The Titans defeated the Vikings, 30-17, last Sunday and improved to 4-0 for the first time in franchise history. Just three teams since 2000 have won their first four games of the season and missed the playoffs (2003 Vikings, 2002 Chargers, 2000 Jets).
Tennessee is riding a league-high 7-game winning streak and has outscored opponents by a combined 154-79 in those contests. The Titans are just 1-5 against the Ravens in the two teams' last six meetings, but three of those losses were by a single point.
Baltimore took a 13-3 lead into halftime Monday night against the Steelers, but was outscored 20-7 in the second half/overtime and lost its first game of the season, 23-20. The Ravens have now dropped eight straight games in which they've allowed 23 or more points.
Willis McGahee left the game on Monday night with a chest injury and Le'Ron McClain led the Ravens with 63 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries against Pittsburgh. McGahee fractured his ribs late last season and he is currently listed as day-to-day for this Sunday's contest.
Including three wins in 2008, Kerry Collins has won his last four starts for the Titans despite averaging just 198 yards threw the air and tossing two total touchdown passes in those contests. Collins' only career start against the Ravens came way back in 1996 and he won that game.
Rookie Chris Johnson garnered his first two NFL touchdowns last weekend and has 337 yards on the ground thus far in 2008 — second in the AFC. Together with LenDale White's five scores, the Titans have a league-leading 7 rushing TDs this season.
Originally drafted by Tennessee in 1997, Derrick Mason had 137 yards receiving for the Ravens against the Steelers on Monday night. The last time Mason had that many receiving yards in a single game was when he recorded 137 against the Bills while still a member of the Titans in 2003.
Baltimore has won three straight home games dating to last season and is 32-10 at home since 2003 (4th best in football over the last 5+ seasons).
With its 33-19 upset win over the Broncos in Week 4, Kansas City snapped a franchise-high 12-game losing streak. The Chiefs had scored just 32 points combined in their first three games of 2008, before exploding for 33 against Denver.
Damon Huard made his second start of the season in Week 4 and was 21-of-28 for 160 yards and a touchdown (100.3 rating) in the victory. Huard is now 10-10 in 20 career starts for the Chiefs.
Carolina beat Atlanta, 24-9, last Sunday and is now 3-1 on the season (its best start since beginning 2003 with five straight wins). With two home wins already in 2008, the Panthers have matched their total from last season (2-6 record at home in 2007).
Jake Delhomme threw for 294 yards and two scores, posting a 124.8 rating last Sunday. It was the 19th time since he joined the Panthers in 2003 that Delhomme has put up a rating of 100+ and Carolina is 15-4 in those contests.
Larry Johnson recorded his second consecutive 100-yard game last Sunday and now leads the AFC with 415 yards on the ground in 2008. Kansas City is 22-7 all-time when L.J. goes over 100 yards rushing.
Dating to November 2007, the Chiefs have lost six straight road games and averaged just 11.8 points per game in those contests.
Jonathan Stewart is the only Panther with a rushing touchdown thus far in 2008, but his four scores are most among all NFL rookies this season. Carolina has scored just eight TDs as a team this season (4 by Stewart).
Steve Smith reached paydirt for the first time this season on a 56-yard catch and run last Sunday (just his second TD in the last 11 games).
The Bears took a 24-20 win over the Eagles in Chicago on Sunday night and are now 2-2 on the season. The Bears never trailed the Eagles, despite posting just 13 first downs and 256 total yards in the contest.
With three straight losses to begin 2008, Detroit has a 4-game losing streak overall and dating to November 11, 2007, has dropped 10 of its last 11 games.
The Lions are 9-10 all-time following a bye week. However, Detroit has won two straight after having the week off (beat Atlanta in 2006 and Tennessee in 2007).
One of these teams has swept this season series each of the last four years (Chicago in '05 and '06, Detroit in '03 and '07).
Kyle Orton threw a career-high three touchdown passes in the win over the Eagles and now boasts an overall record of 14-8 as a starter, but is just 4-6 on the road.
Matt Forte had his lowest output of the season last weekend (43 yards), but still leads all NFL rookies with 347 yards on the ground in 2008.
Devin Hester recorded his third career touchdown reception in Week 4 — nine of Hester's 15 career TDs have come at home.
Jon Kitna is 2-2 against the Bears with a 104.9 rating (5 TD, 0 INT) since joining the Lions. Kitna has thrown for 8,960 yards overall since the beginning of 2006 (4th most in the league over the last 2+ seasons).
