NFL 2022: Five Key Statistics for Week 5

Four weeks into the National Football League’s latest campaign and the standings are pretty interesting. Only eight teams in the NFL sport winning records while almost half of the league sits at 2-2. Meanwhile, there are some very interesting numbers when it comes to this NFL season to date, as well as Week 5 specifically.

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The Detroit Lions have won one game. But Dan Campbell’s club has not only gained the most total yards in the league, the team has scored an NFL-high points. Of course, there’s the other side of things and that’s a defensive unit that has surrendered the most total yards in the league. The Lions have also given up the most points in the NFL (141). And some simple math tells us that the Men from the Motor City own a point differential of minus-1.

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The vast majority of last season’s 14 playoff clubs are off to mediocre starts. The Philadelphia Eagles own the NFL’s lone 4-0 record. The Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers – all division champions in 2021 – sport 3-1 marks. All told, these are the only five postseason participants from a year ago that are above .500 after four weeks of play. Six clubs own 2-2 records while the Patriots, Steelers and Raiders are 1-3.

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The defending Super Bowl champion Rams are off to an erratic 2-2 start. Sean McVay’s team was blown out in Week 1 at home by the Buffalo Bills. It rebounded to post victories over the Falcons and Cardinals but were held without a touchdown in a 24-9 loss at San Francisco on Monday night. The Rams have allowed 16 sacks in four outings this seasons, two of those in the wins over Atlanta and Arizona and a combined 14 in their two setbacks.

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Back in 2020, the artist formerly known as the Washington Football Team won the NFC East with a 7-9 record. The strength of the team was a defense that allowed the second-fewest yards in the league that season. Ron Rivera’s club also gave up the fourth-fewest points in the NFL. That year, the club came up with 23 takeaways in 16 games. But in a combined 21 contests dating back to 2021, Washington has forced only 20 turnovers – one this season.

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A year ago, the Arizona Cardinals were the last team to lose a game. Their 7-0 start saw the club score at least 31 points in six of those seven games. It’s been a different story so far in 2020 as Kliff Kingsbury’s team has split its first four outings. And talk about slow starts. The Cards have been outscored a combined 31-0 in the first quarter this season. Arizona is the only team in the NFL this season not to score a point in the first quarter this season.