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A weekly dive into NFL statistics, streaks and trends, published every Wednesday.
The Patriots and Packers are still seeking their 1st 100-yard games from a rusher or receiver
When it comes to getting big games from playmakers, the New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers have been lacking at a historic level.
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AFC boasts a record number of winning teams and NFC filled with losing teams
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Offensive struggles mount for the Patriots, Giants and Jets
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49ers and Eagles head into NFC title game rematch focused on reversing last season’s disappointment
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Typical NFL also-rans surge toward playoff position in topsy-turvy season
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The Lions take fourth-down aggressiveness to a new level in their win over the Chargers
Detroit coach Dan Campbell took fourth-down aggressiveness to a new level last week. His biggest decision came when the Lions faced a fourth-and-2 from the Chargers 26 with 1:47 remaining in a tie game.
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The NFL’s youth movement at quarterback reaches a new milestone
The generational shift at quarterback in the NFL reached a new milestone last week. For the first time ever, every player who threw a pass in the NFL in Week 9 was born in 1990 or later, with 15 of the 28 starting quarterbacks last week age 25 or younger.
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Tyreek Hill and A.J. Brown are setting their sights on the NFL receiving record
The way Tyreek Hill and A.J. Brown are playing, the NFL’s single-season receiving record could be in serious jeopardy.
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Fast starts by the Chiefs and Eagles raise the possibility of a rare Super Bowl rematch
Kansas City and Philadelphia are setting the stage for the possibility of a rare Super Bowl rematch.
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Struggling offenses lead to the lowest-scoring week in the NFL since 2014
The NFL hadn’t experienced a week of inept offenses like it did this past weekend in nearly a decade.
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The Dolphins and the 49ers are off to record-threatening offensive starts
Kyle Shanahan and Mike McDaniel spent years together scheming ways to exploit NFL defenses. Now split apart with McDaniel in his second season coaching Miami and Shanahan in Year 7 in San Francisco, the two offensive coaches have their teams threatening records with their early season domination.
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Texans’ C.J. Stroud is off to a sizzling start as several other NFL rookie QBs struggle
NFL rookie quarterbacks are getting their chances early this season with five getting a start in Week 4. C.J.
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Dolphins set numerous records in their blowout win over Broncos but miss out on a few more
The records kept getting set almost as fast as the Miami Dolphins scored last week against the Denver Broncos.
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The NFC is off to a record-setting start to the NFL season with seven teams at 2-0
The AFC came into the season with the lion’s share of the top quarterbacks and Super Bowl contenders led by passers like Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen and Joe Burrow.
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The Chiefs have won 8 straight season openers. They have a ways to go to catch the longest streak
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have been fast starters to the NFL season. The defending-champion Chiefs head into their opener Thursday night at home against Detroit having won eight straight regular-season openers, which is tied for the fifth longest streak of the Super Bowl era.
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10 for Tom: Brady joins exclusive club with 10th title game
A 10th trip to the Super Bowl puts Tom Brady in some exclusive company across sports. Brady’s 10th trip to the title round comes a few months after LeBron James did the same in the NBA Finals, making them the only players in the four major North American sports leagues to do that in more than 30 yea
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Struggling Steelers in midst of historic collapse
The Pittsburgh Steelers have gone from dreams of matching the perfect 1972 Miami Dolphins to searching for another win.
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NFC East stages late-season turnaround
The NFC East is no longer the laughingstock division in the NFL. After combining to win just two of their first 21 non-division games this season, the teams from the NFC East have been knocking off some powerhouses in recent weeks.
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Rodgers’ 50th TD pass vs. Bears puts him in exclusive group
Aaron Rodgers picked apart Chicago’s defense once again last week, throwing four TD passes to give him 51 for his career against the Bears.
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Chargers make blown leads an art form in season full of them
In a season full of blown leads, perhaps no team has perfected the art of the late-game collapse better than the Los Angeles Chargers.
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Browns, Bills, Bears pile up wins despite being outscored
Cleveland, Buffalo and Chicago have piled up wins early this season, even if they haven’t come in dominating fashion.
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4th down tries on a record-setting pace early in NFL season
Teams have been going for it on fourth down at an unprecedented rate this season in the NFL. There have been few games where fourth-down decisions had as big an impact as it did in Seattle when the Seahawks used two fourth-down conversions after stopping Minnesota on fourth-and-1 to beat the Vikings
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Offensive numbers off the charts 3 weeks into NFL season
The NFL has never had a start to a season like this one when it comes to offensive production. Through three weeks, teams have combined for 51 points per game, 738.2 yards per game and a 96.3 passer rating, the most ever at this juncture of an NFL season.
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Kickers look out of sorts after no exhibition games
Maybe kickers needed preseason more than anyone else. After a virtual offseason and a lack of exhibition games, it was the kickers who looked most out of sorts on opening weekend in the NFL.
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King Henry running wild in the postseason, carrying Titans
Derrick Henry has the Tennessee Titans one step away from an unlikely trip to the Super Bowl. They got this far because their running back has been unstoppable.
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Titans and Vikings continued success of sixth-seeds
Both No. 6 seeds advanced to the divisional round of the playoffs for the second year in a row, marking the first time that’s happened in consecutive seasons since the NFL instituted the current 12-team format in 1990.
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Teams without a bye have a tough road to the Super Bowl
NFL teams playing this weekend have a tough road to Miami for the Super Bowl. Since 1990, when the current 12-team playoff format was introduced, teams seeded Nos. 3-6 have reached the Super Bowl only 12 times and none since the 2012 Ravens.
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Six teams still battling for all-important first-round bye
Six teams are still fighting for three important spots to ease their path to the Super Bowl.Only the Baltimore Ravens have earned a first-round bye.
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Brees sets his records, teammate Thomas could be next
New Orleans receiver Michael Thomas watched teammate Drew Brees set a couple of records, and now he has a shot at one of his own in the final two weeks of the season.
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Six rookie QBs have already earned wins this season
Tom Brady and Drew Brees are pursuing Peyton Manning’s NFL record for most touchdown passes in league history while rookie Devlin Hodges is chasing Ed Rubbert for most wins to start a career by an undrafted rookie quarterback.
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Rams aren’t flying high on offense anymore
The Los Angeles Rams’ high-flying offense hasn’t recovered from its Super Bowl crash. The Rams have not scored a touchdown in 19 drives and they’re averaging 7.8 fewer points per game than last season.
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Lamar Jackson running toward record book
Lamar Jackson is going to juke his way into the record books if he keeps running like this. The second-year quarterback has 637 yards rushing through eight games and is on pace to break Michael Vick’s single-season record of 1,039 yards set in 2006.
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You like this? Kirk Cousins an MVP candidate
Kirk Cousins answered the critics with one exceptional performance after another and another. The Minnesota Vikings aren’t one-dimensional anymore thanks to Cousins, who has revived the team’s passing game following a rough September.
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Dolphins heading toward wrong end of history
Forty-seven years since the Miami Dolphins had the only undefeated season in NFL history, the team is heading toward an ignominious record.
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Niners quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo just wins
Jimmy Garoppolo just wins. Garoppolo is 12-2 as a starter, including 4-0 this season as the San Francisco 49ers lead the NFC West.
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