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Rashee Rice among league leaders in receiving yards heading into Week 4

#Chiefs WR Rashee Rice sits in second place on the NFL’s receiving yards leaderboard heading into Week 4.

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice is quietly becoming one of the most productive receivers in the NFL through three weeks of the 2024 regular season.

Despite the slow start from the Chiefs offense, Kansas City has found a potential star in its 2023 second-round pick, who has been one of the Chiefs’ most reliable receivers this season.

This season, it seems that Rice can get open on every play, especially when Patrick Mahomes needs him most, and fans around the league are starting to take notice.

On Tuesday, the NFL’s official Twitter account posted a list of the top five leaders in receiving yards heading into Week 4.

Rice was listed in second place behind Houston Texans wide receiver Nico Collins:

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The former SMU Mustang is developing into one of Kansas City’s most consistent contributors while star tight end Travis Kelce’s production has faltered in the Chiefs’ first three games.

Expect Rice to be a top threat for Kansas City’s offense when the Chiefs travel to face the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.

Global Rating: Who should make the All-NBA Teams?

Just like we did with the All-Star rosters, we’re showing how the All-NBA Teams would look as of today according to Global Rating, an advanced metric that evaluates the performance of every player during the season. The All-NBA Teams will be updated …

Just like we did with the All-Star rosters, we’re showing how the All-NBA Teams would look as of today according to Global Rating, an advanced metric that evaluates the performance of every player during the season.

The All-NBA Teams will be updated every day considering the rules regarding positions. Each one will have two guards, two forwards and one center. Just for fun, we’re going deeper and coming up with how a 5th, 8th or 10th All-NBA Team would look like.

Ranking: The all-time leading scorers in each month of the calender

Courtesy of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the league’s schedule, we can now say NBA basketball has been played in every month of the calendar year. That prompted us to delve into the data and find out who the leading scorers are for each month. …

Courtesy of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the league’s schedule, we can now say NBA basketball has been played in every month of the calendar year. That prompted us to delve into the data and find out who the leading scorers are for each month.

Since LeBron James is now running up the score in the all-time list, you would think he dominates the monthly scoring charts, right? Well, you would be wrong. In fact, seven different players hold the title of leading scorer in at least one month.

Here they are:

The leading NBA scorers during each U.S. presidency

Did you know that the top scorer in NBA history ( LeBron James) was never the leading scorer during any U.S. presidency? Well, now you know that. We delved into this fun data during this quiet part NBA offseason, and why not? It certainly makes for …

Did you know that the top scorer in NBA history (LeBron James) was never the leading scorer during any U.S. presidency? Well, now you know that.

We delved into this fun data during this quiet part NBA offseason, and why not? It certainly makes for an interesting read.

Anyways, here are the Top 5 scorers during each U.S. presidency from the George Truman era till the Joe Biden years.

(For the record, the always underappreciated Alex English holds the record for most points scored with the same president sitting in office).

What’s led to Rickie Fowler’s dramatic turnaround? The stats say almost everything

Rickie Fowler is all the way back. The only thing missing? A win.

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Rickie Fowler has long been one of the most popular players not only on the PGA Tour, but in the world.

He’s won five times on Tour, including the 2015 Players at TPC Sawgrass, and has represented the United States in seven team events: 2010, ’14, ’16 and ’18 Ryder Cups, and 2015, ’17 and ’19 Presidents Cups.

However, like many players, Fowler went through a rut.

During the 2020-21 season, Fowler missed nine cuts in 24 events and finished inside the top 10 once. In 22 events during the 2021-22 season, Fowler missed nine cuts and finished inside the top 10 once.

But thanks to a return to Butch Harmon, Fowler has found his game.

So far this season, Fowler has missed just two cuts in 19 starts and has finished inside the top 10 seven times.

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What’s been the difference maker?

Well, everything.

Here’s a complete look at Fowler’s statistical difference between his 2021-22 campaign and this season.

