The Saddest NFL Stats Of Week 7
Johnnie Izquierdo. Getty Images.Seven weeks in. This is the part of the season where you know what your favorite team is. Good or bad. And it's bad. Whether it's Brian Callahan who has won as many home games since firing Mike Vrabel as Mike Vrabel has wins in Tennessee's home, or the Jaguars who knew all along how fraudulent their team was. Or maybe the Jets who have only known the deepest darkest pain in years past only to somehow make things bleaker.
We know who are teams are now. They suck. And this makes us very sad. Here are your sad stats for Week 7.
Sad Stat #1: The Jaguars are only the second team to ever go four straight drives in a game with either a missed field goal or failed 4th down
Alex Pantling. Getty Images.This is going to sound like a hyperbolic question, but stick with me here. Was Trevor Lawrence a bigger draft disaster than JaMarcus Russell or Ryan Leaf? Hear me out. He's certainly not anywhere near as bad as either of these guys, or any other draft day zero. Tim Couch. Akili Smith. Whoever. At least with these guys, you knew pretty quick they were a bust. Like when you move in with your significant other and find out they are actually quite nificant after all. No problem. Move out and move on.
But Trevor. My god. It's year five my guy. I'm not here to say the Jaguars organization has done you much, if any, favors but what's the deal here? This stat all came from the fact that the Jags failed three times in a row on 4th down after missing a field goal on a 4th and 2. While down 14. I thought Coen was supposed to be smart. Is this just what happens when people walk into the Jacksonville building?
I will say - I'd love to see what Kevin McConnell could do with Trevor Lawrence. If JJ is a bust or continues to not be healthy, it would be a fun experiment.
Speaking of New York Jets…
Sad Stat #2: Aaron Glenn is one of just three coaches to punt in the last 2:00 down one score with two or less timeouts in his own red zone
Ishika Samant. Getty Images.At this point - Aaron Glenn is a walking parody of the stereotypical defensive coordinator turned head coach. What is it about defensive guys that makes them so devoid of human intelligence or guts? Inside two minutes, with just two timeouts and down one score.
I ran a lookup here to find out how many times teams have been in this situation before. Down one score. 4th down. Less than 2 minutes to go and backed up in your own red zone. Since 1999 when play-by-play data has been available, teams have passed the ball 92 times, ran the ball nine times, and punted just two other times. The Saints in Week 1, 2015; and the Chargers in 2000. You won't have to take too many guesses as to how any of these turned out.
Sad Stat #3: Let's do this one in Jeopardy form…
Answer/Question (whatever): Mike McCoy
Congrats, Titans fans! You got rid of your bum coach to make way for this all-time bum of a coach to step in. That's right. 58-games this guy spent as a coach from September 9, 2013 to October 30, 2016 as coach of the San Diego Chargers scoring seven or less in every first quarter.
Back to Mike Tomlin - who's sad stat was kind of cucked by the Titans. I'll go ahead and say it. Bad coach. Be the best motivator and coolest guy on the planet but there's something missing here and these old heads can't compete with younger minds (not you Liam Coen).
On the bright side for McCoy, the Titans did score 10 in the 1st quarter Sunday. I'm sure he's finally figured it all out now.
Sad Stat #4: Ja'Marr Chase had just seven fewer targets this week than the Raiders had offensive plays
David Eulitt. Getty Images.Ja'Marr Chase had 23 targets Thursday Night after Joe Flacco clearly started him in fantasy. For those not savvy with mathematicals, that means the Raiders played just 30 total snaps vs. the Chiefs. This is… efficient??
Somehow - this isn't an NFL record. The Browns (shocking) had 28 plays on September 12, 1999, and before that we have the New York Bulldogs back in 1949 with just 26. It appears it's always been this way for New York football fans. Before that there were about another 50 teams all in the 30s and 40s when no one even really knew what was going on anyway. So, it's fun to think of teams like the Raiders and Browns of modern day going back in time to play these teams. I feel like they'd be close games.
Sad Stat #5: The Cardinals five-game losing streak has a grand point differential total of 13 points
Being a Cardinals fan must be tough. It's like watching a suspenseful movie where the bad guy ends up winning every time. But at least they have a quarterback who can see Trey McBride. Of McBride's 10 career touchdowns, five of them were thrown by someone not named Kyler Murray.
Sad Stat #6: The Giants gave up the most 4th quarter points in NFL history after giving up zero through three quarters
Just when the Giants thought they escaped the torture of being a New York football franchise. Lee Corso might have a word. I'm particularly pissed about this too since a good chunk of people in my survivor pool took Denver, and I don't know who to be more mad at: Jaxson Dart or the ginger kicker. Tough day all around for gingers by the way.
0. 0. 0. 33. Denver's points by quarter Sunday. That's makes just 16 times in NFL history a team scored 33 or more in ANY quarter, let alone after going scoreless until then.
That's it for this week. But don't worry. More sad stats are just around the corner for Week 8.