The Falcons never led against the Panthers last Sunday and eventually lost, 24-9, in Carolina, dropping to 2-2 on the season. Atlanta has lost five straight on the road, getting outscored 143-64 in the process.
Jason Elam accounted for all of Atlanta's points in Week 4 and has now made 24-straight field goals overall (dating to November 11, 2007 while still with Denver).
Green Bay dropped a 30-21 decision to the Buccaneers in Week 4 and is tied with Chicago for the top spot in the NFC North. The Packers are 10-2 in their last 12 games at Lambeau Field.
Originally feared to have separated his shoulder, Aaron Rodgers' injury is being reported as a sprain instead and his status for this Sunday's game is still up in the air. Rookie Matt Flynn (2-for-5, 6 yards) filled in for Rodgers after he went down in the fourth quarter against Tampa Bay.
Michael Turner and Jerious Norwood have combined for 659 rushing yards in 2008 — more rush yards than any other team in football has this season.
Greg Jennings has recorded three straight 100-yard receiving games, becoming the first Green Bay receiver to do so since Antonio Freeman did it in 1998 (Oct. 15-Nov. 1). The last Packer player to have four such games in a row was James Lofton (last two games of 1982 and first two games of 1983).
Donald Driver had just one catch in Week 4's game against the Bucs, but it extended his consecutive games with at least one reception streak to 99 straight games — four games shy of tying Sterling Sharpe's team record. The last time Driver had just one catch in a game was January 2, 2005 against the Bears.
Atlanta is averaging 6.6 yards per play on first down this season — second highest in football (Dallas-6.7).
At 1-2, Indianapolis has its worst record through three games since they were 0-3 in 1998 (Peyton Manning's first NFL season). The Colts' only 2008 win came in Minnesota and they are 8-1 overall on the road since the beginning of last season.
Peyton Manning is 11-1 all-time against the Texans and has posted a 100+ rating in 10 of those 12 contests. Manning's only loss to Houston came in December 2006 (at Reliant Stadium) on a 48-yard field goal by Kris Brown with no time remaining on the clock.
The Texans will finally play their home opener after beginning the season with three straight road contests due to Hurricane Ike. Houston is just 2-4 all-time in its first home game of the season (wins in 2002 vs. Dallas and 2007 vs. Kansas City).
Dating to Christmas Eve 2006, the Texans are 8-2 at home and just 2-9 on the road. Houston is currently riding a franchise-high 4-game home winning streak.
Peyton Manning has 29 career touchdown passes against Houston — his most vs. any team.
Andre Johnson had three catches for 38 yards last weekend and now needs just 17 more yards to become the first Texan in franchise history to record 5,000 receiving yards. 15 of Johnson's 25 career touchdown catches have come at home.
Matt Schaub had his second career 300-yard passing game in Week 4 against Jacksonville. Since joining the Texans' in 2007, Schaub is 3-2 while posting a 90.2 rating in five starts at Reliant Stadium.
Indianapolis is 10-9 all-time following a bye week. However, the Colts have won three straight following the week off, averaging 35 points per game in the process.
San Diego spotted the Raiders a 15-0 halftime lead last Sunday, but rallied and outscored Oakland 28-3 in the second half and won the game 28-18. The Chargers have now tallied 60 fourth-quarter points in 2008 — most in the league.
Dating to November 25, 2007, the Chargers have scored 20 or more points in 10 straight games — tied with the Saints for the longest such streak in football.
The Dolphins throttled the Patriots, 38-13, prior to their bye week. The 38 points scored by Miami were its most since putting 40 on the board against Dallas in November of 2003.
Miami has defeated San Diego six straight times overall (last loss in 1993) and hasn't lost to the Chargers in Miami since 1980.
Philip Rivers has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 11 straight games (second longest streak in football) and has posted a rating of 100 or higher in seven of those contests.
Drafted by Miami in 1998, Chris Chambers joined the Chargers mid-season in 2007. While a Dolphin, from 2001 through 2007, Chambers recorded 405 catches, 5688 receiving yards and 43 touchdown catches — all numbers that led Miami during his time in South Florida.
