I'm doing the NBA schedule breakdown, but it's going to take me some time to go through every team and parse out the interesting tidbits. Until then, I'll probably throw some innocuous factoids at you until you realize that I'm just stalling to finish the big article. On we go!
In the NFL today, quarterbacks have become increasingly mobile. QBs like Cam Newton, Colin Kaepernick, Michael Vick and Aaron Rodgers beat teams not just with their arms, but their legs as well (except for Michael Vick; 2010 was an aberration).
Some quarterbacks are so mobile, they can achieve a pretty snazzy goal: 100 rushing yards for the ball thrower.
Since 1960, quarterbacks have rushed for 100 or more yards 38 times.
Michael Vick has the most 100 yard rushing games of any quarterback in history, a whopping 11 since 2002. He has a full seven games on the next guy.
Colin Kaepernick holds the record for most yards rushed in a single game by a quarterback: 181 yards on January 12, 2013. Making that feat more impressive is that he accomplished it in the postseason.
Speaking of the postseason, three of the 38 games happened in the playoffs. Donovan McNabb on January 11, 2004, Michael Vick on January 15, 2005, and Kaepernick this past year.
Only one quarterback has had consecutive 100 yard rushing games: Billy Kilmer, of all people. Not only that, Kilmer did it in THREE consecutive games in the 1961 season for the San Francisco 49ers in games 3-5.
The Philadelphia Eagles have had the most 100 yard rushing games from their quarterbacks: a clean 10. Four quarterbacks have accomplished that feat for the green birds: Jack Concannon, Randall Cunningham, Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick. The Atlanta Falcons are second with 9 games: all by Vick.
Pretty impressive stuff. So keep an eye on the NFL this season. The way the game's going, we're probably going to see game number 39 this year.
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