Winner | +/- | Loser |
DAL | +3 | PHI |
NYJ | +2 | CIN |
BAL | +2 | NE |
ARI | +2 | GB |
IND | +3 | BAL |
MIN | +3 | DAL |
NO | +2 | ARI |
NYJ | +1 | SD |
NO | +4 | MIN |
IND | E | NYJ |
Totals for Playoffs | 9-0-1, 100% | |
100 Yard Rushers
Name | Team | Opp | Yards | W/L |
Cedric Benson | CIN | NYJ | 169 | L |
Ray Rice | BAL | NE | 159 | W |
Felix Jones | DAL | PHI | 148 | W |
Shonn Greene | NYJ | CIN | 135 | W |
Shonn Greene | NYJ | SD | 128 | W |
Adrian Peterson | MIN | NO | 122 | L |
Totals for Playoffs | 4-2, 67% |
During the regular season, running backs turned out 100-yard performances at about a 22% rate (unneccessary explanation you might want to skip: there were 32 teams playing in 16 games each, so 256 actual games, since the teams were playing each other, but 512 opportunities for a team to produce a 100-yard rusher. Running backs capitalized on that 112 times. Thus the 22% rate). There have been 10 games so far in the playoffs with six rushers, so that rate is considerably higher than the season average. I don't think I have a definitive answer to explain all of this. Some of it is probably just small sample size. Another element is probably that the bad running teams that are unlikely to have a 100-yard rusher have been eliminated. It's possible to make the playoffs with a bottom-of-the-barrel running game, like the Colts did, but it's difficult. Everything else you do has to be pretty stellar. Still, those don't totally explain the rate nearly tripling. It's funny how sports happen.
As to the win percentage, it's right in line with the regular season. Reassuringly so.
300 Yard Passers
Name | Team | Opponent | Yards | W/L |
Aaron Rodgers | GB | ARI | 423 | L |
Kurt Warner | ARI | GB | 379 | W |
Peyton Manning | IND | NYJ | 377 | W |
Brett Favre | MIN | NO | 310 | L |
Totals for Playoffs | 2-2, 50% |
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