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Around The NFL breaks down what you need to know from all of Sunday’s action in Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season. Catch up on each game’s biggest takeaways using the links below:
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Grant Gordon’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Leonard Fournette averaged 3.0 yards per rush before contact, which was his most in a game in the past five seasons.
NFL Research: The Cowboys, who scored their fewest points at home since Week 16 of 2002, tied the 2021 Packers for the fewest points in a season opener by the reigning No. 1 scoring offense in the Super Bowl era.
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Kevin Patra’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Patrick Mahomes generated a 110.6 passer rating versus 2-high safety shell (career-low 85.8 passer rating on such snaps in 2021).
NFL Research: Patrick Mahomes is one of six players in NFL history with at least six career games with 5-plus pass TDs. He has played in 64 career games. The others played in at least 240-plus career games: Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger and Dan Marino.
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Nick Shook’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Khalil Mack and Joey Bosa combined for 16 pressures, 4.5 sacks and two turnovers caused by pressure in Sunday’s win.
NFL Research: Khalil Mack had three sacks, four QB hits and one forced fumble in his Chargers debut, his first three-plus-sack game since Week 14 of the 2015 season. He’s only the fifth non-rookie to have three-plus sacks in a debut with a new team (since individual sacks were first recorded in 1982).
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Eric Edholm’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: The Packers are now 2-3 in games Aaron Rodgers started vs. the Vikings since 2020 (26-4 in all other games). Minnesota is the only team Rodgers has lost multiple games against since 2020.
NFL Research: Justin Jefferson accounted for 90.9% of the Vikings’ air yards in the first half. He led the NFL in air yards share in 2021 (45.2%).
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Bobby Kownack’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Jeffery Simmons and Bud Dupree combined for 12 quarterback pressures, three sacks and a turnover on 21 pass rushes each.
NFL Research: This was Saquon Barkley’s second career game with 150-plus rushing yards on fewer than 20 carries. The only other player with multiple such games in the last five seasons is Derrick Henry (also with two).
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Kevin Patra’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: The Bears generated 13 QB pressures with four or fewer pass rushers (most by CHI since 2020).
NFL Research: Sunday was the second straight time the 49ers have had a shutout at halftime and have lost the game (Other: Week 16, 2021 at Tennessee).
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Eric Edholm’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Mac Jones was 4-of-10 passing for 89 yards with an interception on passes of more than 10 air yards.
NFL Research: Tua Tagovailoa is now 4-0 against the Patriots in his career. He’s the only QB to remain undefeated in at least four starts against New England during the Bill Belichick era.
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Eric Edholm’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: This was Lamar Jackson’s first career game with three deep touchdown passes. He had only four such passes for the entire 2021 season.
NFL Research: With Sunday’s win, the Ravens snapped their second-longest losing streak in franchise history (six games).
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Kevin Patra’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Jalen Hurts utilized play-action on 48.5% of dropbacks (10-16, 112 yards).
NFL Research: A.J. Brown’s 128 yards in the first half were the most in the first half in a team debut by any non-rookie since at least 1991.
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Nick Shook’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Nick Chubb gained 112 of his 141 rushing yards after contact Sunday, the fifth-most rushing yards after contact gained in a game in his career.
NFL Research: Cade York’s 58-yard field goal lifted the Browns to victory and reset the record for the longest field goal made by a rookie kicker in his team’s first game in NFL history. York’s game-winning kick topped the previous mark set by both Blair Walsh (2012 with Minnesota) and John Hall (1997 with the New York Jets).
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Michael Baca’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Michael Thomas had three receptions for 33 yards and two touchdowns on three targets outside the numbers.
NFL Research: Atlanta has blown three 15-plus-point leads since 2020. The rest of the league has blown two 15-plus-point leads combined.
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Nick Shook’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: The Steelers got after Joe Burrow, and didn’t even need extra rushers to do it. Pittsburgh pressured Burrow 20 times without blitzing for a pressure rate of 37.7%, well above Burrow’s average pressure faced last season, regardless of blitz (28.5 percent).
NFL Research: With Sunday’s win, Mitch Trubisky improved his record to 4-0 versus AFC North opponents in his career. He stands as one of three quarterbacks (Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees are the others) with two-plus wins and zero losses versus AFC North squads since 2017.
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Michael Baca’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Trevor Lawrence was 1-of-6 for 49 yards and an INT on deep passes.
NFL Research: Jaguars LB Travon Walker is the first drafted player to have a sack and an INT in his first career game since 2021 Defensive Player of the Year T.J. Watt.
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Coral Smith’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Texans quarterback Davis Mills was 6-of-10 for 121 yards and two touchdowns on passes of at least 10 air yards in Sunday’s game.
NFL Research: Matt Ryan became the eighth player in NFL history to surpass 60,000 career passing yards in Sunday’s game. Achieving the feat in his 223rd NFL game, Ryan is the second-fastest player to reach that milestone.
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Having been claimed by the Los Angeles Rams on Tuesday, Baker Mayfield rallied his new squad past the Las Vegas Raiders on “Thursday Night Football” for a 17-16 victory in near-miraculous fashion.
Vintage Tom Brady found his way and led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a furious fourth-quarter comeback to defeat Andy Dalton and the New Orleans Saints on “Monday Night Football.”
Around The NFL breaks down what you need to know from all of Sunday’s Week 13 action.
Quarterback Josh Allen and the Bills won in lopsided fashion over the Patriots on “Thursday Night Football” for their third straight win in the rivalry.
Following a Benny Snell go-ahead score for the Steelers late in the game, the Colts embarked on a hopeful 93-yard game-tying drive, but Pittsburgh’s defense held for a 24-17 victory.
Around The NFL breaks down what you need to know from all of Sunday’s Week 12 action.
Josh Allen rallied his Bills past Detroit, while Micah Parsons’ Cowboys and Justin Jefferson’s Vikings kept pace in the NFC. Here’s what we learned from Thursday’s games.
Jimmy Garoppolo had four touchdowns to key the 49ers’ lopsided win over the Cardinals on Monday night in Mexico.
Around The NFL breaks down what you need to know from all of Sunday’s Week 11 action.
Derrick Henry and a formidable defensive performance keyed the Titans’ 27-17 victory over Aaron Rodgers and the host Packers on Thursday night.
Taylor Heinicke and the Washington Commanders handed the Philadelphia Eagles their first loss of the season to conclude Week 10.
Around The NFL breaks down what you need to know from all of Sunday’s Week 10 action.
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