Carolina has been outgained 8 straight games
Saints 27 first downs; Carolina only 15
Carolina played with 3 O-lineman OUT
Newton 10 completions (career low) on 28 attempts
Saints targeted Jimmy Graham 7 times for a perfect 7 completions
New England has won 42 of 45 regular season home games (SU)
Tom Brady since MNF loss to KC: 18 TDs … 1 INT
Denver outgained New England by 74 yards
Only 5th time in the last 36 Browns games that the spread mattered (i.e., the favorite won but did not cover)
Tampa Bay has 5 losses by six points or less this season
Tampa lead at halftime for 1st time this season
Tampa outgained Browns … Bucs had been outgained 10 prior games
In last 3 weeks, Browns have been outgained by Jags, Raiders, and Bucs
Sunday: 3rd game without Center Mack: 28 rushes for 50 yards
Last Sunday: Second game without Mack: 25 rushes for 39 yards (Nick McDonald, who only has four career starts, and last played in 2012, was signed to play center, with Greco being moved back to RG, and McQuistin to the bench)
Week Prior: 1st game for Browns without Center Mack: 30 rushes from 69 yards (John Greco moved over from RG, and Paul McQuistan, who started 14 games for Seattle and grabbed a Super Bowl ring LY, played RG)
Arizona has not allowed a 100 yard rusher for 18 straight games
Arizona threw an interception on Sunday – only their second of the season
DeMarco Murray had his 8-game 100 yard rushing streak broken
Dallas LB R. McClain left game with knee injury in 4th Q
LB Justin Durant was lost for season last week
Weeden’s QBR was 7.5 (lower than Romo’s worst career game)
Last 17 games
Arizona is 14-3 SU (losing only one game by more than 3 points)
Losing only 3 times against the spread
Texans lost both starting CBs to injury in the 1st Q
Texans had an INT return for a TD
Eagles have scored seven TDs from their defense or special teams, while allowing their first of the season against Houston.
Houston has given up 14 sacks combined the last three weeks.
Eagles gave up 4 sacks against Houston.
Eagles had yielded only 2 sacks their prior 6 games
Sanchez: 15/22 for 202 yards with 2 TDs and 2 INTs
Eagles -3 turnovers but won by 10
Last 25 years, teams -3 in turnovers have won only 11% of games
(winning by double digits only about 1% of time)
Philly has won 13 of last 16 regular season games.
Jets have only 1 Vegas cover this season – least in NFL
13 of last 14 losses by Jets by a TD or more
KC has covered 7 straight games
(beating the Vegas number by a combined 91 points)
Alex Smith last 50 games as a starter: 36-13-1 SU
KC/Jets game affected by gusty winds
Jets outgained KC by 55 yards
Jets Percy Harvin: 11 catches for 129 yards
Jags Denard Robinson:
Sunday: 17 carries for 94 yards
Last Sunday: 108 yards rushing
Prior week: 127 yards rushing
Bengals replacement RB Jeremy Hill: 24 carries for 154 yards (most by Cincy runner since 2009)
Jags D had held opposing offenses to 3 touchdowns the prior 4 games before giving up 4 TDs to Cincy
AJ Green back from injury: 3 catches for 44 yards
Jags not traveling back to Jacksonville – leaving directly from Cincy to London
Miami’s Coach Philbin’s father passed away this week
After first possession, San Diego did not cross midfield!
SD lost C Ohrnberger to injury in 2nd half ( a replacement himself, he’s started last 4 games)
Chargers RB D. Brown back from injury: 4 rushes, 23 yards.
Rookie RB Brandon Oliver
First two weeks: 215 yards rushing
Then … 13 carries for 36 yards vs. Denver
On Sunday: 13 rushes for 19 yards
QB Tannehil with his best career QBR (his 3 best QBRs have been achieved in last 5 games)
SD -4 turnover margin vs. Miami
Miami 441 yards; SD 178
Miami has had only one game this season with a final score margin of less than 13 points.
RG3 18/28 for 251 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT
Reports of disharmony in locker room surrounding RG3’s return to the field
Rams and SF combined for only 456 yards
Rams sacked SF 6 times in the first half … matching the team’s total FOR THE SEASON. 8 sacks overall in the game.
QB Austin only 105 yards passing
Rams gained only 193 yards vs. SF
200 yards last week vs. KC
275 yards the week before against Seattle
Rookie SF LB Borland (replacing star Willis) had 18 tackles
Colin Kaepernick had just 4 QB sneaks in his career entering Sunday’s game and the last play of the game was his 1st career rush attempt from the opponent's 1-yard line.
Coach Harbaugh has lost 14 regular season games. Their opponent the next game has scored more than 13 points only four times (this trend continued on Sunday, but SF still lost the game)
Seattle had INT Return TD
Oakland had blocked punt TD
Seattle QB Wilson 17/35 for 179 yards (0 TD and 0 INT)
Oakland only 226 yards of offense
Oakland -3 in turnovers
Only second time this season Oakland has scored more than 14 points
Steelers won second straight game outright as a home underdog
Steelers score 43 … 24 points had been the most yielded by Baltimore this season
Baltimore CB Jimmy Smith did not play vs Pitt.
Big Ben with a record 12 TD passes in last two games
Only 4th of last 25 Pitt/Baltimore games with more than 43 points scored
[sources include ESPN and Associated Press]
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