Research & Doug – November 6, 2013

1) The Patriots have allowed 130 yards rushing in every game since Vince Wilfork was lost for the season. (ESPN Stats & Info)

2) Oakland gave up seven TD passes to Nick Foles. Oakland has seven TD passes this year. (ESPN Stats & Info)

3) Andrew Luck has more fourth Quarter/OT comebacks in his first two years as a pro than any QB in history. He still has eight games to play. (ESPN Stats & Info)

4) Kansas City’s defense and special teams have seven TDs on the season. The Jaguars have seven TDs for the season. (ESPN Stats & Info)

5) Jason Garrett has only lost once to a team that finished the year below .500 (17-1). He has only beaten four teams that have finished at .500 or above (4-19). (ESPN Stats & Info)

6) The last undrafted free-agent rookie QB to start before Jeff Tuel started last weekend was Max Hall. (ESPN Stats & Info)

7) When targeting the slot the last three years, Tom Brady threw 26 more TD passes than INTs. Without Welker and Hernandez, Brady has only one TD pass to the slot with 4 picks. (ESPN Stats & Info)

8) The only coaches to coach one franchise for at least 17 years and then coach against the franchise are Curly Lambeau and Jeff Fisher. (NFL press release)

9) Geno Atkins has started for 2 1/2 years and leads all DTs in forced fumbles and sacks while playing the third-most snaps. (ESPN Stats & Info)

10) The Dolphins blitzed a DB on 12 Andy Dalton dropbacks. He completed three passes to Bengals, three passes to Dolphins and took a sack for an OT safety. (ESPN Stats & Info)

11) The only TEs in NFL history with 9 TDs a year for three straight seasons are Antonio Gates, Rob Gronkowski and Jimmy Graham. (ESPN Stats & Info)

12) San Diego defended 291 FGA over the last 11 years without a block and blocked two in the first half against Washington. (ESPN Stats & Info)

13) Russell Wilson is the most pressured QB in the NFL. (ESPN Stats & Info)

14) Cam Newton is the first player in NFL history to throw for 50 TDs and rush for 25 TDs in his first 40 games. (NFL press release)

15) Adrian Peterson had an 8.5 yards/carry when rushing against 8 Cowboys in the box. (ESPN Stats & Info)

16) The Chargers score on 18 percent of all plays from the opponent’s 1-yard line while the league scores on 49 percent of those situations. (ESPN Stats & Info)

17) Dallas dropped back to pass on 87 percent of their plays. Over the last eight years, teams are 5-90 whenever they run on fewer than 20 percent of their plays. (ESPN Stats & Info)

18) The three QBs with 7 TDs and 0 INTs in one game are Y.A. Tittle, Peyton Manning and Nick Foles. Two performances were this year. (NFL press release)

19) Going into last weekend, Seattle had never been 8-1 or come back from a 21-point deficit. Going into this weekend, they’ve done both. (NFL press release)

20) Three teams have yet to throw for more TD passes this year than Nick Foles threw last weekend. (ESPN Stats & Info)

21) Nick Folk hasn’t missed a FGA this year. (NFL press release)

22) Chiefs won nine games in 2011 and 2012 combined. They are 9-0 in 2013. (ESPN Stats & Info)

23) Christian Ponder’s four rushing TDs lead NFL QBs. (ESPN Stats & Info)

24) The Falcons are the only team to allow five first downs by penalty in two separate games. (ESPN Stats & Info)

25) Foles is the first QB in almost 60 years to throw for 7 TDs on the road. (ESPN Stats & Info)

26) Only five games in NFL history have ever had both QBs throw for 400 yards and 4 TDs apiece. Three of the five have occurred in the last two seasons and the home QB is 5-0. (ESPN Stats & Info)

27) Alex Smith has only lost five games as a starting QB over the last three seasons. (ESPN Stats & Info)

28) Matt Forte and Eddie Lacy each had at least 125 yards rushing. It was only the second time in the entire history of Bears/Packers each team had a 125 yard rusher. (ESPN Stats & Info)

29) The Boston Celtics lost three games last year when they held at least a six-point fourth quarter lead. They’ve lost 2 such games this year. (ESPN Stats & Info)

30) The Rockets had only four more assists against the Clippers than Chris Paul had against them. (ESPN Stats & Info)

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