Tonights Win The Watercooler 1/14/15 1) Jim Tomsula has been the 49ers defensive line coach since 2007 - only the Ravens allowed fewer yards per rush in those 8 seasons - ESPN Stats and Info 2) Quarterback Marcus Mariota finished his Oregon career with the lowest interception percentage in FBS history (1.2 percent). Among quarterbacks with at least 14 starts, his 88.8 career Total QBR is the second best in the past 10 seasons. Of the top five players on that list, three were drafted No. 1 overall (Cam Newton, Andrew Luck and Sam Bradford). It’s worth noting that the five Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks active in the NFL have a winning percentage of 46 percent. Early-entrant quarterbacks chosen in the first round in the past 10 seasons also have a winning percentage of 46 percent. Early-entrant quarterbacks generally have struggled in the NFL. Since 2006, the first year of ESPNs Total QBR, 13 early-entrant quarterbacks have been chosen in the first round. Three -- Luck, Mark Sanchez and Vince Young -- have winning records as starters; four have posted career Total QBRs of 25 or worse. If Mariota or Florida States Jameis Winston is chosen first, he would be the sixth Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback chosen first overall in the common draft era (since 1967). There are five active Heisman-winning quarterbacks in the NFL, and none of them has a career record above .500. The group had zero combined playoff wins until Newton and the Panthers defeated the Cardinals earlier this month. 3) The #Patriots have defeated the #Colts in 3 straight seasons, by a combined margin of 144 to 66 - NFL Stats and Info The #Colts have not had a 100-yard rusher for 39 straight games - Darren Rovell 4) The Warriors defeated the Jazz to improve their record to 30-5 (.857) this season. Eighteen previous teams won at least 30 of their first 35 games of a season (most recently the 2007-08 Celtics), ten of them made the NBA Finals and all ten won the title.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 06:19:14 +0000
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