NFL Fantasy Football – By The Numbers

NFL FANTASY By The Numbers Quarterback Quarterbacks V Both age 35 in 2012 ilil Stats a Passer Rating 35 Tom 4827 pass YDs 34 pass TDs 98.7 Brady Peyton Manning 4659 pass YDs 37 pass TDs 105.6 and over Dan Fouts John Elway Dan Marino 2 Brett Favre Turned 35 in 1986 Turned 35 in 1995 and had 3900, 3300, 3600 and 2800 pass yards and 26,26,27 and 22 pass TD from 1995-98 Turned 35 in 1996 and had 17 pass TD that year starting a trend of 17 or less in 3 of 4 seasons. He Turned 35 in 2004 and had 26 pass TD and had 4088 yards and 30 pass TD that and 37 INT in 1986 season. His best season after that was 2009 with Vikings and 87 never had fewer than 20 in a non- when he had 4202 injury season prior to that yards and 33 TD and 7 INT From 2004 to the end of his career in 2010 he averaged 3741 yards, 23 TD and 18 INT QUARTERBACK SINGLE SEASON PASS ATTEMPTS 2012 Team Passing % Lions 66.3% (Most) Cowboys 66.2% (2nd) Cardinals 65.4% (3rd) Seahawks 45.0% (Fewest) 727 ) 691 811 of top '11 Matthew Stafford set LO. 90. Lions '12 NFL record in 2012 with 727, breaking Cardinals '05 "10 Drew Bledsoe's 1994 record of 691. since 2010 "08 60. Stafford has led NFL The Lions and in pass attempts in each of last 2 seasons. Cardinals have led since 2005. Stafford had 334 more pass attempts than Russell Wilson this season (727 to 393). Overall NFL 11 '12 '10 '09 727 ) 393 Passing Plays 18,134 18,399 18,598 18,957 In contrast, Jim Hart of the Cardinals led the NFL with Since 2005, the NFL leader in pass attempts has had 600+ in every season except 2009 393 388 388 pass attempts in 1974. when Matt Schaub led with 583. 4000+ Quarterbacks w/ Passing Yards ||||||||||||| '12 12 times Back-to-Back First Ever '11 Peyton Manning has reached 4000+ more then anyone. Drew Brees has 7 straight 4,000 yds Joe Namath was the first seasons, including back-to-back 5,000 yd campaigns in 2011-12. QB to reach 4000 yards when he did it in 1967. 11 different guys reached the mark in 2012 (NFL record) v 8 of the top 11 single season passing totals have occurred since 2011 v 4000 passing yards has been accomplished 110 times by 48 different QBs V Consistent Quarterbacks with 30+ Passing TD's Number of Quarterbacks with 30+ Passing TD's 30+ Peyton Manning ** 5 of the last 6 years 2012 1 2 2011 1 2 4. 2010 1 2 Tom Brady *** 3 straight and 4 of last 6 2009 1 2 Pass Touchdowns 2008 1 3 Drew Brees * **** 2007 1 5 straight seasons 2006 12 345 2005 1 2 345 < 30 2004 1 2 2 Dan Marino did it 4 times but only once in last 13 years. 2003 1 23 45 2002 1 2 345 Only once since 1994 has the NFL leader in pass TD had less than 30 2001 1 2 2 Brett Favre did it 9 years but once in last 6 seasons. 2000 1 2 (Tom Brady 28 in 2002) 2 Joe Montana did it just once. 2 John Elway never did it. 2 Fran Tarkenton is 4th on all-time pass TD list but never hit 30+ Running Back 2000+ Vimes Yard Running Backs 2012 Adrian Peterson 2097 12 TD AP has had 1200+ yards and 10+ TD in each NFL season, with the exception of 2011 when he had 970 yards and 12 TD in 12 games 1984 2003 Jamal Lewis 2066 – 14 TD Next Season: 1006, 7 TD in 12 games Eric Dickerson Lewis topped 1000 yards in 4 of his remaining 6 seasons with the highest being 1304 in 2007, He never reached double digits in TD's again after his 14 in '03 2105 14 TD Next Season: 1997 Barry Sanders 2053 11 TD 1234, 12 TD Next Season: 1491, 4 TD, final season in 1998 Dickerson had 5 straight 1200+ yard seasons following his 2100 yard campaign, the highest being 1821 in 1986 Sanders had 1490+ yards in each of his final 5 NFL seasons 1998 Terrell Davis – 2008 21 TD 2009 Chris Johnson 2006 14 TD Next