ELECTRIC EAGLE: Philadelphia quarterback CARSON WENTZ threw three touchdown passes in the Eagles’ 31-3 win against Chicago last week.
Wentz, who leads the NFL with 28 touchdown passes, has the third-most touchdown passes by a first or second-year quarterback through his team’s first 11 games of a season in NFL history.
The first or second-year quarterbacks with the most touchdown passes through his team’s first 11 games of a season:
PLAYER |
TEAM |
SEASON |
PASSING TDS IN TEAM’S 1ST 11 GAMES |
Dan Marino^ |
Miami |
1984 |
30 |
Kurt Warner^ |
St. Louis |
1999 |
29 |
Carson Wentz |
Philadelphia |
2017 |
28 |
Derek Carr |
Oakland |
2015 |
24 |
Jeff Garcia |
San Francisco |
2000 |
24 |
^Pro Football Hall of Famer |
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Philadelphia owns the best record in the NFL at 10-1 and Wentz is the fourth first or second-year quarterback to start 10-1 or better through his team’s first 11 games of a season in the Super Bowl era.
The first or second-year quarterbacks to start 10-1 or better in his team’s first 11 games of a season in the Super Bowl era:
PLAYER |
TEAM |
SEASON |
RECORD THROUGH TEAM’S FIRST 11 GAMES |
Dan Marino^ |
Miami |
1984 |
11-0 |
Carson Wentz |
Philadelphia |
2017 |
10-1 |
Dak Prescott |
Dallas |
2016 |
10-1 |
Russell Wilson |
Seattle |
2013 |
10-1 |
^Pro Football Hall of Famer |
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FLYING FALCON: Atlanta wide receiver JULIO JONES had 12 receptions for 253 yards and two touchdowns in the Falcons’ 34-20 win over Tampa Bay in Week 12.
Jones has three career games with at least 250 receiving yards and is the only player in NFL history to have multiple 250+ yard receiving games.
Jones has 563 receptions in 90 career games and passed ANQUAN BOLDIN (558) for the most catches by a player in his first 90 games in NFL history.
The players with the most receptions in their first 90 games in NFL history:
PLAYER |
TEAM |
RECEPTIONS IN 1ST 90 CAREER GAMES |
Julio Jones |
Atlanta |
563 |
Anquan Boldin |
Arizona |
558 |
Antonio Brown |
Pittsburgh |
554 |
Jones has 8,649 receiving yards and passed Pro Football Hall of Famer LANCE ALWORTH (8,502) for the most receiving yards by a player in his first 90 games in NFL history.
The players with the most receiving yards in their first 90 games in NFL history:
PLAYER |
TEAM |
RECEIVING YARDS IN 1ST 90 CAREER GAMES |
Julio Jones |
Atlanta |
8,649 |
Lance Alworth^ |
San Diego |
8,502 |
^Pro Football Hall of Famer |
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TOM TERRIFIC: New England quarterback TOM BRADY threw four touchdown passes and one interception for a 114.1 passer rating in the Patriots’ 35-17 win against Miami last week.
Brady has 27 career games with at least four touchdown passes and one or fewer interceptions, surpassing PEYTON MANNING(26) for the second-most in NFL history. Only DREW BREES (28) has more such games.
The players with the most games with at least four touchdown passes and one or fewer interceptions in NFL history:
PLAYER |
TEAM(S) |
GAMES WITH AT LEAST 4 TD PASSES & 1 OR FEWER INTS |
Drew Brees |
San Diego, New Orleans |
28* |
Tom Brady |
New England |
27* |
Peyton Manning |
Indianapolis, Denver |
26 |
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DYNAMIC DUO: New Orleans running backs ALVIN KAMARA (188 scrimmage yards, two touchdowns) and MARK INGRAM (36 scrimmage yards) combined for 224 scrimmage yards and two touchdowns in the Saints’ loss to the Los Angeles Rams last week.
Kamara (1,094 scrimmage yards, nine touchdowns) and Ingram (1,055 scrimmage yards, eight touchdowns) are the seventh pair of teammates – and first running back duo – to each have at least 1,000 scrimmage yards and eight touchdowns in a team’s first 11 games in the Super Bowl era.
