A few quick observations/concerns as we get ready for kickoff of Super Bowl XLV.

Deion Sanders breaks out an abbreviated Let’s Go Primetime for Championship Sunday, listing his top five performances.

The NFL Network research crew has finished crunching the numbers, so here’s a look at the most notable nuggets from the Steelers’ 24-19 win over the Jets, including how Mike Tomlin and Ben Roethlisberger are in elite company.

Without a doubt, Week 17 of the 2010 season brought us a lot to chew on from a statistical standpoint.

Rashard Mendenhall’s lost rushing yard in Week 15 could alter fantasy championships.

Anybody in favor of team quarterbacks would likely get a lot of support from fantasy enthusiasts who started Packers QB Aaron Rodgers in Week 14.

The weather could have a major effect on the first week of the fantasy football postseason.

By now, you’ve likely seen all the highlights and digested all the relevant fantasy stats from the first Sunday of the 2010 NFL season. Here’s a chance to dig a little deeper, with key nuggets from each of Sunday’s games, courtesy of crack NFL Network research guru George Li.

Some trickery from Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau that might otherwise go unnoticed led directly to the overtime win against the Falcons on Sunday.

Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall was a surprise slide down the draft boards over the weekend. A development that was fashioned on rumors of Isaac Redman getting goal-line carries. And those fears became a confounded reality when coach Mike Tomlin announced that Redman was going to be the short-yardage back.

A quick look at some of the stories on the radar on Tuesday.

This is what I get for being so high on Steelers WR Mike Wallace. Second-year QB Dennis Dixon could end up starting for the Steelers in the wake of Byron Leftwich’s knee injury. Leftwich went to the hospital for an MRI.

The Dallas Morning News presented a pretty interesting statistic Monday, illustrating some of the least-effective running backs on third-and-1 and fourth-and-1 situations last season.

In fantasy circles, the question surrounding the loss of Willie Colon is whether it will hurt the value of Rashard Mendenhall.

If Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is on the board in the second half of the first round in fantasy drafts, there’s no reason not to take him.