Week 9 NFL stats that pop: Can Colts protect Andrew Luck from Packers?

PIT: Last win in Baltimore was 2012 with Charlie Batch starting at QB in last game of his career

PIT: 6-3 record coming off bye week under Mike Tomlin (since 2007); 8-4 off bye with Ben Roethlisberger (2004)

PIT: Has not been .500 or worse through eight games in consecutive seasons since 1988-91 (started 4-4 last year)

BAL: Won three straight vs. Steelers and five of last six; 10-6 at home vs. Steelers since 2000

BAL: Lost four straight for the first time in Harbaugh/Flacco era; longest losing streak in franchise history is nine (2007)

BAL: 6-2 record coming off bye week in Harbaugh/Flacco era (since 2008)

BAL: Have only been below .500 through 8 games in consecutive seasons once in franchise history (1998-99)

Le’Veon Bell: Averaging 41.9 receiving yards per game for career, most by a running back since 1970 merger

Ben Roethlisberger: 9-8 career record and 27-18 TD-INT ratio vs. BAL; 84.5 passer rating is his second worst vs. AFC teams

Antonio Brown: Only one TD in 11 career games against Ravens, averaging 59.9 yards per game against them

Joe Flacco: 8-7 record, 18-7 TD-INT ratio, 85.1 passer rating for career vs. Steelers

MIN: 14-2 at home vs. Lions since 2000

MIN: Hasn’t had at least six wins at midseason in consecutive years since 1997-98 (were 6-2 last year)

MIN defense: 68.1 opponent passer rating is second best in NFL; 16 turnovers forced is tied for first with DEN and KC

DET: Hasn’t been .500 at midseason and made playoffs since 1997; Barry Sanders was MVP with 2,053 rushing yards 

DET defense: 113.7 opponent passer rating is 10 points worse than any other team; 73.6 opponent completion percentage is 5.6 worse than any other team

Matthew Stafford: 103.4 passer rating would be best in Lions history

Stafford: 5-7 record, 18-5 TD-INT ratio, 90.6 passer rating in career vs. Vikings

Marvin Jones: 23 receptions and 482 yards in first four games; 13 receptions and 174 yards in last four games

Sam Bradford: 1-7 career record vs. NFC North; 67.1 career passer rating in two games vs. Lions (both losses)

Bradford: 70.4 completion percentage and 109.7 passer rating in first four games (4-0); 60.2 completion percentage and 79.6 rating in last two games (0-2)

PHI: 11-5 playing at NYG in regular season since 2000 (1-1 in postseason); won eight of last nine in New York

PHI: Have only been above .500 through midseason once over previous five seasons (2014)

PHI: 1-3 and allowing 23.5 points per game on road; 3-0 and allowing 7.7 points per game at home

PHI defense: 16.7 opponent points per game is third best in NFL

NYG: 7-4 coming off bye week since Eli Manning became starter

NYG offense: 436 total yards per game at home; 277 total yards per game on road

NYG offense: NFL-worst 70.3 rushing yards per game; only team to not have a player with at least 200 rushing yards

NYG defense: Nine sacks is second worst in NFL; seven forced turnovers is tied for third worst

Eli Manning: 3-10 career record, 23-13 TD-INT ratio, 83.9 passer rating at home vs. Eagles in career

Rashad Jennings: Only player in NFL averaging less than three yards per carry on at least 50 carries

Carson Wentz: 1 completed pass thrown over 10 yds in last 2 gms; did not attempt a pass of at least 20 yds vs DAL

CLE: Last win vs. Dallas was 1994 with Bill Belichick as head coach, also the last time Browns won a playoff game

CLE: Only other 0-8 start was in 1975 with Forest Gregg as head coach

CLE offense: 4.9 yards per carry is tied for third best in NFL

DAL: Won three straight vs. Browns dating back to 2004; losing all-time series 13-17 (including playoffs)

DAL: Looking for 11th 7-1 start in franchise history, second in last 20 seasons (2007)

DAL: Won six straight; last seven-game win streak was 2007, lost to NYG in divisional playoffs

DAL offense: 6.1 yards per play is tied for third best in NFL; 11 sacks allowed is tied for second best

Dak Prescott: Second rookie QB in NFL history to lead team to 6-1 start (Johnny Lujack, 1948 Bears)

Ezekiel Elliott: NFL-best 799 rushing yards is second most through seven career games since 1970 merger (Eric Dickerson, 851)

Dez Bryant: 12 receptions, 145 yards, TD in one career game vs. Browns; had 100-plus yards and TD last week for first time in 10 games

Terrell Pryor: On pace for 1,064 receiving yards, would be just fourth Browns wide receiver with 1,000 receiving yards since 1990

Isaiah Crowell: Top 10 in NFL in rushing TDs (5) and yards per carry (4.9)