Ranking: The active players with the most playoff wins and no titles

A couple of weeks ago, we published a list of the players who have won the most playoff games without ever conquering a championship. Most of the guys in said list have long been retired and therefore destined to remain ringless. The ones in the …

A couple of weeks ago, we published a list of the players who have won the most playoff games without ever conquering a championship. Most of the guys in said list have long been retired and therefore destined to remain ringless. The ones in the ranking below still have a shot (even if a long one in many cases) at getting that elusive title.

Rankings: The players with the most playoff wins and no NBA title

Regular season success doesn’t always result in deep playoff runs, and playoff victories don’t necessarily ensure championship rings. The players on this list understand this reality all too well; despite numerous playoff wins, they’ve never won a …

Regular season success doesn’t always result in deep playoff runs, and playoff victories don’t necessarily ensure championship rings. The players on this list understand this reality all too well; despite numerous playoff wins, they’ve never won a championship ring.

The worst Finals in NBA history by regular season winning percentage

The Nuggets-Heat Finals has the potential to be a very interesting one, but there’s no denying it’s a very surprising matchup for a championship series considering Miami barely made the playoffs and had to go through two play-in games to qualify for …

The Nuggets-Heat Finals has the potential to be a very interesting one, but there’s no denying it’s a very surprising matchup for a championship series considering Miami barely made the playoffs and had to go through two play-in games to qualify for the postseason.

As such, the 2023 Finals teams combine for a very low winning percentage. How low? Well, their combined 59.15 percent of wins in the regular season is the lowest mark in a championship series since 1978.

You can check the all-time ranking for worst Finals (by regular season winning percentage) below:

Ranking: The players with the most Conference Finals in NBA history

The Lakers advanced to the Conference Finals for the 24th time in their history by beating the Warriors Friday night. That’s a league record, so you will not be surprised to know that the list of players with the most Conference Finals made is …

The Lakers advanced to the Conference Finals for the 24th time in their history by beating the Warriors Friday night. That’s a league record, so you will not be surprised to know that the list of players with the most Conference Finals made is filled with Laker legends as well, including LeBron James, who moved to No. 3 all-time after eliminating Golden State. That’s no small feat considering the NBA has had 30 teams each of his years as a pro.

Anyway, here’s the all-time ranking for most Conference Finals made:

Seahawks among NFL’s 5 most overperforming offensive units

The Seattle Seahawks are a perfect example of a team who exceeded preseason expectations last year.

NFL Network Analytics Expert Cynthia Freland took a look at some very important statistics from last season to determine the five most overperforming offenses in the league last year. Based on her model, which measured the difference between preseason expectations and actual game outputs, the Seattle Seahawks topped her list.

“I don’t have a way to isolate the win share of deep passes, but I can say that Geno Smith’s deep passing, especially early in the season, drives much of this final ranking,” Frelund writes. “Next Gen Stats shows that Smith’s 13 deep touchdown passes (20-plus air yards) paced the NFL in 2022. Nine of those came in the first eight weeks, and that hot start (Seattle went 5-3) changed the course of the Seahawks’ season. In the category of downfield passes (all pass attempts of 10-plus air yards downfield), Smith’s 27 TDs are tied for the most, with Josh Allen — and Smith had one fewer interception than Allen on those attempts (eight to Allen’s nine). Smith’s 112.8 passer rating on such passes ranked third among all QBs who attempted more than 50 downfield passes.”

“The Seahawks’ pass catchers ranked 14th in win share before the season, but the combination of the O-line (which started ranked 30th and ended the season at 25th) and uncertainty at QB drove the low forecasted effectiveness of the passing offense,” Frelund continues. “Smith far exceeded that forecast, setting a franchise season record for completions (399), attempts (572), completion percentage (69.8) and passing yards (4,282). He was also the first Seattle QB to lead the NFL in completion percentage since Dave Krieg in 1991 (65.6 percent).”

In the simplest terms  . . . while the Seahawks failed to go deep into the playoffs, Seattle logged a much, much better season than most predicted.

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