer (six), Tom Brady (six) and Aaron Rodgers (five) have thrown 17 interceptions.

Brandon Marshall has gone for 100 yards in eight games this season. He’s also scored in six straight games and has totaled 11 scores this season, two off his career-high.

Jordan Reed appeared in 11 games last season and he’s been out there 11 times this season. He’s caught 17 more passes for 229 more yards this season (67-694). He’s also scored seven times this season after scoring but three times his first 20 NFL contests.

Ben Roethlisberger has done some big things this season. He’s also flubbed things a bit as a fantasy performer. Over his last five games he’s thrown for at least 282 yards each time and four times he’s been over 330 yards. However, over his last eight games he’s had four outings in which he’s thrown one or zero scores.

Kyle Rudolph has one score in seven games.

Matthew Stafford had a QB Rating of 0.8 when he threw to Calvin Johnson in Week 14. Johnson caught one of five targets for 16 yards. His last two outings he’s caught four of 13 targets for 60 yards. Dreadful. He’s caught 71 passes in 13 games. He caught 71 passes in 13 games last season. He’s 96 yards short, though, with 981.

 

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