Eli Manning has completed just 38.2 percent of his passes this season. Chris Trotman/Getty Images

It's just not fair that Peyton Manning keeps getting all the attention, the headlines, the publicity, while kid brother Eli gets nothing.

Anybody can throw a bunch of touchdown passes. That's boring. To us, what Eli has been doing is much more interesting. Eli, like his older brother, is putting up numbers that few quarterbacks have ever dreamed of.

How bad has he been?

Let's take a look:

• Eli Manning has thrown just 110 passes for the Giants this year this year and completed 38.2 percent of them. Even if he completed his next 108 in a row he would still have a lower completion percentage than Peyton, who has completed 68.9 percent.

• Just because Eli's passer rating is only 33.8 doesn't mean he can't finish the season with a higher rating than Peyton, who has a 126.3 figure. All Eli needs to do is throw 50-yard touchdowns on his next 52 pass attempts and he will find himself with a higher passer rating than Peyton.

• Assuming Eli Manning throws at least five passes against the Steelers on Sunday, he has a shot at finishing with the worst passer rating by an NFL quarterback in 23 years. No quarterback with 115 or more attempts has had a rating this low since Dan Pastorini produced a mighty 22.9 rating for the Rams in 1981.

• If Eli throws five more interceptions without a touchdown, he'll be the first QB with 11 or more interceptions and no more than one TD since Dave Wilson of the Saints in 1981, teammate of ... Archie Manning.

• Eli against the Ravens on Sunday averaged 54 inches per pass attempt. He threw for 27 yards in the first 54 minutes he was in the game. Kurt Warner threw for 50 yards in the first 54 seconds he was in the game.

• Eli has fewer touchdown passes the last three weeks than Steelers RB Jerome Bettis, who has thrown 63 fewer passes (one). Bettis had as many completions of 10 yards or more Saturday (one) as Manning had. Manning's passer rating is lower than Giants punter Jeff Feagles, who is 0-for-1 passing this year.

• Going back to the fourth quarter of the Giants' loss to the Redskins on Dec. 5, Manning is 5-for-24 for 36 yards with two interceptions and no TDs. The Giants have netted 8 or fewer yards on 13 of the last 14 drives Manning has quarterbacked.

• Peyton Manning has five games with 310 or more yards. Eli Manning has zero months with 310 or more yards.

Considering that Eli is starting against the Steelers and the NFL's No. 1 defense on Sunday, he has a great chance of continuing his pursuit of ineptitude on a historic scale.

But here's some encouraging news: The Giants' rookie has completed 38.2 percent of his passes and no NFL quarterback with 115 or more pass attempts has had a lower completion percentage in 26 years, since Doug Williams completed 37.6 percent of his passes as a rookie with the Buccaneers in 1978.

Nine years later, he was the Super Bowl MVP.

More obscure, bizarre and ridiculous from the NFL's Week 14:

• There were 101 offensive plays in the NFL this weekend longer than the Browns' yardage total against the Bills -- including one by the Browns.

Cleveland's 17 yards was the fifth-lowest total in NFL history and fewest in more than a quarter century, since Seattle had minus-seven against the Rams on Nov. 4, 1979.

The Browns had 445 fewer yards Sunday than 14 days earlier, when they gained 462 against the Bengals. They generated those 17 yards on 46 plays, which averages out to 13 inches per offensive snap. At that rate, it would take 28 plays to get a first down. And the Browns aren't real good on 27th down and short.

It's a shame for the Browns the game ended when it did because they were just hitting their stride when time ran out. On their first 44 plays, the Browns netted 4 yards. On their last two - a seven-yard Luke McCown bomb to Antonio Bryant and a six-yard run by Adimchinobe Echemandu - they netted 13. They didn't lose, they just ran out of time.

The Browns had more yards on their longest play -- an 18-yard McCown pass to Antonio Bryant in the third quarter -- than they had in the entire game. Ten of the Browns' 14 drives went for 3 yards or less and five netted negative yardage.

From the 12:05 mark of the second quarter until the 0:56 mark of the fourth quarter -- a span of 41 minutes, 9 seconds -- the Browns gained minus-15 yards.

• The Chiefs have allowed a 300-yard passer four straight weeks -- Tom Brady (315 yards), Drew Brees (378 yards), Kerry Collins (343) and Billy Volek (426). Those four QBs have combined for four 300-yard games against the Chiefs and five against the rest of the NFL.

