Sports Kings NFL Weekly Countdown Show Week 8 (2019)

 

WHAT TO LOOK FOR – WEEK 8

DOMINANT DEFENSE: Entering Week 8, the undefeated NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (7-0) lead the league in both points for per game (31.9) and points against per game (6.9).

Against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday (4:25 PM ET, CBS), the Patriots can become the first team to average more than 30 points per game and allow fewer than 10 points per game through eight games of a season since the 1962 GREEN BAY PACKERS.

Additionally, New England’s point differential (+175) is the second-highest at this point of a season in NFL history, trailing only the 1920 Buffalo All-Americans (+218). With a win on Sunday, New England can continue its historic point differential pace and jump into the top five in NFL history through their first eight games.

The SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS enter Week 8 as the lone undefeated team (6-0) in the NFC. San Francisco’s defense has allowed 223.5 total net yards per game – more than 100 fewer yards per game than any other team in the NFC (Dallas, 324.9) – and has limited their opponents to fewer than 200 total net yards of offense in each of the past three games. 

With fewer than 200 total net yards allowed on Sunday against Carolina (4:05 PM ET, FOX), San Francisco would become the sixth team to allow fewer than 200 total net yards of offense in at least four consecutive games since 1970. Three of the previous five teams to do so went on to win the Super Bowl. 

The teams with the most consecutive games limiting opponents to 200 or fewer total net yards of offense since 1970:

TEAM	SEASON(S)	GAMES
Pittsburgh#	1974-75	5
Dallas#	1977	4
Dallas	1973-74	4
Miami#	1972	4
New England	2005	4
San Francisco	2019	3*
*Active streak
#Won Super Bowl

 

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