WHAT TO LOOK FOR WEEK TWO
4for4.com Historical Fantasy Football Analysis shows
everything else being equal, you'd rather have players on winning NFL teams,
especially for QBs and RBs. On average, about 75% of the Top 12 fantasy QBs and
RBs come from NFL playoff teams.
So what if your QBs and RBs are on teams that lost in Week #1?
NO NEED TO PANIC: At
the end of Week 2, no more than 11 teams will be able to claim a perfect 2-0
record, leaving at least 21 clubs at 1-1 or 0-2.
Since
realignment in 2002, 48 of
the 84 playoff teams (57.1 percent) began the year at either 1-1 or 0-2. Four
of the past eight Super Bowl champions began their seasons with a 1-1 or 0-2
record.
A
look at how playoff clubs in 2007 and 2008 began their seasons:
2007 2008
|
Team |
After 2 games |
Playoff Result |
|
Team |
After 2 games |
Playoff Result |
|
|
2-0 |
Advanced
to Divisional |
|
Arizona |
2-0 |
Advanced
to Super Bowl XLIII |
|
|
2-0 |
Advanced
to Conf. Champ. |
|
Atlanta |
1-1 |
Advanced
to Wild Card |
|
|
2-0 |
Advanced
to Divisional |
|
Baltimore |
2-0 |
Advanced
to Conf. Champ. |
|
|
1-1 |
Advanced
to Divisional |
|
Carolina |
2-0 |
Advanced
to Divisional |
|
|
2-0 |
Advanced
to Super Bowl XLII |
|
Indianapolis |
1-1 |
Advanced
to Wild Card |
|
N.Y.
Giants |
0-2 |
Won
Super Bowl XLII |
|
Miami |
0-2 |
Advanced
to Wild Card |
|
|
2-0 |
Advanced
to Wild Card |
|
Minnesota |
0-2 |
Advanced
to Wild Card |
|
|
1-1 |
Advanced
to Divisional |
|
N.Y.
Giants |
2-0 |
Advanced
to Divisional |
|
|
1-1 |
Advanced
to Conf. Champ. |
|
Philadelphia |
1-1 |
Advanced
to Conf. Champ. |
|
|
1-1 |
Advanced
to Wild Card |
|
Pittsburgh |
2-0 |
Won
Super Bowl XLIII |
|
|
1-1 |
Advanced
to Wild Card |
|
San
Diego |
0-2 |
Advanced
to Divisional |
|
|
2-0 |
Advanced
to Wild Card |
|
Tennessee |
2-0 |
Advanced
to Divisional |
-- NFL --
A
VERY BRADY WIN STREAK: With
a victory on Sunday over the New York Jets, New England Patriots quarterback TOM
BRADY will match Chicago's JIM
MC MAHON for the longest
streak of consecutive regular-season wins by a quarterback with 22.
Brady also had a separate streak of 18 consecutive regular-season wins that spanned
from 2003 into the 2004 season, which is the third-longest in NFL annals.
Brady's
current win streak began with a 23-16 win over Houston on 12/17/06.
The
longest regular-season winning streaks by NFL quarterbacks in the Super Bowl era
(since 1966):
|
QUARTERBACK |
WIN
STREAK |
YEARS |
|
Jim
McMahon, Chicago |
22 |
1984-87 |
|
Tom
Brady, New England |
21* |
2006-present |
|
Tom
Brady, New England |
18 |
2003-04 |
|
Ben
Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh |
15 |
2004-05 |
|
Many
Tied |
14 |
|
|
*
Active streak |
||
-- NFL --
TOMLIN'S
TEAMS START FAST: With
a win over the Bears in Week 2, MIKE
TOMLIN of the Pittsburgh
Steelers (1-0) can become the third head coach of the Super Bowl era (since
1966) to lead his team to 2-0 starts in the first three years of his
head-coaching career.
Pro
Football Hall of Fame head coach GEORGE
ALLEN led the Los Angeles
Rams to 2-0 starts in all five of his seasons with the club (1966-1970). When
Allen took over in 1971 as head coach in Washington, he also led the Redskins to
2-0 starts in '71 and '72, giving him an NFL-record seven consecutive 2-0
starts to begin his career. BUM
PHILLIPS (1975-77) also led
the Houston Oilers to three straight 2-0 starts in his first stint as an NFL
head coach.
-- NFL --
MANNING
MOVES UP: With
a victory Monday night over the Miami Dolphins, PEYTON
MANNING of the Indianapolis
Colts will match JOHNNY
UNITAS for fifth place on
the NFL's all-time list for wins by a quarterback.
Manning,
who earned his 118th career win on Kickoff Weekend, has already matched Unitas'
franchise record in the category. One
of Unitas' 119 career wins came as a member of the San Diego Chargers during
his final season.