This is the first time a team has allowed an opposing quarterback to throw for 300 or more yards in four straight games since the Chiefs the first four weeks of 2002 -- Kelly Holcomb (326), Mark Brunell (320), Brady (410) and Trent Green (328).

Three quarterbacks have produced their highest career passing yardage total against the Chiefs in the last seven weeks -- Volek, Peyton Manning (472) and Brees.

Through 13 games, the Chiefs have allowed 3,515 net passing yards, which puts them on pace to give up 4,326, which would be the third-highest in NFL history. The Chiefs need to allow 342 per game to break the record of 4,541, set by the 1995 Falcons.

The Chiefs and Titans on Monday night combined to score 35 points in the final 4:49. The Chiefs scored 21 points -- and fumbled -- during that span. The Chiefs have now allowed 27 or more points in seven straight games, the first team to do that since the 2001 Colts.

Chiefs RB Larry Johnson ran seven times for 104 yards, the most rushing yards on seven or fewer carries since Brian Mitchell of the Eagles was 2-for-105 against the Falcons on Oct. 1, 2000.

•  Bengals WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh has done something the last two weeks that Randy Moss, Marvin Harrison, Torry Holt, Terrell Owens, Tim Brown, Cris Carter or Jimmy Smith all have never done in their NFL careers.

Houshmandzadeh last week caught 10 passes for 171 yards at Baltimore and this past weekend was 12-for-145 at New England.

That makes him the first NFL receiver in nearly nine years to record consecutive games with 10 or more catches and 145 or more yards -- the first since Jerry Rice was 14-for-289 against the Vikings and 12-for-153 at Atlanta the last two weeks of the 1995 season.

Before these last two games, Houshmandzadeh had never had more than seven catches or more than 116 yards in a game.

•  Volek this week became the ninth QB this year to throw for 400 yards in a game, joining Plummer, Donovan McNabb, Marc Bulger, Daunte Culpepper, Tim Rattay, Matt Hasselbeck, Kelly Holcomb and Manning (Peyton, not Eli -- Eli doesn't have a 400-yard month yet). This is the first time since 1986 that nine QBs have passed for 400 yards in a game. Tommy Kramer, Ken O'Brien, Dan Marino, Joe Montana, Boomer Esiason, Tony Eason, Jay Schroeder, Bernie Kosar and Steve Grogan).

At least one QB has passed for 426 yards or more three straight weeks for the first time in NFL history. In the previous 28 weeks, only two QBs threw for 426 or more yards.

•  RB Maurice Hicks of the 49ers ran for 139 yards on Sunday against the Cardinals in his first NFL start, becoming the 10th running back this year to surpass 100 rushing yards in either his first or second career start. Najeh Davenport (178 yards in his second start), Reuben Droughns (193 in first), Derrick Blaylock (186 in his first), Davenport (178 in first), Quentin Griffin (156 in second), Julius Jones (150 in his second), Willis McGahee (111 in first), Mewelde Moore (109 in second), Jesse Chatman (103 in first) and Chris Brown (100 in first) have all done it.

Two other rookies -- Tatum Bell of the Broncos and Larry Johnson of the Chiefs -- have had 100-yard rushing games before their first NFL start. Bell last week against the Dolphins and Johnson the last two weeks against the Raiders and Titans.

•  Titans WR Drew Bennett (12-for-233) against the Chiefs Monday night became the first player with 10 or more catches and 230 or more yards in a game since Dec. 17, 2000, when Terrell Owens was 20-for-283 against the Bears. His 233 yards are the most by a player in a loss since Jimmy Smith of the Jaguars had 291 against the Ravens in a 39-36 loss on Sept. 10, 2000 ... This is the fifth straight year the Chiefs have been ranked eighth or better in the NFL in offense and 20th or worse in defense ... Lions QB Joey Harrington has completed 6 of his last 29 passes over two games ... The Chiefs (Johnson, Derrick Blaylock, Priest Holmes) and Broncos (Quentin Griffin, Droughns, Bell) have both had three different 100-yard rushers this year ... Dolphins QB A.J. Feeley has thrown at least one interception in 12 straight games in which he's thrown more than two passes ... The Chiefs recovered four Titans fumbles on Monday night after recovering just two opposing fumbles in their previous 14 games dating back to last year.