Research & Doug – December 3, 2013

1) On passes 30 yards down the field or more, only 3 QBs complete a lower percentage of passes than Carson Palmer and zero QBs throw more INT’s. (ESPN Stats & Info)

2) Week 13 of 2012: Houston Texans and Atlanta Falcons are the #1 seeds in the playoffs. Week 13 of 2013: Houston Texans would have the #1 draft pick and the Atlanta Falcons would choose #2. (ESPN Stats & Info)

3) Between Oct. 21 and Dec. 3, Stephen Drew has more HRs than Geno Smith has TD passes.(Mostly me but I got the idea from Peter King)

4) For the first time in 23 years, the Packers didn’t rush for a first down. (ESPN Stats & Info)

5) Matthew Stafford is 25 years old. (I looked it up)

6) The Cardinals blitzed on 70 percent of Nick Foles’ dropbacks and he went 10-of-14 with two TDs during the first half. Arizona only blitzed on 47 percent of Foles’ dropbacks in the second half and Foles only completed one pass against the blitz while being sacked three times. (ESPN Stats & Info)

7) Tom Brady threw his first INT versus a blitz in two years. (ESPN Stats & Info)

8) Andrew Luck has never lost two games in a row as a pro. (ESPN Stats & Info)

9) This season, the Eagles had never completed nine passes to a TE, had never thrown 12 passes to a TE and had never had three TD receptions by TEs. (ESPN Stats & Info)

10) The Texans rushed for twice as many TDs against New England than the rest of the NFL (4 to 2). (Stats, LLC)

11) Not Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson or Terrell Owens — Josh Gordon is the first receiver in NFL history to have back-to-back 200 yards games. (NFL press release)

12) The Cleveland Browns started in 1946 and have never had a receiver eclipse 200 yards in a game before last week’s games. Josh Gordon has done it in back-to-back games. (ESPN Stats & Info)

13) Despite missing half the season, only Randy Moss, Jerry Rice, and Bullet Bob Hayes have more receiving TDs in their first four seasons in the league than Rob Gronkowski. (ESPN Stats & Info)

14) Only Eric Dickerson and Jim Brown made it to 10,000 yards faster than Adrian Peterson. (NFL press release)

15) Peyton Manning is the second QB to win his first 10 divisional starts. Kurt Warner won his first 11 with St. Louis. (NFL press release)

16) The record for most games with a passing and rushing TD in the first three seasons of a QBs career was 11 by Steve Grogan. Cam Newton has 20 of those games with four remaining in his third season. (ESPN Stats & Info)

17) Adrian Peterson faced eight in the box on 24 of his 35 rushes and still rushed for over 200 yards in Sunday’s win over Chicago. (ESPN Stats & Info)

18) When the Cardinals have a four-game winning streak, they are 0-8 since 1977. (ESPN Stats & Info)

19) Ziggy Ansah leads NFL rookies in sacks with six and none of them have occurred with the help of a blitz. (ESPN Stats & Info)

20) As good as Matthew Stafford has been in his career, over the last two years, his receivers lead the NFL in end zone drops. (ESPN Stats & Info)

21) After halftime in Tom Brady’s last two games he’s throw for over 500 yards and four touchdowns without throwing a pick. (ESPN Stats & Info)

22) The Ravens defense gives up 27 points/game on the road and 12 at home. (ESPN Stats & Info)

23) The Lions had a two-game losing streak overall, a five-game losing streak against Green Bay and a nine-game losing streak on Thanksgiving going into their home win on Thursday. (AP article)

24) Baltimore had zero sacks in a game for the first time since September of 2012. (ESPN Stats & Info)

25) The Raiders scored 12 seconds into the game against the Cowboys passing Arizona’s J.J. Arrington’s record of the fastest TD ever scored against Dallas (2008 opening kickoff return.) (ESPN Stats & Info)

26) If the Ravens get a 10-point lead at home during this century, they are 67-2. (ESPN Stats & Info)

27) The Saints have never been down by 17 points in the first quarter with Sean Payton as coach and Drew Brees at QB until Monday Night in Seattle. (ESPN broadcast note)

28) In three of the Texans home losses, they had a double-digit halftime lead. (ESPN Stats & Info)

29) The Saints have never come back from a 20+ point halftime deficit and Seattle has never lost with a 20+ point halftime lead. (ESPN broadcast note)

30) How weird is this stat? New England won for the first time in franchise history when facing a team on a nine-game LOSING streak. (ESPN Stats & Info)

31) The record for most consecutive winning seasons is 16 by the Joe Montana/Steve Young 49ers (New England just secured their 13th). (Elias Sports)

32) The Falcons-Bills game in Toronto drew under 39,000 fans. (ESPN Stats & Info)

33) Eric Decker is the first receiver in Broncos history with four TD receptions in a game. (ESPN Stats & Info)

34) Despite having an entire week before every game for Mike and Kyle Shanahan to study film and prepare for their opponent, it took 13 weeks of football before the Redskins could score a TD on their opening drive of the game. (ESPN Stats & Info)

35) Drew Brees throws one interception per game on the road this year and averages a half a pick per game at home. (ESPN Stats & Info)

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