So, after my heart stopped racing after today's game, I decided to just stop by NFL.com and look at all the "meaningless" stats they had to offer, and I was pleasantly surprised to see how we were stacking up on an individual basis. Let's go through all of the major offensive player categories and see what we can decipher.

Passing

- Big Ben comes in at 3rd based on yards. He had the most completions while still maintaining a reasonable 66% completion rate. He was rated at 100.7.

- For fun: Robert Golden is the only safety on the board, and his 100% completion rate and 118.8 passer rating indicate that he might be better than Ben. Also had more yards than Michael Vick. Maybe he should be our #3 backup.

Rushing

- Bell also comes in at 3, finishing with only 1 less yard than Marshawn Lynch on one more carry against what was a very stout run defense last year.

- Fun: Archer finished with 4 yards to Big Ben's 8 yards. Very telling. I smell a bust.

Receiving

-Antonio Brown finished at, who would've guessed, 3. At 116 yards he still had a better average yds/catch than AJ Green and Steve Smith.

- The Steelers were the only team to have 3 receivers in the top 20 and only 2 other teams had more than one. Markus Wheaton came in at 10 and Bell clocked at 16. That's right. Our RB is better than a handful of WR1s. Boom.

Total Yards

- Obviously, Ben still comes in at 3 here because it is a QB dominant stat, but Bell manages to be the first non-QB on the board at 19, putting him ahead of the likes of Matt Forte and a dozen other starting QBs. Neato.

So far, the offense is looking good. In the next segment I will try to do a run down of defensive placement (hint: it won't be as good), so stay tuned.