In Week 13 six players gained at least 150 yards either on the ground or through the air. But we begin our weekly adventure through statistical fun with a game that was hardly a game at all.  5: The amount of players in NFL history to run for 100-plus yards in a game on only […]

Every week bones break and muscles rip around the NFL. We’ll take a look at the most significant injuries, and what happens next. The Arizona Cardinals have had to endure a whole lot of ripping and breaking on their way to leading the NFC West, and starting the season 9-1. Eventually there would be a […]

Every year in late April or early May we go through NFL draft revisionist history. We wonder what would happen if, say, the Miami Dolphins selected Matt Ryan in 2008 as they should have. Or how the NFL would be a much different place if the Oakland Raiders weren’t absolutely horrible at drafting, player evaluation, […]

The weekly meandering through statistical oddness starts with lots of numerical fun from a Titans-Eagles game that didn’t feature much defense. 107: The length of Josh Huff’s kick return touchdown to start the Eagles’ eventual 43-24 win over Tennessee. Huff became one of only eight returners in league history with a touchdown of that length […]

Every injury is horrible, but some injuries also having the added bonus of brutally cruel timing. Welcome to your life, Ryan Mallett. Ryan Mallett learns that sometimes the universe can hate you Over his first three NFL seasons Ryan Mallett attempted four meaningful regular-season passes. That tends to happen when you’re Tom Brady’s backup, but […]

When you look back on Tom Coughlin’s tenure as head coach of the New York Giants, there’s both success and confusion in equal parts. The former is obvious: Coughlin’s Giants have finished on top of the NFC East three times, winning the Super Bowl twice (2008 and 2012). Improbable and lucky catches were needed to secure […]

The Green Bay Packers are doing some ridiculous things offensively. They’re embarrassing opposing defenses so thoroughly I could pretty much dedicate this entire post to Aaron Rodgers and his aerial shenanigans most weeks. We’ll get to the latest Packers lunacy in a second. First, a whole lot of running. 5: The amount of running backs […]

Every week bones break and muscles rip around the NFL. We’ll take a look at the most significant injuries, and what happens next. Suddenly the AFC West is a real division with a real division race after the Denver Broncos somehow lost to the St. Louis Rams. That’s not ideal for a team that could […]

At some point winning games may actually be bad for the Cincinnati Bengals. Because winning just enough and squeaking by to edge into the playoffs has continually masked a problem. It goes by the name of Andy Dalton. As the embarrassing performances pile and the quarterback continues to limit the production of an otherwise talented […]

This was the week Aaron Rodgers supplied a lot of embarrassment. Actually, that’s true most weeks. 6: The touchdowns thrown by Rodgers during the first half of Chicago Bears thumping. Rodgers became only the second quarterback in league history to throw six TDs in the first half of a game. 4.5: The average amount of […]

Every week bones break and muscles rip around the NFL. We’ll take a look at the most significant injuries, and what happens next. The Arizona Cardinals haven’t had an 8-1 start since 1948, when they weren’t the Arizona Cardinals at all. They were the Chicago Cardinals, and their only loss of the season was to […]