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NFL Notes and Trends…Week 6
Browns Kick Returner and only scoring threat Josh Cribbs
-Tom Brady threw six touchdown passes in the Patriots’ 59-0 win over the Titans, including five in the second quarter, an NFL record for one quarter. Brady also set an NFL record for the fastest five TD passes, throwing his 2nd-quarter TDs in a span of 9 minutes, 44 seconds. The previous record was 11 minutes, 13 seconds by Daryle Lamonica of the Raiders in 1969.
-Adrian Peterson rushed for 143 yards, the highest total against the Ravens in a game that Ray Lewis played in more than a decade. The last player with that high a rushing total against Lewis and the Ravens was James Allen of the Bears in 1998 (163 yards).
-The Bills defeated the Jets despite allowing 318 yards rushing. Only one other team in NFL history won a game in which its opponent gained at least that much rushing yardage: The Redskins beat the Cleveland Rams, 14-10, in a 1944 game in which the Rams rushed for 320 yards.
-Josh Cribbs tied one record and set another with a 98-yard kickoff-return touchdown against the Steelers. Cribbs became the first player in NFL history to score on a kickoff return in five straight seasons, and his total of six KOR-TD’s tied the NFL career mark that he now shares with Mel Gray, Dante Hall, Ollie Matson, Gale Sayers and Travis Williams.
-How bout this for the Bet. JaMarcus Russell’s 86-yard touchdown pass to Zach Miller was the Raiders’ longest TD pass in more than a quarter-century – since Jim Plunkett threw a 99-yarder to Cliff Branch in 1983.
NFL Notes And Trends Week 5
Peyton Manning passed for 309 yards and three touchdowns as the Colts improved to 5-0 with a 31-9 win.
-Peyton Manning is the 3rd QB since 1960 to throw for 300 yards or more in his team’s first five games in a season. The other two are Kurt Warner in 2000 and Steve Young in 1998. Both Warner and Young threw for 300+yards in their first six games that season. Peyton Manning has a bye next week, but the following week is the Rams, then the 49ers. Manning could set the record.
-The Redskins are 2-3 with wins over (0-5) St. Louis and (0-5) Tampa Bay and losses to (1-4) Detroit and (1-3) Carolina and (5-0) Giants. Since the Redskins played the Giants Week 1, the Redskins opponent each week has been winless. Next week the Redskins host the (0-5) Chiefs.
-Cowboys WR Miles Austin set the Cowboys record for most receiving yards (250) in a game against KC Sunday. Who is number two on that list? Recent HOF inductee Bob Hayes.
-Falcons WR Roddy White had 210 receiving yards and 2 TD. He set the Falcons record for most receiving yards in a game. As a corollary, White and Austin become the first two receivers since Drew Hill and Stephone Page to have at least 200 receiving yards and 2 TD’s in a game. Hill and Page did that on December 22nd 1985.
-Bengals RB Cedric Benson rushed for 120 yards on 27 carries and was the first RB since Larry Johnson (2004) to rush for over 100 yards against the Ravens defense. That snaps Baltimore’s 39 game streak without a 100 yard rusher, good for 8th best since 1960. The longest streak started with 1992 Eagles who held opponents RB’s to under 100 yards for 53 straight games. Who broke that record? A guy you may have heard of, Emmitt Smith. Also, Emmitt Smith ran for more than 100 yards (12 times) vs. the Eagles than anyone, since 1960.
NFL Notes and Trends…Week 4
Bears quarterback Jay Cutler throws during the second half against the Detroit Lions. He did something a Bears QB hasn't done in a long time Sunday.
- Jay Cutler passed for two touchdowns, ran for a third and became the first Bears quarterback since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970 to post a passer rating of at least 100 in three straight games, according to the Chicago Bears. However, Pro-Football Reference.com claims Jim McMahon in 1984, had 3 straight games with 100+ passer rating. Cutler could be the first in Bears history to do so because Elias has game-by-game data that dates back to 1970.
