The Sultan of Stats' Weekly Analysis - Last Updated on Thursday, December 6, 2007

Playoffs? PLAYOFFS?

Week 16 Analysis

No weekly podcasts and updated due to my holiday travel schedule.  Good luck in the finals!

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Week 14 Analysis

Quarterbacks

Tom Brady - NE	Derek Anderson - CLE	John Kitna - DET	You didn't make the playoffs with any of these guys	You didn't make the playoffs with any of these guys
Payton Manning - IND	Marc Bulger - STL	Jay Cutler - DEN
Matt Hasselbeck - SEA	Kurt Warner - ARI	David Garrard - JAX
Tony Romo - DAL	Ben Roethlisberger - PIT	Philip Rivers - SD
Drew Brees - NO	Brett Favre - GB	Eli Manning - NYG
Carson Palmer - CIN		Donovan McNabb - PHI

Running Backs

Adrian Peterson - MIN	Justin Fargas - OAK	Maurice Jones-Drew - JAX	You didn't make the playoffs with any of these guys	You didn't make the playoffs with any of these guys
Steven Jackson - STL	Shaun Alexander - SEA	Willie Parker - PIT
LT - SD	Travis Henry - DEN	Thomas Jones - NYJ
Brian Westbrook - PHI	Ron Dayne - HOU	K. Smith - KC
Willis McGahee - BAL	Frank Gore - SF	Jamal Lewis - CLE
Willis McGahee - BAL	Earnest Graham - TB	Clinton Portis - WAS
Joseph Addai - IND	EDGE - ARI	Jessie Chatman - MIA
Marion Barber - DAL	R. Grant - GB	L. Maroney - NE
Reggie Bush - NO	Brandon Jacobs - NYG	Fred Jackson - BUF

Wide Receivers

Braylon Edwards - CLE	Donald Driver - GB	Calvin Johnson - DET	You didn't make the playoffs with any of these guys	You didn't make the playoffs with any of these guys
Marcus Colston - NO	Plaxico Burress - NYG	Deion Branch - SEA
Tory Holt - STL	Greg Jennings - GB	Chris Henry - CIN
T.J. Whosyourmama - CIN	Joey Galloway - TB	Kevin Curtis - PHI
Randy Moss - NE	Wes Welker - NE	Brandon Marshall - DEN
Chad Johnson - CIN	Hines Ward - PIT	D. Mason - BAL
Andre Davis - HOU	L. Coles - NYJ	Reggie Williams - JAX
T.O. - DAL	D. Bowe - KC	Steve Smith - CAR
Reggie Wayne - IND	Bernard Berrian - CHI	R. White - ATL

Tight Ends

Antonio Gates - SD	Chris Cooley - WAS	Heath Miller - PIT	You didn't make the playoffs with any of these guys	You didn't make the playoffs with any of these guys
Soldier Winslow - CLE	D. Clark - CHI	Vernon Davis - SF
Tony Gonzalez - KC	O. Daniels - HOU	Tony Scheffler - DEN
Jason Whitten - DAL	J. Shockey - NYG	M. Lewis - JAX
Dallas Clark - IND	B. Watson - NE	Randy McMichael - STL

Kickers

Steve Gostkowski - NE	M. Crosby - GB	Kris Brown - HOU	You didn't make the playoffs with any of these guys	You didn't make the playoffs with any of these guys
Adam Vinatieri - IND	Robbie Gould - CHI	Jeff Reed - PIT
Nick Folk - DAL	Shane Graham - CIN	Mike Nugent - NYJ
R. Bironas - TEN	Josh Brown - SEA	Steve Suisham - WAS
P. Dawson - CLE	Jason Elam - DEN	Jeff Wilkins - STL

Defense

Dallas	New England	Pittsburgh	You didn't make the playoffs with any of these guys	You didn't make the playoffs with any of these guys
Green Bay	Indianapolis	Seattle
Chicago	Tampa Bay	Buffalo
Minnesota	New York Giants	New Orleans
San Diego	Jacksonville	Denver

