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In this week's piece, Bob explains how the NFL can deliver on its 2014 promise of next-generation stats that it claimed will revolutionize the sport, and use next-level visuals for fans

Buffalo Bills WR Khalil Shakir hit the NFL's top speed of 2026 against the Rams per ESPN Next Gen Stats

Next Gen Stats highlights some of the most impressive numbers and data from the top plays of Week 7, including a 74-yard touchdown run from Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III vs. the Los Angeles Chargers.

Next Gen Stats looks at how New England can attack the Denver Broncos defense with outside runs. New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye scores a 2-yard rushing touchdown against the Miami Dolphins during Week 8 of the 2026 NFL season.

Playbook with Next Gen Stats,” which rolled out on ESPN2 during Week 16 last season, also will be getting a pre-Super Bowl rollout on NFL Network during the regular season for select “Monday Night Football” games.

The bloom is off the ManningCast rose.

Check out the numbers behind Seahawks RB Kenneth Walker's league-leading speed on a 74-yard touchdown run in Week 7.

That figure is not only a fraction of the audience for a “ManningCast” on ESPN2 this season (even with the ManningCast” having its lowest season audience yet), but it was below the 469,000 viewers that NFL Network got on the same night for a Next Gen Stats alt-cast of the same game.

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