The
most wins by a starting quarterback in NFL history:
|
QUARTERBACK |
CAREER
WINS |
|
Brett
Favre ** |
170 |
|
John
Elway * |
148 |
|
Dan
Marino * |
147 |
|
Fran
Tarkenton * |
125 |
|
Johnny
Unitas * |
119 |
|
Peyton
Manning ** |
118 |
|
*
In Pro Football Hall of Fame; ** Active |
|
-- NFL --
200
AND COUNTING: New
England's TOM BRADY (199)
and Philadelphia's DONOVAN
MC NABB (196) are both
approaching 200 career touchdown passes. If
both players reach 200 on Sunday, it will be the first time in NFL history that
two players achieve the benchmark on the same weekend.
With
one more touchdown, Brady will reach 200 touchdown passes in his 115th career
game, placing him fourth on the list for the fewest games played to reach the
milestone.
The
quarterbacks who reached 200 touchdown passes in the fewest games:
|
QUARTERBACK |
NUMBER
OF GAMES |
|
Dan
Marino |
89 |
|
Peyton
Manning |
106 |
|
Brett
Favre |
107 |
|
Johnny
Unitas |
121 |
|
Jim
Kelly |
132 |
|
|
|
|
Tom
Brady |
114
* |
|
*
199 career TD passes |
|
-- NFL --
FABULOUS
AT 50: Since
joining the New Orleans Saints in 2006, quarterback DREW
BREES has passed for 14,268
yards (291.2 per game) in his first 49 games with the club. Brees'
total already ranks as the most passing yards of any player in his first 50
games with a new team (rookies and veterans) in NFL history.
Brees
can extend his record when he plays in his 50th game with New Orleans when the
Saints visit the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 2.
The
quarterbacks with the most passing yards in their first 50 games with a new team:
|
QUARTERBACK |
YARDS |
|
Drew
Brees, New Orleans |
14,268
* |
|
Kurt
Warner, St. Louis |
13,864 |
|
Marc
Bulger, St. Louis |
13,551 |
|
Dan
Marino, Miami |
13,514 |
|
Peyton
Manning, Indianapolis |
12,939 |
|
*
Through 49 games |
|
BREAKING
IN NEW DIGS: Nineteen
teams have opened new NFL stadiums since 1992. In
the first regular-season game at each of those facilities, the home team has an
11-8 record (.579).
The
Dallas Cowboys will play their first regular-season home game at Cowboys Stadium
in primetime this Sunday night against the divisional rival New York Giants.
Here's
a look at the regular-season openers at each of the NFL's 19 newly-constructed
stadiums since 1992:
|
|
|
HOME
OPENER |
||
|
TEAM |
STADIUM |
DATE |
OPPONENT |
RESULT |
|
Dallas |
Cowboys
Stadium |
9/20/09 |
N.Y.
Giants |
?? |
|
Indianapolis |
Lucas
Oil Stadium |
9/7/08 |
Chicago |
L
29-13 |
|
Arizona |
University
of Phoenix Stadium |
9/10/06 |
San
Francisco |
W
34-27 |
|
Philadelphia |
Lincoln
Financial Field |
9/8/03 |
Tampa
Bay |
L
17-0 |
|
Detroit |
Ford
Field |
9/22/02 |
Green
Bay |
L
37-31 |
|
Seattle |
Qwest
Field |
9/15/02 |
Arizona |
L
24-13 |
|
New
England |
Gillette
Stadium |
9/9/02 |
Pittsburgh |
W
30-14 |
|
Houston |
Reliant
Stadium |
9/8/02 |
Dallas |
W
19-10 |
|
Pittsburgh |
Heinz
Field |
10/7/01 |
Cincinnati |
W
16-7 |
|
Denver |
INVESCO
Field at Mile High |
9/10/01 |
N.Y.
Giants |
W
31-20 |
|
Cincinnati |
Paul
Brown Stadium |
9/10/00 |
Cleveland |
L
24-7 |
|
Cleveland |
Cleveland
Browns Stadium |
9/12/99 |
Pittsburgh |
L
43-0 |
|
Tennessee |
LP
Field |
9/12/99 |
Cincinnati |
W
36-35 |
|
Tampa
Bay |
Raymond
James Stadium |
9/20/98 |
Chicago |
W
27-15 |
|
Baltimore |
M&T
Bank Stadium |
9/6/98 |
Pittsburgh |
L
20-13 |
|
Washington |
FedExField |
9/14/97 |
Arizona |
W
19-13 (OT) |
|
Carolina |
Bank
of America Stadium |
9/1/96 |
Atlanta |
W
29-6 |
|
St.
Louis |
Edward
Jones Dome |
11/12/95 |
Carolina |
W
28-17 |
|
Jacksonville |
Jacksonville
Municipal Stadium |
9/3/95 |
Houston
Oilers |
L
10-3 |
|
Atlanta |
Georgia
Dome |
9/6/92 |
N.Y.
Jets |
W
20-17 |