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With help from co-host Jenny Dell and some insightful data from ESPN's Stats & Information crew, analyst Tim Hasselbeck explained how the New York Jets' defense has evolved into a unit that gave Peyton Manning and Tom Brady fits. Now they'll try t...

I've never heard of an ESPN Stats & Information jinx, so I'm going to post these tidbits about the New York Jets without apology. ESPN researcher Matt Willis and the Elias Sports Bureau point out if the Jets beat the Pittsburgh Steelers and advanc...

Take heart, Buffalo Bills fans. Your team doesn't have the NFL's most difficult 2011 schedule. They own the second-most difficult schedule. ESPN Stats & Information worked out all the arithmetic based on 2010 records and found the Bills' upcomi...

ESPN Stats & Information has delved into the records, tiebreakers and other assorted mumbo jumbo to break down various seeding scenarios. Here are some particulars for the New England Patriots and New York Jets. The Patriots have clinched ...

With help from ESPN Stats & Information, here are a succession of streaks and trends to get you thoroughly confused as to whether the New York Jets or New England Patriots will win Monday night in Gillette Stadium: The Patriots are 5-0 at hom...

ESPN Stats & Information researcher Russell S. Baxter delivers some hard knowledge about Monday night's blockbuster between the New York Jets and New England Patriots in Gillette Stadium....

ESPN Stats & Information tracks every NFL play and has determined New England Patriots receiver Randy Moss leads the league in drops. Moss Moss already has four, matching his total from last year. Tom Brady has targeted Moss 18 times. ...

The New York Jets avoided starting the season in a two-game hole to the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots. How important was that? ESPN Stats & Information researcher Keith Hawkins tracked how two-week starts have applied to the playo...

When comparing last year's numbers for LaDainian Tomlinson and Thomas Jones, there's no contest. Jones was almost twice the back as Tomlinson statistically. Jones logged career highs, Tomlinson career lows. ESPN Stats & Information found To...

We can be certain of at least one thing Saturday in Paul Brown Stadium: The New York Jets' defense will try to swarm the Cincinnati Bengals again. In advance of their wild-card matchup, ESPN Stats & Information has armed me with all sorts of d...

NFC West blogger Mike Sando posted a couple of interesting items with help from ESPN's Stats & Information crew. Sando broke down the number of "big plays" achieved and surrendered by each team. A big play is defined as a run of at least 20 ya...

Munch on a few Tylenols and peruse this breakdown, courtesy of ESPN Stats & Information, to see how the AFC East's three postseason hopefuls are positioned through Week 15. The New York Jets cannot win the AFC East. They would lose the divis...

The Miami Dolphins have a pair of go-to receivers on third down. Davone Bess ranks second in the NFL with 19 third-down receptions. Greg Camarillo has 12 of them, and all have gained first downs. ESPN Stats & Information provided the list of re...

Perception of the New York Jets' defense was that they got after quarterbacks like a band of sword-wielding berserkers. They have led the NFL in sending extra pressure since the season began. ESPN Stats & Information notes the Jets send at least f...

Nobody relies on the double formation more than Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. ESPN Stats & Information tracks every snap and notes the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts favor the formation -- single back, two receivers to each side -...

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham The New England Patriots are running on empty, and they've gone farther than anybody else. ESPN's Stats & Information gang has categorized every NFL play so thoroughly it can tell us the Patriots have run 42 ...