Most rushing yards through seven career games since AFL-NFL merger:

1. 851, Eric Dickerson (1983)

2. 799, Ezekiel Elliot (2016)

3. 746, George Rogers (1981)

4. 740, Adrian Peterson (2007)

IND: Last win in Green Bay was 1988 in Chris Chandler’s rookie year, with Eric Dickerson at running back

IND: First time they’ve been below .500 at midseason in consecutive years since 1997-98

IND offense: 31 sacks allowed is six more than any other team; six sacks allowed in Week 8 was season high

GB: Has not been .500 or worse at midseason since 2009

GB defense: 3.3 opponent yards per carry is tied for best in NFL (Jets and Panthers)

Andrew Luck: Only matchup vs. GB was 4th game of career; threw for 362 yards and game-winning TD with 35 seconds left (30-27)

T.Y. Hilton: On pace for 92 receptions, 1,418 yards and 8 TDs — all would be career highs; left Week 8 game with hamstring injury

Frank Gore: Needs 167 rushing yards to tie Tony Dorsett (12,739) for eighth on the all-time list

Aaron Rodgers: 7-0 TD-INT ratio and 111.7 passer rating over last two games; 10-4 TD-INT ratioand 88.4 rating over first four games

Davante Adams: 25 receptions and 206 yards over last two games; third Packer with back-to-back games of 10-plus receptions (S. Sharpe, T. Montgomery)

Jordy Nelson: 59.3 receiving yards per game would be fewest since 2010; still tied for NFL lead with six TD catches 

OAK: Last win in Denver was 12/19/10 in Tim Tebow’s first career start (138 passing yards, 78 rushing yards, 2 total TDs)

OAK: Started 5-0 on road for first time since 1977 (with John Madden as coach, lost to Denver in AFC championship)

OAK offense: 86 penalties are more than any other team’s offense

OAK offense: Nine sacks allowed is NFL-best; six turnovers is tied for third best

DEN: Won five straight home games vs. Raiders; 12-4 at home vs. Raiders since 2000

DEN: Fourth straight year with at least six wins through midseason, longest streak in franchise history

DEN defense: 65.7 opponent passer rating and 4.5 opponent yards per play are best NFL; tied for first with 26 sacks (Bills)

Derek Carr: Leads NFL in pass attempts (323), tied for third in passing TDs (17), fifth in passer rating (100.9)

Carr: On pace to tie Daryle Lamonica (1969) for most TD passes in a season by Raiders QB (34)

Michael Crabtree: On pace for 94 receptions, 1,138 yards and 12 TDs, all would be career highs

Amari Cooper: 787 receiving yards is most by Raiders player at midseason since 1970 merger; Raiders record is 1,408 receiving yards (T. Brown) 

Trevor Siemian: 56.6 completion percentage and 75.9 passer rating over last three weeks; 67.0 completion percentage and 95.9 rating over first three weeks

Demaryius Thomas: Exactly 10 targets each of last three weeks; no more than seven targets each of first five weeks

Von Miller: With 1.5 sacks in Week 9, would be fourth fastest to 70 career sacks; 8.5 sacks in 2016 is second in NFL

Games needed to reach 70 career sacks (since sacks were first recorded in 1982):

1. Reggie White, 57

2. Ray Childress, 58

3. J.J. Watt, 75

4. Derrick Thomas, 82

5. Bruce Smith, 83

— Von Miller with 68.5 sacks through 80 games

Series: Eight out of 12 all-time matchups have been in Seattle; Seahawks lead series 7-6

BUF: 23rd straight season with three or more losses at midseason (since last Super Bowl year in ‘93), longest active streak in NFL

BUF: Last win in Seattle was 11/28/04 with Drew Bledsoe at QB; Willis McGahee ran for four TDs

BUF: Only team in NFL to not have a player with at least 300 receiving yards

BUF defense: 26 sacks is tied with Denver for best in NFL

BUF offense: 5.5 yards per carry is half a yard better than any team; four turnovers is best in NFL

SEA: 3-0 at home allowing 17.3 points per game

SEA defense: 15.6 opponent points per game is second best in NFL (Vikings); 22 sacks is tied for third best; 3.4 opponent yards per catch is fourth best 

Russell Wilson: Zero TDs in last three games is longest career streak; five TDs and 44 rushing yards are his worst through seven games

Cliff Avril: 6.5 sacks over last four games; on pace for 17 sacks (Seahawks record is 16.5, Michael Sinclair)

Tyrod Taylor: Leads all NFL QBs with 319 rushing yards (next is Marcus Mariota at 221); would be 12th QB with 600 in a season

Mike Gillislee: 6.5 yards per carry is second best in NFL (min 30 carries); could start in place of LeSean McCoy (hamstring)

Lorenzo Alexander: Leads NFL with nine sacks; had nine total sacks over first nine NFL seasons