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Le’Veon Bell lined up as a wideout on 15 of his 54 snaps in Week 4.
Travis Benjamin and Tyrell Williams have both seen 27 targets since Keenan Allen went down in Week 1.
LeGarrette Blount has been “stuffed” on 12 runs, tied with T.J. Yeldon for the most in football. Terrance West has been stuffed just once on 54 carries.
Cameron Brate has 50-yards or a touchdown in 3-of-4 games.
Ezekiel Elliott has seen his average yards per touch go up each week: 2.5, 3.8, 5.0 and 6.5.
Devonta Freeman has more carries inside the 10-yard line than Tevin Coleman – six to five. #BetYouDidntKnow
Melvin Gordon leads the NFL with 20 red zone carries. He also leads the way with 10 carries inside the 10-yard line and six inside the five.
Frank Gore is 20 yards away from passing Jim Brown for 9th in NFL history in rushing yards. #JustSaying The Bears have allowed 126 run plays, the third most in football presenting a good matchup for Gore this week.
With Rob Gronkowski still not 100 percent, will Martellus Bennett have a nice game in Tom Brady’s return? Reports suggest they had little preseason chemistry, but note that the Browns have been torched by tight ends (Dennis Pitta 9-102, Jordan Reed 9-73-2). Bennet leads tight ends with a 12.5 YAC mark too.
T.Y. Hilton and Jordy Nelson lead the way with six targets inside the 20-yard line. Is Hilton the new Red Zone threat in Indianapolis? #CantBeImTooSmall
Duke Johnson trails only Terrelle Pryor with 15 targets the last two weeks for Browns pass catchers (Pryor had 23 targets).
Julio Jones leads the NFL with 197 yards after the catch. The #2 man is teammate Tevin Coleman with 193.
Marvin Jones has been Mr. Big Play. He’s the NFL leader with seven receptions of at least 25-yards.
Travis Kelce averaged 53.9 yards a game as a rookie. He averaged 54.7 yards a game in year two. This season the mark is 55.0.
Jarvis Landry has seen at least 10 targets in 8-straight games. #Wowzahs
Andrew Luck leads the NFL with a 137.0 QB Rating when operating in three wideout sets.
Jerick McKinnon ceded a goal line score to Matt Asiata last week. Did you realize that McKinnon actually had one more red zone carry than Asiata, 5-to-4, last week? Both also got a single carry inside the 5-yard line.
Zach Miller faces a Colts club this week that has allowed tight ends to catch 17-of-18 targets for 208 yards.
DeMarco Murray leads the NFL with a 90.5 percent conversion rate on targets (minimum 20 targets). He’s caught 19-of-21. The leading wideout is Eddie Royal (18/22, 81.8 percent).
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Aaron Rodgers has 46 touchdown passes and just four picks at home since the start of the 2014 season.
Matt Ryan leads the NFL with 14 passes of at least 25 yards. Cam Newton has six.
Emmanuel Sanders has seen 26 targets the last two weeks. Demaryius Thomas has 27 targets this season. #HowIsThatHappening
Mike Wallace has failed to reach 50-yards in 3-straight.
Russell Wilson has one rushing score the last 21 games. Joe Flacco has two his last two games. #TrueButCanAnyoneBelieveIt
Jameis Winston leads the NFL with 177 attempts, one more than Brees. He’s completed 103 passes, 13 less than Brees. Speaking of pass attempts, Alex Smith is 4th in football with 168. How is that possible?
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Quarterbacks – Joe Flacco, Eli Manning, Andy Dalton
Runnings backs – Isaiah Crowell, C.J. Anderson, Frank Gore
Wide receivers – DeAndre Hopkins, Jeremy Maclin, Stefon Diggs (note that the Vikes wideout hasn’t practiced all week with a groin issue and seems unlikely to play).
Tight ends – Dennis Pitta, Jesse James, Jacob Tamme
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