NFL Week 5: The Five Most Important Stats
By Jason McIntyre
119: If I had asked you at noon Sunday who Jackie Battle was, you might have said a) the real name of an actor on Breaking Bad, b) a relief pitcher in the NCLS, c) the name of a budding WWE star. Battle is a running back on the Chiefs who carried 19 times for 119 yards in KC’s come-from-behind win over the Colts. Undrafted out of Houston, Battle had a total of 155 rushing yards in five seasons.
0: The number of penalties called on San Diego in a win over Denver.
106: That’s how many yards the Falcons had after taking a 14-0 lead on Green Bay. Atlanta went up 14-0 with 12:26 left in the 2nd quarter. They had eight possessions the rest of the game (one was the final play of the first half), and mustered a meek 106 yards. But they couldn’t run the ball and Matty Ice was … well, Matty Ice.
4: Mike Vick’s interception total against the Bills. Yes, we’re talking about the same Bills’ defense that intercepted Tom Brady four times two weeks ago. To be fair, not all of them were Vick’s fault (one really bad pick, he was hit hard while throwing, one was a tipped pass, bizarre game-ending pick).