NFL 2022: Five Key Statistics for Week 16

Can the NFL possibly follow up a wild Week 15? What didn’t happen around the league? There was the greatest comeback in league history at Minnesota, which was one of three overtime games. There are now six teams headed to the playoffs, with the Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers capturing division titles.

The majority of action this week is on Saturday, Christmas Eve. That’s followed by three games on Christmas Day. The NFL is the gift that keeps on giving.

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With three weeks remaining in this season, seven players have already reached the 1,000-yard mark in terms of rushing yards. That includes Chicago Bears’ quarterback Justin Fields (1,000) and the league’s leading rusher in Raiders’ standout Josh Jacobs (1,495). Six other players have run for at least 900 yards, although Texans’ rookie Dameon Pierce is out for the season. The seven 1,000-yard performances equals the league’s total from a year ago.

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It’s the number of teams that has used at least two different starting quarterbacks this year. That was the case for 21 clubs in 2021. Saturday, Eagles’ backup Gardner Minshew could get the nod for hurting Jalen Hurts at Dallas, which would bring the count to 20 clubs. For Arizona and Indianapolis, they will actually be trotting out their third different starting signal-callers this season in Trace McSorley (Cardinals) and Nick Foles (Colts), respectively.

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The only previous Super Bowl champion to lose at least 10 games the season after hoisting the Lombardi Trophy was the 1998 Denver Broncos. One year after finishing 14-2 and capturing Super Bowl XXXIII, the club dropped to 6-10 in 1999. With that 24-12 setback at Green Bay on Monday night, the Los Angeles Rams dropped their 10th game of 2022. Sean McVay’s disappointing club is the 17th defending Super Bowl champion to miss the playoffs.

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The team won its first eight games this season, fell at home to the Commanders, and have now prevailed in its last five contests. The Philadelphia Eagles have already totaled 13 victories this season and one more triumph would set a new franchise record for wins in a single season. Third-year quarterback Jalen Hurts has more than three times as many TD passes (22) as turnovers (7). The talented signal-caller has also run for (you guessed it) 13 TDs.

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The Packers will be in South Florida on Christmas afternoon to face the slumping Dolphins. Green Bay still has slim playoff hopes with a 6-8 record. Who would have thought that Tua Tagovailoa would have better numbers than Aaron Rodgers in 2022? The latter has thrown 23 TD passes and 10 interceptions, the most picks by Rodgers since 2010. On the other hand, Tagovailoa has thrown for 24 scores and been picked off only five times in 12 games.