Week 13 Analysis

Quarterbacks

Tom Brady - NE	Drew Brees - NO	Jason Campbell - WAS
Payton Manning - IND	Matt Hasselbeck - SEA	Jay Cutler - DEN
Brett Favre - GB	Kurt Warner - ARI	Jeff Garcia - TB
Tony Romo - DAL	Ben Roethlisberger - PIT	Philip Rivers - SD
Derek Anderson - CLE	John Kitna - DET	Eli Manning - NYG
Carson Palmer - CIN	Marc Bulger (INJURED)	Jason Campbell - WAS

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Week 12 Analysis

Due to the Thanksgiving holidays, I have created a podcast that details my week 12 analysis.  Please either go to the podcast section of this website or to apple iTunes to download the podcast.  Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Week 11 Analysis

Due to a personal issue, the podcast and analysis will either be on Sunday morning or not at all this week.  I apologize for any inconvenience this week.  I will post an early podcast by next Tuesday morning for week 12 as there are games on Thanksgiving in week 12.  Thank you for your patience.  - Jeff

Week 10 Analysis

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Bye Week Blues -  Tampa Bay, New England, Houston, and the New York Jets.

Early Games - 1:00 PM ET - DEN at KC, MIN at GB, STL at NO, BUF at MIA, CLE at PIT, ATL at CAR, PHI at WAS, and JAC at TEN.

Late Games - 4:05 PM ET - CIN at BAL, 4:15 PM ET - DAL at NYG, and CHI at OAK, DET at ARI

Sunday Night - 8:15 PM - IND at SD

Monday Night - 8:30 PM - SF at SEA

Quarterbacks

D. Brees [NO vs. STL]	C. Palmer [CIN at BAL]	D. McNabb [PHI at WAS]	J. Cutler [DEN at KC]	D. Carr [CAR vs. ATL]
P. Manning [IND at SD]	M. Bulger [STL at NO]	B. Griese [CHI at OAK]	D. Huard [KC vs. DEN]	A. Smith [SF at SEA]
B. Favre [GB vs. MIN]	M. Hasselbeck [SEA vs. SF]	P. Rivers [SD vs. IND]	V. Young [TEN vs. JAX]	Q. Gray [JAX at TEN]
B. Roethlisberger [PIT vs. CLE]	J. Kitna [DET at ARI]	K. Warner [ARI vs. DET]	J. Campbell [WAS vs. PHI]	J. Harrington [ATL @CAR]
T. Romo [DAL at NYG]	D. Anderson [CLE at PIT]	J. Losman [BUF at MIA]
	E. Manning [NYG at DAL]

Running Backs

A.Peterson [MIN at GB]	R. Bush [NO vs. STL]	J. Lewis [CLE at PIT]	J. Jones [DAL at NYG]	L. Betts [WAS vs. PHI]
J. Addai [IND at SD]	S. Jackson [STL at NO]	F. Taylor [JAX at TEN]	D. Williams [CAR vs ATL]	M. Morris [SEA vs. SF]
B. Westbrook [PHI at WAS]	C. Portis [WAS vs. PHI]	M. Jones-Drew [JAX at TEN]	M. Hicks [SF at SEA]	L. Jordan [OAK vs. CHI]
L. Tomlinson [SD vs. IND]	F. Gore [SF at SEA]	D. Foster [CAR vs. ATL]	J. Norwood [ATL at CAR]	C. Taylor [MIN at GB]
W. Parker [PIT vs. CLE]	K. Jones [DET at ARI]	R. Johnson [CIN at BAL]	N. Davenport [PIT vs. CLE]	K. Smith [KC vs. DEN]
M. Lynch [BUF at MIA]	T. Henry [DEN at KC]	K. Watson [CIN at BAL]	C. Henry [TEN vs. JAX]	A. Peterson [CHI at OAK]
B. Jacobs [NYG vs. DAL]	L. White [TEN vs. JAX]	W. Dunn [ATL at CAR]
M. Barber [DAL at NYG]	S. Alexander [SEA vs. SF]	P. Holmes [KC vs. DEN]
E. James [ARI vs. DET]	J. Fargas [OAK vs. CHI]	R. Grant [GB vs. MIN]
W. McGahee [BAL vs. CIN]	J. Chatman [MIA vs. BUF]	C. Benson [CHI at OAK]

