With 4 weeks left to play in the 2012 NFL season, and the Bears falling apart, I’m starting to not care about football. But what I do love about all sports, and football in particular, is statistics, especially statistics that aren’t discussed everywhere you look. I wrote about this after week 7 (link after the jump) but here you go, another installment of, “I uh, I did not KNOW that.”
If anything, this information, if memorized, will make you seem interesting to talk to for about 5 minutes.
Quarterbacks
Eli Manning has more passing yards (3,705) than anyone not named Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, and Drew Brees.
Tavaris Jackson has more passing yards (2,255) than Michael Vick (2,193).
Cam Newton leads the league in rushing TD’s with 13.
Ryan Fitzpatrick has more passing TD’s (20) than Philip Rivers , Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Ryan, Jay Cutler, Joe Flacco, Josh Freeman, and Michael Vick.
Tom Brady has thrown more interceptions (10) than Curtis Painter
Runningbacks
Maurice Jones-Drew leads the league in rushing with 1,137 yards.
Matt Forte has more rushing yards (997) than Michael Turner, Frank Gore, Ray Rice, Arian Foster, and Adrian Peterson.
Beanie Wells has more rushing yards (916) than Chris Johnson.
LeSean McCoy has more rushing TD’s (12) than Maurice Jones-Drew and Frank Gore, combined.
Darren Sproles has more receiving yards (522) than Reggie Bush and Chris Johnson, combined.
Wide Receivers
Victor Cruz has more receiving yards (1,076) than Mike Wallace, Larry Fitzgerald, Greg Jennings, Roddy White, and Hakeem Nicks.
Johnny Knox has more receiving yards (675) than Stevie Johnson.
Greg Jennings and Jordy Nelson are tied for second in the NFL with 9 TD’s and they play on the same team.
Wes Welker has 24 more catches (93) than any other WR in the NFL.
Tight Ends
Jimmy Graham has more receiving yards (1,046) than Mike Wallace, Larry Fitzgerald, Greg Jennings, Roddy White, and Hakeem Nicks.
Rob Gronkowski has more TD catches (13) than Calvin Johnson.
Fred Davis has more receiving yards (796) than Jason Witten, Tony Gonzalez, Jermichael Finley, and Antonio Gates.
Kickers
Phil Dawson has made 7 field goals of 50+ yards.
Mason Crosby has kicked more extra points than Phil Dawson, Josh Brown, and Adam Vinatieri combined.
Defense
The 49ers defense has only allowed 159 points this season (13.25 ppg).
The Colts defense has allowed 340 points this season (28.33 ppg).
The Ravens have 41 sacks this season.
The Bills have 17 sacks this season.
The Packers have intercepted 23 passes this year.
The Colts have intercepted 5 passes this year.
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