Beyond the Stats: Week 2

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Experience wins out - Six quarterbacks passed for 300+ yards in Week 1. Philip Rivers, Tony Romo, Drew Brees, Ben Roethlisberger, Sam Bradford and Carson Palmer. The average age of those quarterbacks is 33.6 years old. Five of the six were 33 years or older. 

A sign of things to come?  Ryan Mallett was the only one of 11 quarterbacks with a QB rating over 100 that lost his game. 

Workhorse in Chicago - Matt Forte was the only running back to have more than one play of 20 yards or more in Week 1 - He did it three times. 

More rushing opportunities coming? Darren Sproles averaged 10 yards per carry on five carries in Week 1. Three of his five carries went for a first down. 

35 different quarterbacks threw a pass in Week 1 - every single one had a passing play longer than Matt McGloin's long of 14 yards. Interestingly enough, the next quarterback on the list was Peyton Manning, who's longest passing play was 18 yards. 

Is the sun setting on Peyton Manning? Manning has played in 17 Week 1 games in his career. He has thrown at least one touchdown pass in all but two, 2003 and 2015. The lowest passing yardage total of the 17 games occured last week, 175 yards. 

Here's a glance at Peyton Manning's Week 1 Stats through the years

Record: 13-4
Home record: 7-2
Road record: 6-2
As a Colt: 9-4
As a Bronco: 4-0
Most Yards Passing: 462 vs. BAL (2013)
Most Touchdown Passes: 7 vs BAL (2013)
300+ yard games: 4
400+ yard games: 2

Key Quarterback Stats

Passing Attempts Leaders

• 52 Sam Bradford, PHI
• 49 Andrew Luck, IND
• 48 Drew Brees, NO
• 45 Tony Romo, DAL
• 42 Philip Rivers, SD
• 41 Russell Wilson, SEA
• 40 Blake Bortles, JAC
• 40 Peyton Manning, DEN

Passing First Downs

• 21 Tony Romo, DAL
• 20 Philip Rivers, SD
• 19 Tom Brady, NE
• 17 Sam Bradford, PHI
• 16 Andrew Luck, IND
• 16 Matt Ryan, ATL
• 15 Ben Roethlisberger

Passing Plays of 20+ yards

• 8 Nick Foles, STL
• 7 Philip Rivers, SD
• 5 Drew Brees, NO
• 5 Marcus Mariota, TEN
• 5 Matt Ryan, ATL
• 4 Several with

Key Rushing Stats

Yards per carry leaders (min 8 carries)

• 7.8 Giovani Bernard, CIN (8 carries)
• 6.4 Carlos Hyde, SF (26 carries)
• 6.1 Bishop Sankey, TEN (12 carries)
• 6.0 DeAngelo Williams, PIT (21 carries)
• 5.8 Matt Forte, CHI (24 carries)
• 5.7 Andre Ellington, ARI (12 carries)
• 5.1 Bilal Powell, NYJ (12 carries) 

Carlos Hyde's Week 1 Performance in Perspective

Running Back reception leaders

• 8 Lance Dunbar, DAL
• 8 Mark Ingram, NO
• 7 Darren Sproles, PHI
• 7 Latavius Murray, OAK
• 6 Giovani Bernard, CIN
• 5 Matt Forte, CHI
• 5 Marshawn Lynch, SEA
• 5 Jamaal Charles, KC
• 5 Khiry Robinson, NO

Key Receiving Stats

The following receivers had at least six receptions and 75 yards

• Keenan Allen, SD 15/166
• Julian Edelman, NE 11/97
• Jordan Matthews, PHI 10/102
• Antonio Brown, PIT 9/133
• Tyler Eifert, CIN 9/104
• DeAndre Hopkins, HOU 9/98
• Julio Jones, ATL 9/141
• Heath Miller, PIT 8/84
• Jermaine Kearse, SEA 8/76
• T.Y. Hilton, IND 7/88
• Steve Johnson, SD 6/82
• Larry Fitzgerald, ARI 6/87
• Travis Kelce, KC 6/106
• Nate Washington, HOU 6/105

Most Receptions to Running Backs

• 14 PHI, OAK
• 13 NO
• 12 DAL
• 9 BAL
• 8 DET, SD
• 7 CAR, KC, CIN, MIN, JAC
• 6 SEA
• 5 NE, CHI
• 4 TB, STL, NYG, DEN
• 3 NYJ, ATL, HOU, SF, IND, BUF
• 2 MIA, CLE, ARI, TEN, GB
• 1 WAS, PIT

Most Receptions to Wide Receivers

• 22 SD
• 21 HOU
• 20 SEA
• 19 IND
• 18 PHI, DEN
• 16 MIA, ATL, PIT
• 15 JAC
• 14 OAK, NE, DAL
• 13 GB
• 12 NYJ, NO, ARI
• 11 WAS
• 10 CLE, NYG, MIN
• 9 CAR, KC, CIN
• 8 CHI
• 7 TB, STL, DET, SF, TEN, BUF
• 6 BAL

Most Receptions to the Tight End

• 10 DAL
• 9 CIN, WAS
• 8 PIT
• 7 STL, SF
• 6 CLE, NYG, KC, MIN, SEA, NE
• 5 TB, SD, ARI, CHI
• 4 MIA, DET, ATL, PHI, TEN, IND, BUF
• 3 NO, BAL, GB
• 2 HOU, CAR, OAK, DEN
• 0 NYJ, JAC

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