- Browns Rookie Wide Receiver Mohammed Massaquoi had 8 catches for 148 yards vs. the Bengals yesterday. The rest of the Browns receivers had 18 catches for 121 yards. Braylon Edwards has 10 catches for 139 yards this season.
- Peyton Manning reached two milestones Sunday. Manning threw a TD pass to Reggie Wayne, the 55th time those two have connected for a TD. Manning joins Dan Marino as the only Quarterbacks to throw at least 55 TD to two separate receivers. Also, Peyton Manning ties Fran Tarkenton for 3rd most TD passes (342) of all-time.
Trent Dilfer’s Best Quarterbacks In The NFL
Posted by Chris Cwik in Football on September 24, 2009
A Former Super Bowl Winner Breaks Down The Quarterbacks
Choosing the best quarterback in the NFL is a risky proposition. If you choose Peyton Manning over Tom Brady, get ready to hear the three Super Bowl rings argument. If you choose Brady over Manning, get ready to hear some lofty statistical totals. If you don’t even consider Drew Brees, you might be in trouble. The fact is, every season there are analysts and fans that try to decide which quarterback is the best in the league. Luckily for us, ESPN’s Trent Dilfer has tiered many of the starting quarterbacks heading into the 2009 season. The article can be found here. Let’s take a look at Dilfer’s list and see how he did.
Foul Pole to Foul Pole’s Official NFL Season Predictions
Posted by Chris Cwik in Football, NFL Season Preview 2009 on September 13, 2009
Who Will Win It All This Season?
The NFL is back! Even as I write this, we are minutes away from the mayhem of our first Sunday with the NFL. With that said, we here at Foul Pole have tried to provide you with a nice NFL Season Preview before the start of the season. However, since different contributors wrote different articles, we had to give our collective rankings. So, for all the bragging rights here are some of our individual predictions for the 2009 NFL Season.
Sporting News Releases Top 100 NFL Players…O Boy!
Where did Adrian Peterson rank according to TSN Top 100 players?
The Sporting News came out with the 100 best players in the NFL. Lists seem to be the way the Sporting News gets attention. They came out with the 50 best coaches in sports just a month and a half ago and the top 100 college football teams just recently
NFL Season Preview: AFC East
Posted by Chris Cwik in Fantasy, Football, NFL Season Preview 2009 on September 7, 2009
Will Pennington Lead The Dolphins To Another Title?
The AFC East was anything but usual last season. One star quarterback came in, while one was lost after only 8 minutes of play. Another quarterback won the Comeback Player of the Year Award for the second time in his career. That’s right, the Patriots did not win the AFC East last season. They didn’t even make the playoffs in 2008. Chad Pennington and the Dolphins took full advantage of Tom Brady’s injury and went 11-5. The Pats, who also went 11-5, lost the tie-breaker to the Dolphins and finished in 2nd place. Even though Tom Brady went down early, Matt Cassel stepped in and played his way to a big contract with the Chiefs. Behind Brett Favre, the Jets looked strong early but went only 1-4 down the stretch. The Jets finished 9-7, but were only able to finish 3rd in the division. The Bills started strong as well, but couldn’t manage a win in their own division. Despite the struggle within the division, the Bills still managed to win 7 games. The Pats dynasty may have lost the battle last season, but the war is far from over. Can the Patriots reclaim the division title, or will Chad Pennington lead the Dolphins to glory again?
The Forum: Starting an NFL Franchise
Posted by Chris Cwik in Football, The Forum on August 6, 2009
10 years is a long time, Kurt Warner started his first game in 1999
Training camps have opened, roster battles have begun, and rookies are looking to make their mark. This can only mean one thing, the NFL Season is upon us. Before the season begins, we here at Foul Pole want to give you readers the best and most insightful analysis possible. We’ll start things off by exploring a timeless debate. No one will argue that Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Ed Reed are some of the top players in the game. However, all of those players are in the 30 and over club and don’t have many years left in their primes. Who is going to be the face of the NFL when that time comes? Considering that nothing lasts forever, especially in sports, here is the topic of our very first Forum: Taking age into consideration, if you could build an NFL team around one player for the next 10 years who would it be?
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