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Around The NFL breaks down what you need to know from all of Saturday’s action in Week 16 of the 2022 NFL season. Catch up on each game’s biggest takeaways using the links below:
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Jeremy Bergman’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Derek Carr was 5 of 10 for 47 yards and three interceptions when targeting in-breaking routes. It was the Raiders QB’s first career game with three such picks since at least 2018.
NFL Research: Clutch Kenny? Pittsburgh’s game-winning TD drive was Pickett’s second fourth-quarter comeback in 2022 (Week 12 at IND) and his third game-winning drive of the season (Week 10 vs. NO, Week 12 at IND).
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Eric Edholm’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Commanders RB Brian Robinson ran 22 times for 58 yards, which was minus-31 rushing yards over expected. Robinson had a combined plus-75 rush yards over expected between Weeks 12-15.
NFL Research: Brock Purdy is the second QB since 1950 to start 3-0 and throw multiple TD passes in each of his first three career starts. The other was future Hall of Famer Kurt Warner in 1999, when he won NFL MVP and Super Bowl XXXIV MVP that season.
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Nick Shook’s takeaways:
Next Gen Stat of the game: In what was essentially the play of the game, T.Y. Hilton had a 22.5 percent completion probability on his 52-yard reception on third-and-30 in the fourth quarter. The completion added 19.3 percent to Dallas’ win probability.
NFL Research: CeeDee Lamb had his second career game with 10-plus receptions, 100-plus receiving yards and two-plus receiving TDs, tied with Amari Cooper for the most in Cowboys history. Lamb has more such games than the rest of the 88 Club combined (Dez Bryant, Michael Irvin and Drew Pearson).
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Kevin Patra’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Justin Fields went 3-of-4 for 70 yards and a TD on passes of 10-plus air yards (12-of-18, 49 yards on passes of fewer than 10 air yards).
NFL Research: Josh Allen (174) passed Dan Marino (171) for the most offensive touchdowns in a player’s first five seasons in the Super Bowl era.
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Eric Edholm’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Ravens running back Gus Edwards had plus-52 rushing yards over expected, which was the third-most in a single game in his career.
NFL Research: Demarcus Robinson scored the only touchdown of the game. He was the first Ravens wide receiver to catch a TD since Devin Duvernay in Week 3. The Ravens had not thrown a TD pass in their three previous games.
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Michael Baca’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: The Carolina Panthers’ +130 rushing yards over expected in the first half are the most by any team since RYOE was introduced in 2018.
NFL Research: The Panthers offense set new franchise records in total yards (570) and rushing yards (320) vs. the Lions behind 165 rushing yards from D’Onta Foreman and 125 rush yards from Chuba Hubbard, which is the first time in team history that two players each had at least 125 rushing yards in the same game.
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Eric Edholm’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Giants head coach Brian Daboll lost 5.6% win probability on his decision to kick a field goal on fourth-and-5 from the Minnesota 37-yard line in the fourth quarter.
NFL Research: Justin Jefferson now holds the Vikings’ single-season receiving-yards record that was previously held by Randy Moss (1,632 yards in 2003).
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Nick Shook’s takeaways:
Next Gen Stat of the game: Patrick Mahomes completed 13 of 19 passes of fewer than 10 air yards for 125 yards and two touchdowns.
NFL Research: Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes of fewer than 10 yards Saturday, increasing his total of such touchdown passes to 24 in 2022. He trails only Peyton Manning (25 in 2013) and Aaron Rodgers (29 in 2020) for the most such touchdown passes in a season in NFL history. Both Manning and Rodgers won MVP in those seasons.
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Kevin Patra’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Bengals receiver Trenton Irwin had a 25.6 percent completion probability on an 18-yard TD reception (the most improbable catch in his career).
NFL Research: Marcus Jones has a receiving TD, punt return TD and INT return TD as a rookie. The only other player in the Super Bowl era to score a 40-plus-yard TD each of those ways in his entire career is Deion Sanders.
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Nick Shook’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Alvin Kamara and Taysom Hill combined to finish with +40 rushing yards over expected in Saturday’s win.
NFL Research: Saturday was the third time in franchise history in which the Saints won a game in which they finished with fewer than 100 passing yards and zero passing touchdowns.
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Coral Smith’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Texans defensive end Ogbo Okoronkwo had six QB pressures and two sacks on 17 pass rushes, giving him a 35.3 pressure percentage in the win.
NFL Research: With his 48-yard rushing touchdown in the first quarter, Derrick Henry now has 12 career rushing touchdowns against the Texans. This broke a tie between him and Maurice Jones-Drew for the most by any player versus the Texans in NFL history.
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Dak Prescott threw a pair of touchdown passes to Dalton Schultz and the Dallas defense shut down an undermanned Tennessee Titans squad in a victory on “Thursday Night Football.”
Keyed by a stellar defensive effort, the Los Angeles Chargers won their third straight, defeating the Indianapolis Colts on “Monday Night Football” to clinch a playoff berth.
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