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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.
Trivia Polls
BJ Upton is the subject of our first trivia poll
We now have the ability to do polls on the website. Here is our first. Courtesy of DRB.
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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.
MLB Postseason Trivia For YOU!
Posted by DRB in Baseball, MLB Postseason, Trivia on October 7, 2009
Jimmy Rollins is piece of trivia for the amount of outs he made this year.
Well how well do you know baseball trivia? Dan has given the blog some great nuggets and trivia regarding players in this year’s playoffs. There are 6 questions and a fact. How many correct answers can you get?
1. This year Jimmy Rollins became just the 3rd player ever to make 500 or more outs in a season 4 times. The other two are Dave Cash and Bobby Richardson. Who is the only other active player to make that many outs 3 times?
2. Only 3 Red Sox pitchers have ever qualified for the ERA title with a K/9 of 10.0 or greater. Lester’s K/9 was actually 9.96, but it rounds to 10.0. Lester is the first since Pedro Martinez in 2002 (Pedro did it 3 times) to do so. Who is the other?
3. Jacoby Ellsbury stole 70 bases this season, setting a Red Sox franchise record. Who was the last American League player to steal 70+ bases in a season?
4. Ellsbury was the also the first player since 1986 to steal 70 or more bases while being caught 12 or fewer times. Two players did it that year. Who are they?
5. Ellsbury, despite his great speed, also managed to ground into 13 double plays this year. Since GIDP started being kept officially in 1933, who is the only player to steal 70+ bases and ground into more double plays?
6. Albert Pujols was walked 44 times intentionally this season, 5th most all-time. Barry Lamar Bonds holds the top 3 seasons in this category. Who had the season that ranks 4th all-time?
Fact: This year’s Dodgers are the only team this decade (2000-2009) to win 95+ games without a pitcher winning at least 14 games. Chad Billingsley led the Dodgers with 12 wins this season.
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.
NFL Notes And Trends
Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels with quarterback Kyle Orton
Three weeks are in the books for the 2009 NFL season.
Here are some of my observations so far…
1. The 3 teams that fired offensive coordinators before the season started, Buffalo, Tampa Bay and Kansas City, are a combined 1-8. The 1 win was Buffalo beating Tampa Bay.
2. The Detroit Lions finally won a game, snapping their 19-game losing streak. Do you know who has the longest current streak? It’s St. Louis at 13-straight losses. With their schedule, they could easily lose 19 or more consecutive games.
3. Since 1990, when the NFL introduced a 12-team playoff format, only three teams that started 0-3 went on to make the playoffs: 1992 San Diego Chargers, 1998 Buffalo Bills and 1998 Detroit Lions.
0-3 so far this season…
*Titans
*Dolphins
Browns
Chiefs
Buccaneers
Rams
*Panthers
*Made playoffs in 2008
Favre Trivia For YOU!
By: Mostly DRB, A few by Monty
-There are only two active players remaining from the 1991 NFL Draft. One is Brett Favre. The other? Carolina Panthers kicker John Kasay.
-Favre has a tremendous chance to become only the 3rd player ever to lead the league in interceptions with 3 different teams. If he’s able to pull off the feat, he would join Vinny Testaverde and Norm Snead as the only players to do so.
-Favre has thrown at least 500 passes in 15 of his 18 NFL seasons. He could be the 5th Viking to do so, if he throws for at least 500 passes this season. The other 4 are Daunte Culpepper, Warren Moon, Fran Tarkenton and Tommy Kramer.
-Favre has thrown at least 600 passes in a season twice in his career, if he feels that ambitious this season, he would join Warren Moon as the only other Viking to do so.
Stats That Interest Only Me
If you own Ricky Nolasco in a fantasy baseball league, you’re probably aware that the highly-touted right-hander brought an ERA of 5.00 into tonight’s start at Philadelphia. While that ERA is disappointing, it obscures the fact that Nolasco has actually pitched quite well over the course of the season. With a strikeout-to-walk ratio over 4.00 and a strikeout per nine-inning rate of over 9.00, Nolasco’s command should not be in question. In fact, since 1901, no pitcher with K/BB and K/9 rates that high had ever qualified for an ERA title with an ERA near Nolasco’s. The worst ERA ever for a pitcher with rates that high was just 3.33, by Johan Santana in 2007. While Nolasco probably won’t be able to bring his ERA down to that level, it’s a pretty good indicator that his fantasy owners, and the ever-so-rare Marlins fan, don’t have too much to worry about with Nolasco down the stretch.
| Worst ERA with K/BB Over 4, K/9 Over 9 Since 1901 |
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| Player | ERA | K/BB | SO/9 | Year | Age | Tm |
| 1 Ricky Nolasco | 5.00 | 4.21 | 9.08 | 2009 | 26 | FLA |
| 2 Johan Santana | 3.33 | 4.52 | 9.66 | 2007 | 28 | MIN |
| 3 Justin Verlander | 3.29 | 4.09 | 10.57 | 2009 | 26 | DET |
| 4 Curt Schilling | 3.25 | 4.92 | 10.05 | 1998 | 31 | PHI |
| 5 Javier Vazquez | 3.24 | 4.23 | 9.40 | 2003 | 26 | MON |
| 6 Curt Schilling | 3.23 | 9.58 | 10.97 | 2002 | 35 | ARI |
Thanks, Baseball-Reference.
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