WEEK 6 @NFLFOOTBALLINFO AND @NFLHISTORY

TWEETS OF THE WEEK

Following are the “Tweets of the Week” from the @NFLFootballInfo and @NFLhistory Twitter feeds.

• @NFLFootballinfo: Continuity at QB. Thru 5 weeks, 30 clubs started same QB in every game, most ever. Previous best 27 in 2003.

With passing and scoring numbers at record levels, quarterback play may be at an all-time high.

Thirty clubs have started the same quarterback in every game this season – the most through the first five weeks of any season – surpassing the previous high of 27 in 2003. Only two clubs (Indianapolis and Jacksonville) have not started the same quarterback in every game this season, with Indianapolis being the only injury-related change.

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• @NFLFootballinfo: Year of great comebacks. KC win marks 7th time a team trailing by at least 17 points comes back to win – most thru 5 weeks EVER.

Last week, the Kansas City Chiefs overcame a 24-7 deficit to defeat Indianapolis 28-24. It marked the seventh time this season that a team trailed by at least 17 points and came back to win the game. That is the most through the first five weeks of any season in NFL history.

The seven comebacks of at least 17 points in 2011 through Week 5:

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• @NFLFootballinfo: NFL unpredictable as ever. Compared to 2010 division champs, every division has at least 1 new team in or tied for 1st place.

Through the first five weeks of the 2011 season, all eight divisions have at least one new team either in first place or tied for the top spot. If that holds, it will be the most new division winners in a single season.

Three teams that started 1-5 or worse in 2010, Buffalo (0-6 in 2010, 4-1 in 2011), Detroit (1-5, 5-0) and San Francisco (1-5, 4-1), are in first place or tied for their division lead. If the Bills and 49ers both win this Sunday, this season would be the first in NFL history featuring three teams with 5-1 or better records that started 1-5 or worse the previous year.

Nine teams since 1990, including this year’s Lions, have rebounded from a 1-5 or worse start to a 5-1 or better record the following season. All eight teams to previously accomplish this feat since 1990 finished 9-7 or better:

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• @NFLhistory: Thru Wk 5, @NFL games avging 46.31 points per contest, on pace for 2nd-highest scoring avg of any season in NFL history (1948, 46.48).

NFL teams have combined for 3,566 points in 2011, the most points through five weeks in NFL history.

That record total equates to 46.31 points per game. If the current average stays at this pace, it would rank as the second-highest of any season in history (1948, 46.48 points per game).

The seasons with the highest scoring average in NFL history:

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• @NFLFootballinfo: 10 individual 400-yard games is most ever thru 1st 5 weeks & already ranks 4th most in single season all-time

There have been 10 individual 400-yard passing performances so far in 2011. That total is the most ever through the first five weeks of a season and already ranks as the fourth-most for a single season (13 in 1986 and 2004; 11 in 2010).

The most individual 400-yard passing games through Week 5 and for a season in NFL history:

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WEEK 17 @NFLFOOTBALLINFO

TWEETS OF THE WEEK

Following are the “Tweets of the Week” from the @NFLFootballInfo Twitter feed.

• @ NFLFootballInfo: For 15th consecutive season, 5+ teams will make the playoffs that were not in postseason the year before

For the 15th consecutive season, five or more teams will qualify for the playoffs that were not in the postseason the year before.  Atlanta, Chicago, Kansas City, Pittsburgh and the winner of the St. Louis-Seattle game did not make the playoffs in 2009 but will be part of postseason play this year.  Sunday, that number may grow to as many as seven.

The teams since 1996 to make the playoffs a season after failing to qualify:

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Following are the “Tweets of the Week” from the @NFLFootballInfo Twitter feed.

@ NFLFootballInfo: 7 of 8 divisions have team in/tied for 1st that didn’t win div in ’09. Would mark most new div winners since realignment in ’02

Currently, seven of the eight divisions feature a team in or tied for the top spot that did not win its division in 2009. If this holds, it would mark the most new division winners in a season since realignment in 2002.

Chicago secured the NFC North title with a win last week after finishing third last season. Four other clubs that did not win the division in 2009 – Atlanta, Kansas City, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh – can clinch a division championship this week.

@ NFLFootballInfo: NFL games average 44.3 points per game. If pace holds, will be highest scoring average in Super Bowl era

Through Week 15, NFL games average 44.3 points per game (9,927 total points in 224 games), which would be the highest scoring average for a season in 45 years (since 1965). Games averaged 46.1 points per game in 1965.

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@ NFLFootballInfo: If Jags win, they clinch div & mark 8th year in row a team goes last to 1st, longest streak in NFL history

In a pivotal matchup in the AFC South this Sunday, the Jacksonville Jaguars can clinch the division title with a win over the Indianapolis Colts. If the Jaguars win, 2010 will mark the eighth consecutive season that at least one team has gone from last place to first place in its division from one year to the next, the longest such streak in NFL history.

@ NFLFootballInfo: There has been at least 1 OT game in 13 of 14 weeks, 1st time that has happened since OT instituted in 1974

There has been at least one overtime game in 13 of the 14 weeks of the 2010 season, marking the first time that this has occurred since overtime was instituted in 1974. With 17 overtime games through Week 14, 2010 is on pace to become the fourth regular season to feature at least 20 overtime games.

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Following are the “Tweets of the Week” from the @NFLFootballInfo Twitter feed.

@ NFLFootballInfo: 51 games decided by 3 points or fewer (through Week 13) ties for 2nd-most in NFL history; Teams with best records in 3-point games…TB 4-0, ATL 3-0, NE 3-0, PHI 3-0

In the first 13 weeks, 51 of 192 games (26.6 percent) were decided by three points or fewer, tied with 1988 for the second-most such contests at this point in the season in NFL history.  The most games (52) determined by three points or fewer through 13 weeks occurred in 1999.

Four clubs in 2010 are undefeated in games decided by three points or fewer (minimum three such games).  All four teams possess winning records and three own at least a share of first place in their divisions; Tampa Bay, Atlanta, New England and Philadelphia…

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NFL Tweets of the Week……..

@ NFLFootballInfo: 19 teams within 1 game of 1st place is most through 12 weeks in NFL history; For playoff scenario/tiebreaker fans, 2010 1st time since 2000 we enter Week 13 w/ no chance for any club to clinch playoffs

As the league enters Week 13, there are 19 teams either in or within one game of first place in their divisions, the most at this point of a season in NFL history. And, for the first time, all eight divisions have at least two teams either in or within one game of first place through the first 12 weeks.It also marks the first time since 2000 that no team has an opportunity to clinch a playoff spot through Week 13.

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WEEK 12 @NFLFOOTBALLINFO

TWEETS OF THE WEEK

Following are the “Tweets of the Week” from the @NFLFootballInfo Twitter feed.

• @ NFLFootballInfo: Brady has joined P Manning & Kurt Warner (3) as only players ever to post max possible pass rating (min. 20 att.) in multiple games

New England Patriots quarterback TOM BRADY earned the maximum possible passer rating (158.3) in a 45-24 victory at Detroit yesterday after completing 21 of 27 passes (77.8 percent) for 341 yards with four touchdowns and zero interceptions.

Brady, who also posted a 158.3 passer rating at Miami in 2007, joined PEYTON MANNING (three) and KURT WARNER (three) as the only quarterbacks to post the maximum possible passer rating in multiple games (min. 20 attempts) during their careers.

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