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Houston/Kansas City

Last year, after the Ryan Lindley disaster in the playoffs, I looked at the worst passing performances in playoff history.  At the time, Lindley had the 9th worst passing game ever.  Well, now it’s the 10th.

Against Kansas City yesterday, Brian Hoyer completed 15 of 34 passes for just 136 yards with 0 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. He also lost a fumble on his three sacks, which lost 17 yards.  Calculating Adjusted Net Yards per Attempt doesn’t factor in fumbles, but Hoyer still finished with -68 Adjusted Net Yards for Brian Hoyer on those 37 dropbacks.   That’s a -1.84 ANY/A average.  On the season, Kansas City allowed 4.91 ANY/A.

As a result, that means Hoyer averaged 6.74 ANY/A fewer than expectation.  On 37 dropbacks, that gives him a grade of -249 Adjusted Net Yards relative to league average, after adjusting for era and opponent.  That’s the 4th worst passing performance in playoff history behind Kerry Collins in the Super Bowl against the Ravens, Stan Humphries against the Dolphins in the ’92 playoffs, and Jake Delhomme‘s implosion against Arizona seven years ago.

Cincinnati/Pittsburgh

Since 1994, there have been just five times where a team scored to take the lead in the final two minutes, only to lose the game moments later:

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