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Miami Dolphins receiver Ted Ginn Jr. had kickoff returns of 100 and 101 yards, but he played only 16 snaps on offense, had only one pass thrown his way and made no receptions. Ginn has been targeted 41 times this season, with 18 catches and five drops. In the past two games — blowouts of the Tennessee Titans and the Tampa Bay Bucs — Tom Brady has completed 79 percent of his passes for 688 yards with nine touchdowns and two interceptions.Peyton Manning is on pace to throw 601 passes for a league-record 5,090 yards.Chicago Bears receiver Devin Hester is on pace for 1,038 receiving yards, which would be more than he had his first three seasons combined. Over the past three games, Hester has the second-most receptions in the NFL with 21.In two games against the Green Bay Packers this season, Brett Favre finished with a passer rating of 135.9. In Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress’ first six games against Green Bay, his starting quarterbacks compiled a rating of 62.7.No team has rushed the ball more than 25 times against the Pittsburgh Steelers this season. Three teams didn’t even reach 20 carries. San Diego ran the ball eight times in a loss to Pittsburgh. In their past five games, the Houston Texans are 4-1 with a three-game winning streak. They have reduced their run defense from 205 yards a game to 113.3. The defense has gone from 32nd to 16th. They lead the league in forcing three-and-outs with 35. They have forced 14 turnovers, ranking fifth in the NFL.John Fox is 7-0 against the Saints in Louisiana, including a 2005 game in Baton Rouge when the Superdome wasn’t available due to Hurricane Katrina. Quarterback Jake Delhomme, a Louisiana native who spent the first five years of his career in New Orleans, is 5-0 on the road against the Saints. He also was 1-0 as a starter with New Orleans in the Superdome, directing a 1999 win over Dallas.The New York Giants lead the NFL with 38 plays of 20 yards or more. Thirty-two of those are passes. The Titans travel to San Francisco, where they are 1-9 in their past 10 games in the region, including eight consecutive losses.Who’s hotIn the four games since the Carolina Panthers’ bye week, defensive end Julius Peppers has 23 tackles, six sacks, eight quarterback pressures, two forced fumbles and an interception return for a touchdown. Who’s notFalcons quarterback Matt Ryan has been intercepted seven times in the past three games, the worst stretch of his brief NFL career. He has had three consecutive games with a passer rating of less than 70, including a 46.6 last week against the Saints. The Falcons are 1-2 in their past three games.He said it"I’m definitely not going to Mexico, not going to Cabo." — Bills receiver Terrell Owens, on his bye week plansNumber game5.6Frank Gore’s yards per carry, which is the highest figure of his career and third best in the NFL. He has three carries for 223 yards. Gore’s other 62 carries have gone for 141 yards, an average of 2.27 yards.
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