LaDainian Tomlinson had his first 100-yard rushing game of 2008 in Week 4. LT now has five such performances in his last nine games (dating to December 2, 2007) and has 898 yards on the ground during that span (99.8 rush yards per game). Tomlinson also scored two touchdowns against the Raiders last Sunday — his second straight game with two rush TDs. San Diego has won 19 consecutive games in which Tomlinson rushes for 2+ touchdowns.
The Dolphins are 11-8 all-time following a bye week.
Seattle beat St. Louis, 37-13, for its first win of the season prior to taking Week 4 off. The last time a Seahawks' team started the season 1-3 was in 2002 when they finished with a 7-9 record.
The Seahawks are just 5-14 all-time following a bye week (2-7 since 1999 under Mike Holmgren).
New York entered its week off by taking a 26-23 overtime win over Cincinnati in Week 3. The Giants are 4-15 all-time following a bye week — tied for worst in football since the NFL instituted byes in 1990.
The Giants have defeated the Seahawks four straight times at the Meadowlands and haven't lost a home game to Seattle since a 17-12 setback in 1983 (the Seahawks' only win road win against the Giants in franchise history).
Matt Hasselbeck is just 1-5 with a 76.0 quarterback rating in his last six starts in the Eastern Time Zone. Hasselbeck has started two career games at the Meadowlands and lost both times (vs. Giants in 2001 and vs. Jets in 2004).
Julius Jones has recorded back-to-back 100-yard rushing games since being inserted into the Seahawks' starting lineup in Week 2. Jones' 140-yard performance against the Rams in Week 3 was the highest for a Seattle back other than Shaun Alexander since Ricky Watters had a 168-yard game against the Raiders in 2000.
The Giants have recorded six sacks in each of their last two games and are looking to have three straight contests with 6+ sacks for the first time since it became an official stat in 1982. New York has taken down opposing QBs at least once in 25 straight regular-season games.
29% (9/31) of the Giants' offensive drives in 2008 have ended in field goals — the highest percent of all teams in football.
Washington went into Dallas and beat the Cowboys, 26-24, in Week 4 for its third straight win after losing to the Giants in the season-opener. Each of the Redskins' 2008 wins has been by seven points or less.
The Redskins are 10-10 against their divisional foes since the beginning of 2005 (5-6 on the road).
Philadelphia outgained Chicago 340-256 last Sunday night, but still lost the game 24-20. After converting nearly 50% (19-of-40) of their third-down opportunities in the first three games of 2008, the Eagles were just 2-for-13 (15.4%) on third down against the Bears in Week 4.
The Eagles have won three straight at home, outscoring opponents by a combined 70-18 in the process — Philadelphia hasn't allowed a touchdown during its 3-game win streak at "The Linc."
Jason Campbell has yet to throw an interception in 2008 — His 124 attempts to start a season without a pick are the most by any Redskin quarterback since Brad Johnson had 126 without an INT to begin 1999.
Clinton Portis recorded his 20th 100-yard rushing game as a Redskin last weekend (11th on the road) — the ‘Skins are 17-3 overall in those contests and have won 10 of their last 11 when Portis goes over the century mark.
Donovan McNabb is 8-2 in his last 10 starts against the Redskins and sports a 10-5 record all-time vs. Washington. McNabb has thrown 25 career touchdown passes vs. the 'Skins — his most vs. any opponent.
Eagles' punter, Saverio Rocca has pinned opponents' inside their own 10-yard line five times this season — tied for most in the league.
Tampa Bay defeated Green Bay, 30-21, in Week 4 and has now won three straight after dropping its season-opener to New Orleans. The Bucs are 8-0 since the beginning of last season when scoring 24 points or more.
Originally drafted by the Broncos in 1998, Brian Griese will be taking on his former team this Sunday for the first time in his career. Griese is now 11-4 as a starting quarterback since the beginning of 2005 and an impressive 6-2 on the road during that span.
The Broncos were upset, 33-19, by the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium last Sunday — Denver has now started its season with a 3-1 record or better in seven of its last eight seasons (2-2 in 2007).
Denver has put up 1,742 total yards in its first four games of 2008 — most in the NFL and most in Broncos' franchise history through the first four games of any season.
Earnest Graham rushed for another touchdown last Sunday — the ninth in his last 11 regular-season games (tied for second-most among all NFC backs since Week 9 in 2007).
Despite missing the first game of 2008, Brandon Marshall has 31 catches this season — tied with Reggie Bush for most in the league. Marshall has had at least four catches in 12 straight games — the longest such streak in football.
