It Is What It Is » Nuggetpalooza: NFL Week 1, Patriots vs. Titans statistical preview!

Love the Nuggetpalooza and what an interesting stat below…

FIRST DOWN DEFENSE?: Last season, the Patriots’ defense allowed 3,455 yards on 501 first down plays, an average of 6.90 yards per play. That’s the highest allowed by any NFL defense since they began tracking the stat in 1995: 6.90 – Patriots, 2011 6.80 – Lions, 2008 6.57 – Redskins, 2010 6.52 – Texans, 2010 Note this: New England also intercepted a league-high 13 passes on first down last season, the most ever by a Patriots defense and tied for third-most ever in a single season (since they began tracking the stat in 1991):