Another week, another 32 Observations by Nathan Jahnke, finding an interesting piece of information about all 32 teams after one week of football. If you would like to make some observations of your own, you can do so with PFF Elite, where you can find several signature statistics for every offensive and defensive position in football.
AFC EAST
Buffalo Bills: In the fourth quarter, Tyrod Taylor has an adjusted completion percentage of 82.4 percent. That is third-best for starting quarterbacks.
Miami Dolphins: Since the start of the 2016 season excluding the playoffs, Jay Ajayi has had 80 players miss tackles on his carries, which is the most among running backs.
New England Patriots: Running back Dion Lewis has avoided being tackled on first contact on half of his carries, which is the best rate for those with 15 or more carries this year.
New York Jets: Halfback Elijah McGuire has had six players miss tackles on him in the fourth quarter, which is the fourth-most among running backs.
AFC NORTH
Baltimore Ravens: Over the last calendar year, Marshal Yanda has a pass-blocking efficiency of 99.51 when lined up at left guard, which is by far the best for left guards. The Ravens current left guard James Hurst is sixth-best at 97.51.
Cincinnati Bengals: William Jackson had his first NFL start this past Sunday. Over the last two weeks, he's been thrown at 12 times, and has allowed two of those passes to be caught for 12 yards, with 0 yards coming after the catch.
Cleveland Browns: Since the start of the 2007 season, Joe Thomas has had 97 games with at least 20 pass blocks without allowing a sack or hit including each of the last five weeks. That is 11 more than any other left tackle.
Pittsburgh Steelers: Wide receiver Antonio Brown has 52 catches which leads the league. What makes those 52 catches even more impressive is he hasn’t dropped a pass this season.
AFC SOUTH
Houston Texans: Since the start of the 2016 season, Duane Brown is the only left tackle with 400 or more pass blocks and one or fewer sacks allowed.
Indianapolis Colts: Outside linebacker Jabaal Sheard has 15 run stops which is the second-most for all edge defenders this season.
Jacksonville Jaguars: When quarterback Blake Bortles is moved off of his spot or off his path of rollout, he’s averaged 8.0 yards per attempt. That is fourth best for quarterbacks behind Matt Ryan, DeShaun Watson and Tom Brady.
Tennessee Titans: Cornerback Adoree’ Jackson has been the man in coverage on eight deep passes this season. So far he’s only allowed one of those passes to be complete, and has two pass breakups.
AFC WEST
Denver Broncos: Cornerback Aqib Talib has a playmaker index of 40 when lined up in press coverage which is the best of cornerbacks. On 51 coverage snaps lined up in press, he’s had a pass breakup on two of five targets. On the other three targets, he allowed catches but for only 12 yards.
Kansas City Chiefs: When linebacker Derrick Johnson has been targeted, he’s allowed a passer rating of 48.2, which is the lowest for all linebackers.
Los Angeles Chargers: Dating back to 2016 Week 14, Melvin Ingram has 47 pressures which is tied for second-most for all edge defenders.
Oakland Raiders: When wide receiver Michael Crabtree has been thrown at, his quarterbacks have had a passer rating of 119.8. That is third-best among wide receivers with at least 40 targets.
NFC EAST
Dallas Cowboys: When Brice Butler has been thrown at one deep passes, Dak Prescott has a passer rating of 158.3, the best for any wide receiver targeted on deep passes. He’s caught all four thrown his way for 169 yards and a touchdown.
New York Giants: Damon Harrison had three run stops on Sunday which brings his total since the start of the 2013 season at 184. That is the most for any defensive player in that time span by 12. The nine other players in the top ten are all linebackers.
Philadelphia Eagles: When Carson Wentz has run with the ball, he’s had six players miss tackles on him. That is tied with Tyrod Taylor for the most for a quarterback this season.
Washington: Since the start of 2016, Vernon Davis has 2.25 yards per route run which is third-best for tight ends behind just Rob Gronkowski and Travis Kelce.
NFC NORTH
Chicago Bears: Safety Adrian Amos has made 10 stops on pass plays which is tied for the most among safeties.
Detroit Lions: When cornerback Quandre Diggs lines up in the slot, he has a playmaker index of 15.0 which is fourth-best for slot cornerbacks.
Green Bay Packers: Cornerback Davon House has been thrown at six times on deep passes. On those passes, he’s caught more passes than the receivers have at one to zero. No other cornerback has been thrown at more than five times on deep passes without allowing a catch.
Minnesota Vikings: Safety Harrison Smith has five combined interceptions and pass breakups, which is fourth-most for safeties. It is more than he had in both 2016 as well as 2015.
NFC SOUTH
Atlanta Falcons: This past week Julio Jones had exactly 3.0 yards per route run. This brings up his career yards per route run to 2.67, which is the best for any wide receiver with at least 250 routes since the start of the 2006 season, and 0.14 more than any other wide receiver.
Carolina Panthers: When cornerback James Bradberry has lined up in press coverage, he’s allowed a catch rate of 23.1 percent which is lowest among cornerbacks. He’s allowed just 3-of-13 passes thrown his way to be caught and has two pass breakups.
New Orleans Saints: When cornerback Marshon Lattimore has lined up in press coverage, he’s allowed a passer rating of 20.3 which is the best for cornerbacks.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Right tackle Demar Dotson has allowed a pressure on just 2.34 percent of his pass blocks. He is the only right tackle this season to allow a pressure on less than 3.0 percent of their pass blocks.
NFC WEST
Arizona Cardinals: When Patrick Peterson is not in press coverage, he’s allowed a catch rate of 27.27 percent. That is the best for those with at least 75 coverage snaps not in press.
Los Angeles Rams: Center John Sullivan has allowed a pressure on just 1.81 percent of his pass blocks, which is third-lowest among centers over the last calendar year.
San Francisco 49ers: Safety Eric Reid has an average depth of tackle of 5.0, which is the best for safeties with at least 10 tackles this season.
Seattle Seahawks: Defensive end Michael Bennett has an average depth of tackle of 0.0 excluding sacks. That is the best rate for all edge defenders with at least 10 tackles this season.
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