Wide Receivers

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Tight Ends

A. Gates [SD vs. IND]	C. Cooley [WAS vs. PHI]	T. Heap [BAL vs. CIN]	J. King [CAR vs. ATL]	D. Martin [MIA vs. BUF]
K. Winslow [CLE at PIT]	V. Davis [SF at SEA]	D. Lee [GB vs. MIN]	E. Johnson [NO vs. STL]	Z. Miller [OAK vs. CHI]
J. Witten [DAL at NYG]	J. Shockey [NYG vs. DAL]	G. Olsen [CHI at OAK]	A. Crumpler [ATL at CAR]	M. Lewis [JAX at TEN]
T. Gonzalez [KC vs. DEN]	D. Clark [CHI at OAK]	B. Scaife [TEN vs. JAC]	R. McMichael [STL at NO]	Q. Sypniewski [BAL vs. CIN]
D. Clark [IND at SD]	H. Miller [PIT vs. CLE]	T. Scheffler [DEN at KC]	L.J. Smith [PHI at WAS]

Kickers

N. Folk [DAL at NYG]	R. Bironas [TEN vs. JAX]	M. Stover [BAL vs. CIN]	J. Wilkins [STL at NO]	S. Suisham [WAS vs. PHI]
A. Vinatieri [IND at SD]	M. Crosby [GB vs. MIN}	N. Kaeding [SD vs. IND]	R. Longwell [MIN at GB]	J. Kasay [CAR vs. ATL]
D. Akers [PHI at WAS]	J. Reed [PIT vs. CLE]	L. Tynes [NYG vs. DAL]	R. Lindell [BUF at MIA]	M. Anderson [ATL at CAR]
J. Brown [SEA at SF]	J. Hanson [DET at ARI]	J. Elam [DEN at KC]	O. Mare [NO vs. STL]	J. Carney [JAX at TEN]
P. Dawson [CLE at PIT]	S. Graham [CIN at BAL]	R. Gould [CHI at OAK]	N. Rackers [ARI vs. DET]	J. Nedney [SF at SEA]

Defenses

PIT vs. CLE	DET at ARI	DAL at NYG	MIN at GB	ATL at CAR
GB vs. MIN	IND at SD	NO vs. STL	JAX at TEN	CIN at BAL
CHI at OAK	SD at IND	PHI at WAS	KC at DEN	DEN at KC
TEN vs. JAX	NYG vs. DAL	BUF at MIA	OAK vs. CHI	ARI vs. DET
SEA vs. SF	CAR vs. ATL	BAL vs. CIN	WAS vs. PHI	MIA vs. BUF

Week 9 Analysis

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Bye Week Blues -  Chicago, Miami, New York Football Giants, and St. Louis.

Early Games - 1:00 PM ET - CIN at BUF, GB at KC, DEN at DET, SD at MIN, SF at ATL, JAC at NO, WAS at NYJ, CAR at TEN, and ARI at TB

Late Games - 4:05 PM ET - SEA at CLE, 4:15 PM NE at IND, 4:14 PM HOU at OAK

Sunday Night - 8:15 PM - DAL at PHI

Monday Night - 8:30 PM - BAL at PIT

Quarterbacks

C. Palmer [CIN @ BUF]	B. Roethlisberger [PIT@BAL]	J. Garcia [TB @ ARI]	V. Young [TEN @ CAR]	K. Boller [BAL @ PIT]
T. Romo [DAL @ PHI]	D. McNabb [PHI @ DAL]	K. Warner [ARI @ TB]	D. Huard [KC vs. GB]	V. Testaverde [CAR @ TEN]
P. Rivers [SD @ MIN]	J. Cutler [DEN @ DET]	J. Campbell [WAS @ NYJ]	K. Clemens [NYJ vs. WAS]	O. Gray [JAX @ NO]
D. Brees [NO @ JAX]	J. Kitna [DET @ DEN]	D. Culpepper [OAK @ HOU]	S. McNair [BAL @ PIT]
T. Brady [NE @ IND]		J. Harrington [ATL vs. SF]	S. Rosenfels [HOU @OAK]
P. Manning [IND vs. NE]		A. Smith [SF @ ATL]	T. Edwards [BUF vs. CIN]
D. Anderson [CLE @ SEA]
B. Favre [GB @ KC]
M. Hasselbeck [SEA @CLE]