Season: 211, 2 TD in 4 games Next Season: 1364, 11 TD TD played only 17 games over the next 3 seasons, never topping more than 701 yards and 2 TD in any season from 1999-2001 CJ2K has topped 1000 yards in each of the 3 following years but no more than 1364 Barry Sanders 1491 were the most yards by a 2000-yard back the following season 3 of the 6 RBs had 4 TD or less the next year 1973 OJ Simpson 2003 12 TD Next Season: 1125, 3 TD All had fewer TDs the next year OJ had 1125, 1817, 1503 yards the next 3 seasons, and a career high 16 TD in 1975 3 of 6 RBs did not play full season the following year 1400+ Rookie RB's with Rushing Yards 1400 YDs 1500 YDs 1900 YDs 2000 YDs 1978 Earl Campbell had 1450 and 13 TD as a rookie. In 1979 he had 1697 and career high 19. 1979 Ottis Anderson had 1605 and 8. In 1980 he had 1352 and 9. 1981 George Rogers had 1674 yards and 13.C In 1982 he had 535 yards and 3 TD in only 6 games. 1983 Eric Dickerson had 1808 as a rookie. In 1984 he had the NFL record 2105 rush yards. 1983 Curt Warner had 1449 yards and 13 TD. In 1984 he played only 1 game. 1989 Barry Sanders had 1470 and 14 TD. In 1990 he had 1304 and 13 TD. 1993 Jerome Bettis had 1429 and 7 TD. In 1994 he had 1025 and 3 TD. 1995 Curtis Martin had 1487 yards and 14 TD. In 1996 he had 1152 and 14 TD. 1999 Edgerrin James had 1553 yards. In 2000, he had career high 1709 yards and 13 TD. 2000 Mike Anderson had 1487 and 15 TD. In 2001 he had 678 and 4 TD.* 2002 Clinton Portis had 1508 and 15 TD. In 2003 he had 1591 and 14 TD. 2012 Alfred Morris 1613 and 13 *Only M Anderson played a full season the next year and didn't reach at least 1000 yards Running Backs w/ 10 12 200+ Fantasy Points 2012 2011 2010 2009 Wide Receiver 90+ Johnson's catches and yards have increased in 3 WR Catches straight seasons 122 204 In his last 28 games, Johnson has scored 11 multi-TD only once V 11 players had 90+ catches in 2012 Since 2010, Johnson has 4765 rec yards (most in NFL), 729 more than (9 WR, 2 TE) V 5 players in 2011 (3 WR, 2 TE) Calvin Johnson had 204 targets (4th most in NFL history) and 122 rec #2 Roddy White 1 Calvin Johnson WIDE RECEIVERS 9 Marvin Harrison 1964 and 5 TD 1663 and 12 TD WITH 1600 + YARDS Next: 1413 and 14 3 Jerry Rice 1848 and 15 TD 10 Jimmy Smith 1636 and 6 TD Next: 1254 and 8 Next: 1213 and 8 3 Isaac Bruce 1781 and 13 TD 3 11 Torry Holt 1635 and 6 TD 10 15 12 Next: 1338 and 7 14 13 11 5 Next: 1363 and 7 4 Charley Henningen 12 Randy Moss 1632 and 17 TD 1746 and 12 TD '61 '65 '95 '99 '00 '02 '03 '11 '12 Next: 867 and 8 7 Herman Moore, 1686 and 14 TD Next Season: 1296 and 9 Next: 767 and 13 5 Marvin Harrison 1722 and 11 TD 13 Michael Irvin Next: 1272 and 10 8 Calvin Johnson 1681 and 16 TD* 1603 and 10 TD Next: 962 and 2 6 Torry Holt 1696 and 12 TD *Calvin Johnson from 2011 to 2012 14 Lance Alworth Next: 1372 and 10 is the only 1600 yard receiver to have more yards the next season 1602 and 14 TD Next: 1383 and 13 2 of the top 3 totals, 3 of the top 7 and 4 of the top 13 came during the 1995 season 4 of the 14 had more 11 of 14 had 1000+ TD the next season yards the next season Tight End 11 players with 100+ points this season (Graham led with 152) Tight Ends w/ 100+ Fantasy Points 2012 11 with 100+ in 2011 10 with 100+ in 2009. Graham took #2with 195 2011 Vernon Davis led with 174.50 Gronkowski had 240.90 45.90 more than Graham 2009 8 with 100+ in 2010. Jason Witten led with 154.20 1000+ YD 1000+YD Different player has led in each of last 4 years in points 3 with 1000+ YDs, 3 with 10+ TD 1 with 1000+ YDs, 3 with 10+ TD 2 with 1000+ YDs, 2 with 10+ TD 1 with 1000+ YDs, 1 with 10+ TD 10+ TD 10+ TD NFL.com/Fantasy 2010