Jay Cutler has completed 19 passes of 20 or more yards in 2008 — most among all QBs in football. Bronco quarterbacks had just 42 such completions in 2007 (T-17th in the league).
Brian Griese threw three interceptions in each of his last two starts and still won each game. The last time any quarterback accomplished that feat was when Dan Fouts did it for the Chargers in 1980 (Sept. 14 vs. Oak and Sept. 21 vs. Den).
Buffalo beat the Rams, 31-14, in St. Louis last weekend and improved to 4-0 for the eighth time in franchise history (last time in 1992). The Bills have gone to the playoffs four straight times when they've won the first four games of the season.
The Bills have trailed entering the fourth quarter in three straight games and have outscored opponents by a combined 45-10 in the fourth quarter in those three contests.
After winning the first two games of 2008, the Cardinals have dropped two straight with their 56-35 loss to the Jets in Week 4. Arizona had seven turnovers last Sunday — its most since a 7-turnover game vs. Tennessee in 1997.
Kurt Warner threw for 472 yards against the Jets last weekend — the fourth time in his career that he's thrown for 400+ yards and the second-best performance (yardage-wise) since he joined the league in 1998 (484 yards vs. SF in 2007).
Warner completed a franchise-record 40 passes against the Jets and two of those went for touchdowns. He now has at least one TD pass in 12 straight games — the longest active streak in football.
Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin have combined for 781 receiving yards this season — best of any pair of teammates in the league. However, Fitzgerald will more than likely be without his partner for a while after a vicious helmet-to-helmet hit by the Jets' Eric Smith left him motionless in the end zone last Sunday. Tests after the game on Boldin's neck and spine were negative, but it is unknown how soon he'll be able to resume playing.
Lee Evans had just two catches last weekend, but one was 39 yards and the other 49 yards. Among all players with at least 10 catches, Evans leads the NFL with a 23.7 yard per catch average in 2008 and his six receptions of 25+ yards this season are tied with Greg Jennings (GB) for most in the league.
Opponents have converted just 19.2% of their third-down opportunities against the Bills defense this season — lowest in the league.
Without an injured Carson Palmer, the Bengals lost to the Browns last weekend, 20-12. The last time a Cincinnati team lost its first four games of the season was when it went 0-7 to begin 2002.
Ryan Fitzpatrick started in place of Palmer (his first NFL start since 2005) and threw for 156 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions. Palmer's elbow injury isn't considered serious and he plans to start this Sunday against the Cowboys.
With its 26-24 home loss to the Redskins last Sunday, Dallas is now 1-2 in its last three regular-season games at Texas Stadium with each of those contests decided by four points or less. The Cowboys are 4-1 all-time at home against the Bengals (only loss in 1988).
After averaging 30 rushes per game in the first three weeks of the 2008 season, the Cowboys ran the ball just 11 times in Week 4 against Washington — the fewest rushes by a Cowboys' squad since 1990 when they had 11 in a loss against the Giants.
Chad Johnson caught his first touchdown pass of the season last week against the Browns. Since 2004, Johnson has 5,631 receiving yards and Terrell Owens has 52 touchdown catches — both numbers are highest among all players in the league.
The Bengals signed former Bear running back Cedric Benson on Tuesday after DeDe Dorsey was put on the IR with a hamstring injury. The No. 4 overall pick in the 2005 draft, Benson had a career-high 674 yards (4 TD) in 11 games last season before going down with a season-ending ankle injury vs. the Broncos in Week 12.
Dallas has scored 17 points in its first possession of the game this season — most among all teams in the league. The only time in 2008 that the Cowboys did not score on their first possession was last weekend vs. the Redskins.
With his sack of Jason Campbell in Week 4, DeMarcus Ware has now recorded at least sack in seven straight games dating to last season — the longest active streak in the league.
The Patriots had their NFL record 21-game regular-season win streak snapped in Week 3 with a 38-13 loss to the Dolphins. Dating to December 10, 2006, New England is now 2-2 vs. Miami and 21-0 vs. everybody else (regular season only).
New England is 10-9 all-time following a bye week, however, the Pats have won five straight times after getting the week off (last loss in 2002 vs. Denver).
San Francisco had its modest 2-game win streak snapped last week in a 31-17 loss to the Saints. The 49ers had the ball for 27:05 against New Orleans in Week 4 and are now 1-12 the last 13 times they've lost the time of possession battle.