Running Backs

L. Johnson [KC vs. GB]	F. Gore [SF @ ATL]	L. Jordan [OAK vs. HOU]	R. Grant [GB @ KC]	N. Davenport [PIT vs. BAL]
L. Tomlinson [SD @ MIN]	E. James [ARI @ TB]	T. Henry [DEN @ DET]	A. Echemandu [HOU @ OAK]	C. Brown [TEN vs. CAR]
B. Westbrook [PHI vs. DAL]	K. Jones [ DET @ DEN]	W. McGahee [BAL @ PIT]	C. Henry [TEN @ CAR]	D. Rhodes [OAK vs. HOU]
W. Parker [PIT vs. BAL]	M. Jones-Drew [JAX @ NO]	C. Portis [WAS @ NYJ]	J. Jones [DAL @ PHI]	L. Washington [NYJ vs. WAS]
J. Addai [IND vs. NE]	S. Alexander [SEA @ CLE]	L. White [TEN @ CAR]	S. Young [DEN @ DET]	V. Morency [GB @ KC]
A. Peterson [MIN vs. SD]	K. Watson [CIN @ BUF]	F. Taylor [JAC @ NO]	W. Dunn [ATL vs. SF]	A. Green [HOU @ OAK]
M. Barber III [DAL @ PHI]	R. Johnson [CIN @ BUF]	L. Maroney [NE @ IND]	J. Norwood [ATL vs. SF]
R. Bush [NO vs. JAX]	T. Jones [NYJ vs. WAS]	D. Foster [CAR @ TEN]	M. Bennett [TB vs. ARI]
M. Lynch [BUF vs. CIN]	J. Lewis [CLE vs. SEA]	E. Graham [TB @ ARI]	D. Williams [CAR @ TEN]

Wide Receivers

B. Edwards [CLE vs SEA]	M. Harrison [IND @ NE]	R. Brown [PHI vs. DAL]	D. Stallworth [NE @ IND]	D. Hackett [SEA @ CLE]
T. Houshmandzadeh [CIN @ BUF]	M. Colston [NO vs. JAX]	D. Branch [SEA @ CLE]	K. Walter [HOU @ OAK]	M. Clayton [BAL @ PIT]
S. Smith [CAR @TEN]	H. Ward [PIT vs. BAL]	K. Curtis [PHI vs. DAL]	B. Stokley [DEN @ DET]	J. Porter [OAK vs. HOU]
T. Owens [DAL @ PHI]	D. Driver [GB @ KC]	B. Marshall [DEN @ DET]	P. Crayton [DAL @ PHI]	B. Engram [SEA @ CLE]
C. Johnson [CIN @ BUF]	W. Welker [NE @ IND]	L. Coles [NYJ vs. WAS]	J. Cotchery [NYJ vs. WAS]	J. Jones [GB @ KC]
R. Moss [NE @ IND]	R. Williams [DET vs. DEN]	J. Galloway [TB vs. ARI]	R. Curry [OAK vs. HOU]	C. Johnson [DET vs. DEN]
R. Wayne [IND vs. NE]	D. Bowe [KC vs. GB]	S. Holmes [PIT vs. BAL]	R. White [ATL vs. SF]	J. Jurevicius [CLE vs. SEA]
A. Boldin [ARI @ TB]	C. Chambers [SD @ MIN]	G. Jennings [GB @ KC]	D. Jackson [SF @ ATL]	I. Hilliard [TB vs. ARI]
L. Fitzgerald [ARI @ TB]	L. Evans [BUF vs. CIN]	D. Mason [BAL @ PIT]	V. Jackson [SD @ MIN]	A. Davis [HOU @ OAK]

Tight Ends

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Kickers

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Defense

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Week 8 Analysis

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Bye Week Blues - Arizona, Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Kansas City, and Seattle

Schedule

Early games - Detroit at Chicago, Indianapolis at Carolina, New York Giants at Miami, Oakland at Tennessee, Cleveland at St. Louis, Philadelphia at Minnesota, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati

Late games - Buffalo at New York Jets, Houston at San Diego, Jacksonville at Tampa Bay, New Orleans at San Francisco, Washington at New England

Sunday night - None

Monday night - Green Bay at Denver

Team Offense - Rushing