The 9 Most Important NFL Stats From Week 13: Pittsburgh's Historic Collapse; Rock Bottom for Aaron Rodgers
By Jason McIntyre
3: Interceptions by Baker Mayfield in his toughest test this season, against the Houston Texans. Mayfield had the hat trick in the first half, including a pick-six. The Browns modest two-game win streak was snapped.
41: Touchdown passes this season for Patrick Mahomes. He threw four against the Raiders (and led the Chiefs in rushing with 52 yards). Mahomes joins an exclusive list of QBs to hit 40 TDs in the first 12 games. The others are Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.
20.37: That’s the speed at which Phillip Lindsay ran on his 65-yard TD scamper vs Cincinnati.
51.4: The percentage of targets Keenan Allen of the Chargers had Sunday night against the Steelers. Allen ran 37 routes and was targeted 19 times, the highest percentage of targets of anyone to run 35+ routes in the last three years. It’s almost as if the Steelers didn’t make any changes, and kept linebackers on Allen … despite the continued success.
131: Total yards for the Falcons at home Sunday against the Ravens. That’s it, 131 yards. They had 15 carries for 34 yards, and Matt Ryan had a tough afternoon, passing for just 97 yards (3.2 yards per pass).
135: Josh Allen, the Bills rookie quarterback, rushed for a career-high 135 yards in a narrow loss to Miami. He rushed for 99 yards last week in the win over the Jaguars. Allen is approaching 400 yards rushing this season; at this pace, he’ll probably have a Top 25 rushing season for a QB all-time.
157: He gets no love for rookie of the year because Saquon Barkley’s been very good, but Philip Lindsay had another excellent game for the Broncos. The undrafted running back carried 19 times for 157 yards and two TDs, including a 65-yard TD scamper. He’s had back-to-back 100 yard games; meanwhile, 3rd round pick Royce Freeman doesn’t yet have a 75-yard rushing game this season.
220: Before Sunday night Football, the Steelers were 220-0-2 when leading by 14 points at home. They’d never lost a game leading by 14 points. But after wasting a 23-7 lead in the 3rd quarter, they lost, 33-30. Tough to take the Steelers seriously as a contender if the AFC.
233: Aaron Rodgers passing yards against the Arizona Cardinals, in a shocking 20-17 home loss that cost coach Mike McCarthy his job. Rodgers passing yards total came on 31 completions, which is staggering, because there’s only one QB who has completed 30+ passes this season for fewer than 233 yards: Nathan Peterman.