The Niners have never lost to the Patriots at home (4-0 record). The last two times these teams met were in Foxboro and New England won both contests (1998 and 2005).
With two against the Saints, Frank Gore has at least one 10+ yard rush in 10 straight games and his total of 20 such runs since Week 12 in 2007 are tied with Marion Barber for most among all NFC backs. In addition, Gore's 932 rush yards since Week 12 last season are most in the NFC.
LaMont Jordan leads all Patriots' rushers with 90 yards on the ground this season — New England is the only team in the league without a player that has at least 100 yards rushing this season.
After sacking Kansas City quarterbacks four times in the first game of 2008, the Patriots have just two in their last two contests. Niners quarterback J.T. Sullivan has been sacked a league-high 19 times thus far this season.
Patriots kicker, Stephen Gostkowski has 25 points this season — the rest of the New England squad has combined for just 24 points in 2007.
The Steelers beat the Ravens, 23-20, in overtime on Monday night and improved to 3-1 for the fourth time in the last five seasons. Pittsburgh is now 9-1 at home since the beginning of last season, but just 4-6 on the road.
Jacksonville has defeated Pittsburgh three straight times and is 11-8 all-time against the Steelers. The last three times these teams have met in Florida were decided by a total of 12 points (Pittsburgh won two of those games).
The Jags also had an overtime win in Week 4 — a 30-27 victory over the Texans. Last Sunday was the first time since November of 2005 vs. Tennessee that Jacksonville has given up 27+ points and still won the game (breaks 8-game losing streak).
Willie Parker missed last Sunday's game with a sprained knee and will miss this one as well. Rashard Mendenhall filled in against the Ravens until he went down with a season-ending shoulder injury and on Tuesday, Pittsburgh signed Najeh Davenport to shore up its depleted running back corps.
David Garrard had his first game of 2008 without an interception last weekend after throwing at least one in each of his first three games of the season. Garrard is now 16-6 as the Jags' starting QB when he goes without a pick and 5-7 when throwing one or more INT.
Josh Scobee has kicked a game-winning field goal in each of his last two games and, including a 25-yarder vs. Pittsburgh in last year's AFC wild-card game, now has four total in his career. Scobee's counterpart, Jeff Reed now has eight career game-winning kicks, including one against the Jags in 2004.
Pittsburgh is holding opponents to just 74.0 rush yards per game in 2008 — fourth-lowest in the NFL this year and currently the best single-season mark in Steelers' franchise history.
Ben Roethlisberger has been sacked 15 times already this season (most in the AFC) and 108 times since the beginning of 2006 (second-most in football behind Jon Kitna's 126).
Minnesota dropped a 30-17 decision to the Titans last Sunday in Tennessee — its third straight road loss dating to last season. The Vikes are just 4-11 on the road since November 2006.
The Vikings were held to just 80 yards on the ground in Week 4 — their lowest rushing output since Adrian Peterson joined the team in 2007. The last time a Minnesota team was held to fewer rush yards was December 21, 2006 by the Packers (77 yards).
Despite committing 13 penalties last Sunday, the Saints beat the 49ers, 31-17, improving to 2-2 on the season. The last time New Orleans had 13 or more penalties and still won the game was in November 2000 vs. the Rams (17 penalties).
Minnesota has beaten New Orleans three straight times and scored over 30 points in each of those contests. Including the postseason, the Saints are just 2-12 all-time in Minnesota with their last win coming in 1993.
Last Sunday, Deuce McAllister scored his first rushing touchdown since December 24, 2006 against the Giants. In addition, McAllister had 73 yards on the ground against the 49ers in Week 4 (his best performance since gaining 108 yards against the Giants in 2006).
With his third 300-yard game of the season last Sunday, Drew Brees leads the NFL with 1,343 passing yards in 2008. Brees also led all QBs with 4,418 yards through the air in 2006 and his total of 10,184 passing yards since joining the Saints is highest in the league.
Reggie Bush is tied for the league-lead with 31 catches in 2008 and his 192 receptions since joining the league in 2006 are most among all NFL running backs (and 6th highest among all players).
Including the postseason, the Vikings have lost a league-high 40 straight games when trailing entering the fourth quarter — their last win came in the 1997 wild-card game against the Giants.
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WHO DAT!!!<br /><br />We will own tonight. Viking can't handle all our weapons. And with the crowd behind them, the defnese will step up and knock AP on his ass!
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