... Sports Illustrated's "Between The Hashes" has its review of the bowl season, including quotes and photes and durn near every cool thing about the games this season.
... Gregg Easterbrook's "Tuesday Morning Quarterback" on ESPN.com is always interesting and erudite and varied, and this week's no exception. In particular, we like the stats of the week, especially numbers 1, 4, and 7:
Stats Of The Week No. 1: In the 2014 NFL regular season, the 1,000-yard mark was surpassed by 13 running backs -- and by 23 receivers.
Stats Of The Week No. 2: Marvin Lewis is 100-90-2 in the regular season, 0-6 in the postseason.
Stats Of The Week No. 3: In Carolina's last five games, the Panthers averaged 199 yards rushing, allowed an average of 11.8 points and are plus-eight in turnovers; in their previous 12 games, the Panthers averaged 103 yards rushing, allowed an average of 27.6 points and were minus-five in turnovers.
Stats Of The Week No. 4: Matt Stafford is 0-18 on the road versus teams that finished the season with a winning record.
Stats Of The Week No. 5: The Jets, Saints, Raiders and R*dsk*ns finished the season without a defensive or special-teams touchdown.
Stats Of The Week No. 6: After allowing 90 rushing yards per game in its first 14 games, Arizona allowed 220 yards rushing per game in its final three.
Stats Of The Week No. 7: New Orleans was 32nd in defense in 2012, rose to fourth in 2013, dropped back to 31st in 2014.
Stats of the Week No. 8: In two appearances at Indianapolis, the Bengals were outscored 53-10.
Stats Of The Week No. 9: Joe Flacco is on a playoff streak of 13 touchdown passes versus no interceptions.
Stats Of The Week No. 10: Cincinnati and Detroit, which both lost Sunday, have gone a combined 47 years without a postseason victory.
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