Steelers quarterback BEN ROETHLISBERGER completed 44 of 66 passes (66.7 percent) for 506 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a 99.7 passer rating in the Steelers’ 39-38 win over Baltimore in Week 14.
Roethlisberger became the first quarterback in NFL history to pass for at least 500 yards three times in his career, having also accomplished the feat on October 26, 2014 (522 yards vs. Indianapolis) and December 20, 2009 (503 vs. Green Bay). New Orleans quarterback DREW BREES is the only other player with multiple career 500-yard passing games.
Steelers wide receiver ANTONIO BROWN had 11 receptions for 213 yards and running back LE’VEON BELL had 125 scrimmage yards (77 receiving, 48 rushing) with three touchdowns in Week 14. Bell, who leads the league with 1,684 scrimmage yards, and Brown, who leads the NFL with 1,509 receiving yards, are the first pair of teammates in NFL history with at least 1,500 scrimmage yards each through their team’s first 13 games of a season.
Brown has six games with at least 10 catches and 100 receiving yards this season, tied for the second-most in a single season in NFL history. Only ANDRE JOHNSON (seven in 2008) had more such games in a season.
The players with the most games with at least 10 catches and 100 receiving yards in a single season in NFL history:
PLAYER
TEAM
SEASON
GAMES WITH 10+ CATCHES & 100+ REC. YARDS IN SINGLE SEASON
Andre Johnson
Houston
2008
7
Antonio Brown
Pittsburgh
2017
6*
Calvin Johnson
Detroit
2012
6
Wes Welker
New England
2009
6
*Through Week 14
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PACKERS PERFORM UNDER PRESSURE: Green Bay wide receiver DAVANTE ADAMS had two touchdown catches – a one-yard score with 17 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and the game-winning 25-yarder in overtime – in the Packers’ 27-21 win at Cleveland.
Adams became the fourth player in NFL history (including the postseason) to score a touchdown in both the final minute of the fourth quarter and in overtime and the first since New England’s JAMES WHITE accomplished the feat in Super Bowl LI.
The players to score a touchdown in both the final minute of the fourth quarter and in overtime in a single game in NFL history:
PLAYER
TEAM
DATE
Davante Adams
Green Bay
December 10, 2017
James White
New England
February 5, 2017*
Terrell Owens
San Francisco
October 14, 2001
Wesley Walker
New York Jets
September 21, 1986
*Super Bowl LI
The Packers, who won on a 20-yard touchdown run by rookie AARON JONES in overtime in Week 13, have won back-to-back games in overtime for the first time in team history. Green Bay has also joined the 2001 Chicago Bears as the only teams in NFL history to score an overtime touchdown in consecutive games.
TEAM
SEASON
WEEK
OVERTIME TD
WEEK
OVERTIME TD
Green Bay
2017
13
Aaron Jones 20-yard run
14
Davante Adams 25-yard catch
Chicago
2001
7
Mike Brown 33-yard INT return
8
Mike Brown 16-yard INT return
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RIVERS RUNS THROUGH DEFENSES: Los Angeles Chargers quarterback PHILIP RIVERS passed for 319 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a 114.9 passer rating in the team’s 30-13 win over Washington last week.
Rivers, who ranks fourth in the NFL with 3,611 passing yards, has at least 3,500 passing yards in 10 consecutive seasons and joined PEYTON MANNING (13, 1998-2010) and DREW BREES (13, 2005-17) as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to accomplish the feat.
The quarterbacks with at least 3,500 passing yards in 10+ consecutive seasons in NFL history:
PLAYER
TEAM(S)
SEASONS
CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH 3,500 PASS YARDS
Peyton Manning
Indianapolis
1998-2010
13
Drew Brees
San Diego, New Orleans
2005-2017
13*
Philip Rivers
San Diego/LA Chargers
2008-2017
10*
*Active streak
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WONDERFUL WILSON: Seattle quarterback RUSSELL WILSON threw fourth-quarter touchdown passes to wide receivers PAUL RICHARDSON (61 yards) and TYLER LOCKETT (74 yards) in the Seahawks’ loss at Jacksonville in Week 14.
Wilson is the first quarterback with two fourth-quarter touchdown passes of at least 60 yards in a single game since Pro Football Hall of Famer KURT WARNER connected with TORRY HOLT (85 yards) and ISAAC BRUCE (66) on September 24, 2000.
Wilson has 17 fourth-quarter touchdown passes this season and surpassed ELI MANNING (15 in 2011) for the most in a single season in NFL history.
The players with the most fourth-quarter touchdown passes in a single season in NFL history:
PLAYER
TEAM
SEASON
4TH QUARTER TD PASSES
Russell Wilson
Seattle
2017
17*
Eli Manning
New York Giants
2011
15
Drew Brees
New Orleans
2016
14
Blake Bortles
Jacksonville
2015
14
Peyton Manning
Denver
2013
14
Peyton Manning
Indianapolis
2002
14
Johnny Unitas^
Baltimore Colts
1959
14
*Through Week 14
^Pro Football Hall of Famer
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MAGNIFICENT MC COY: Buffalo running back LE SEAN MC COY rushed for 156 yards, including the game-winning 21-yard touchdown in overtime, in the Bill’s 13-7 win against Indianapolis last week.
McCoy, who has 10 career games with at least 150 rushing yards, joined Arizona’s ADRIAN PETERSON (19) as the only active players with at least 10 such games in their careers.
The active players with the most career games with at least 150 rushing yards:
PLAYER
TEAM(S)
CAREER GAMES WITH 150+ RUSH YARDS
Adrian Peterson
Minnesota, New Orleans, Arizona
19
LeSean McCoy
Philadelphia, Buffalo
10
Jamaal Charles
Kansas City, Denver
9
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CLUTCH KICKER: Pittsburgh kicker CHRIS BOSWELL converted the game-winning 46-yard field goal with 42 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter of the Steelers’ Week 14 win over Baltimore.
Boswell, who made game-winning field goals as time expired in the fourth quarter in both Weeks 12 and 13, is the first kicker since the 1970 merger to make a game-winning field goal with under one minute remaining in the fourth quarter in three consecutive games.
