15 games this week, only two byes.
That makes 136 now for the year.
- 667 points for the week, 44.67 per game.
- 6,244 points for the season, 45.91 per game for the season.
- 2,001 penalties for the season, 232 for the week. 15.47 per game for the week, 14.71 for the season.
- And an interesting stat: Green Bay, one of the most-penalized teams in the league this season, was called (tied with another team) for the fewest penalties of any team this week -- three.
- Most penalized is now Cleveland. Minnesota now has the least.
- Home teams only 5-9 this week. 66-62-1 for the season.
- As I said in another post, only six of the 15 games finished within one score, and only one game of the late block on forward did so. 79/136 games this season have finished within one score.
- Every one of the six games finished with either a Cliffhanger, a Last Chance Miss, or some combination of multiples.
- Only two other games were competitive, within one score at some point in the fourth quarter.
- Six Cliffhangers in three games this week. 56 in 31 games.
- Four Last Chance Misses in four games this week. Meaning 46 games now have had at least one semi-feasible chance at tying or winning the game in the last two minutes and/or overtime.
- Multiples:
- Double Cliffhanger in Indianapolis. 50-yard go-ahead FG for 23-20 Indianapolis at 1:37. Dallas drives right down the field for the winning touchdown at 1:08. No feasible response.
- And a real unsightly mess of a four-bagger in New Orleans. Rushing touchdown for New Orleans at 58 seconds for 16-13. Cleveland ties it with a 51-yard field goal with 8 seconds left in regulation. Saints get the ball first in OT, almost six-minute drive for 23-16, but Cleveland DOES get the responding TD with about a minute left... and misses the win-or-lose two-point conversion. Triple Cliffhanger plus a Last Chance Miss.