National Football League

13 wild stats from the first quarter of the 2016 NFL season

Published Nov. 15, 2016 2:03 p.m. ET

Chris Chase

1. The Indianapolis Colts are 9-11 since narcing on Tom Brady and instigating Deflategate in the 2014 AFC championship.

2. Ryan Fitzaptrick has thrown nine interceptions in the past two weeks. In four of the last six seasons, Tom Brady hasn't thrown more than nine interceptions.

3. Philip Rivers is on pace to throw 4,440 yards, 28 TDs and 4 INTs with a 104.5 rating. His San Diego Chargers are on pace to go 4-12.

4. The Rams lost 28-0 in Week 1 to the San Francisco 49ers, then went on a three-game winning streak. The last time a team was shutout in Week 1 and won their next three games was in 1991 when the Lions, coming off a 45-0 opening-week loss to the Redskins, pulled the feat. That Lions team would make the NFC championship and stands as the last Detroit squad to win a playoff game.

5. Washington's Jordan Reed set an NFL record by becoming the quickest tight end to 200 receptions, doing so in 38 games to beat Kellen Winslow's previous record of 39. It took Rob Gronkowski 46 games, in case you were wondering.

6. Marcus Mariota has targeted Titans wide receivers 80 times but has just 41 completions.

7. NFL teams who lead by 13+ points in the fourth quarter are 25-0 this year, except for the Chargers who are 1-2.

8. Those Chargers have scored 14.5 points per second quarter, the highest of any team in any quarter. (1st: Green Bay, 9.3 ppq; 3rd: Philadelphia, 14.3 ppq; 4th: Denver, 13.0 ppq).

9. The Arizona Cardinals haven't scored a first-quarter point this year. Yet the Cards are in the top half of the NFL in points scored in a game.

10. This weekend was only the second time since 2006 that the Buffalo Bills won and all three other AFC East teams lost.

11. According to Elias, the New England Patriots are the first team to get shutout at home the week (16-0 loss to Buffalo) after shutting out a team at home (27-0 win over Houston) since the 1937 New York Giants.

12. The No. 1 players at each position in fantasy football (standard scoring) are: Matt Ryan (QB), DeMarco Murray (RB), Julio Jones (WR), Greg Olsen (TE), Dustin Hopkins (K) and Minnesota (D)

13. Among qualified running backs, Todd Gurley is 43rd out of 44 in yards-per attempt. Adrian Peterson, who still soon fall off the list, is 44th.