The teammates with at least 1,000 scrimmage yards and eight touchdowns in their team’s first 11 games of a season:
TEAM |
SEASON |
PLAYER |
SCRIMMAGE YDS |
TDS |
PLAYER |
SCRIMMAGE YDS |
TDS |
New Orleans |
2017 |
Alvin Kamara |
1,094 |
9 |
Mark Ingram |
1,055 |
8 |
Green Bay |
2014 |
Jordy Nelson |
1,066 |
9 |
Eddie Lacy |
1,007 |
9 |
Indianapolis |
2000 |
Edgerrin James |
1,586 |
14 |
Marvin Harrison^ |
1,066 |
8 |
St. Louis |
2000 |
Marshall Faulk^ |
1,447 |
15 |
Isaac Bruce |
1,185 |
9 |
Indianapolis |
1999 |
Edgerrin James |
1,547 |
9 |
Marvin Harrison^ |
1,118 |
12 |
Dallas |
1995 |
Emmitt Smith^ |
1,643 |
20 |
Michael Irvin^ |
1,169 |
8 |
Dallas |
1966 |
Dan Reeves |
1,088 |
14 |
Bob Hayes^ |
1,002 |
10 |
^Pro Football Hall of Famer |
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In the month of November, Kamara became the third rookie in NFL history to total at least 500 scrimmage yards, three rushing touchdowns and three receiving touchdowns in a calendar month, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers GALE SAYERS (October, 1965) and CHARLEY TAYLOR (November, 1964).
The rookies with at least 500 scrimmage yards, three rushing touchdowns and three receiving touchdowns in a calendar month:
PLAYER |
TEAM |
SEASON |
MONTH |
SCRIMMAGE YDS |
RUSH TDS |
REC. TDS |
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Alvin Kamara |
New Orleans |
2017 |
November |
594 |
3 |
3 |
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Gale Sayers^ |
Chicago |
1965 |
October |
520 |
3 |
5 |
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Charley Taylor^ |
Washington |
1964 |
November |
596 |
3 |
3 |
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^Pro Football Hall of Famer |
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BIG GAME BROWN: Pittsburgh wide receiver ANTONIO BROWN had 10 receptions for 169 yards and two touchdowns in the Steelers’ 31-28 win against Green Bay on Sunday Night Football last week.
Through 11 games this year, Brown has five games with at least 10 receptions and 100 yards, tied for the fourth-most such games in a single season in NFL history. Brown, who also had five such games in 2015, is the first player to accomplish the feat in multiple seasons.
The players with the most games with at least 10 receptions and 100 yards in a single season in NFL history:
PLAYER |
TEAM |
SEASON |
GAMES WITH 10 CATCHES & 100 REC. YARDS |
Andre Johnson |
Houston |
2008 |
7 |
Calvin Johnson |
Detroit |
2012 |
6 |
Wes Welker |
New England |
2009 |
6 |
Antonio Brown |
Pittsburgh |
2017 |
5* |
Antonio Brown |
Pittsburgh |
2015 |
5 |
Marvin Harrison^ |
Indianapolis |
2002 |
5 |
Jimmy Smith |
Jacksonville |
1999 |
5 |
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WONDERFUL WILSON: Seattle quarterback RUSSELL WILSON threw two touchdown passes and rushed for a touchdown in the Seahawks’ 24-13 win at San Francisco last week.
With the victory, Wilson improved to 23-4 (.852) in his career in games following an in-season loss, the best record by a starting quarterback since the 1970 merger (minimum 15 such starts).
The quarterbacks with the best record following an in-season loss since 1970 (minimum 15 such starts):
PLAYER |
TEAM(S) |
WINS |
LOSSES |
TIES |
PCT. |
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Russell Wilson |
Seattle |
23 |
4 |
0 |
.852 |
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Andrew Luck |
Indianapolis |
23 |
5 |
0 |
.821 |
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Tom Brady |
New England |
42 |
10 |
0 |
.808 |
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Jeff Hostetler |
NY Giants, LA/Oakland Raiders, Washington |
24 |
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