MILESTONE WATCH: New Orleans
quarterback DREW BREES passed for 363 yards and three
touchdowns in the Saints’ Week 5 win. Brees has 72,103 career passing yards and
surpassed PEYTON MANNING (71,940) in Week 5 to
become the league’s all-time leading passer.
With a touchdown pass on Sunday at Baltimore (4:05 PM ET,
FOX), Brees can join Manning (539), Pro Football Hall of
Famer BRETT FAVRE (508) and TOM BRADY (501)
as the only players in NFL history to throw 500 career touchdown passes.
The players with the most touchdown passes in NFL history:
|
PLAYER
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TEAM(S)
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PASSING TOUCHDOWNS
|
|
Peyton Manning
|
Indianapolis, Denver
|
539
|
|
Brett Favre^
|
Green Bay, New York Jets, Minnesota
|
508
|
|
Tom Brady
|
New England
|
501
|
|
Drew Brees
|
San Diego, New Orleans
|
499
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^Pro Football Hall of Famer
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Indianapolis kicker ADAM VINATIERI has
scored 2,535 total points during his 23-year NFL career. With 10 points on
Sunday against Buffalo (1:00 PM ET, CBS), Vinatieri would surpass Pro
Football Hall of Famer MORTEN ANDERSEN (2,544 points) as the
league’s all-time leading scorer.
The players with the most points scored in NFL history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM(S)
|
TOTAL POINTS SCORED
|
|
Morten Andersen^
|
New Orleans, Atlanta, New York Giants, Kansas City,
Minnesota
|
2,544
|
|
Adam Vinatieri
|
New England, Indianapolis
|
2,535
|
|
^Pro Football Hall of Famer
|
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-- NFL --
PACE SETTER: Los Angeles Rams running back TODD
GURLEY leads the NFL with 870 scrimmage yards and nine rushing
touchdowns through the first six weeks of the 2018 season.
With 130 scrimmage yards and a touchdown on Sunday at San
Francisco (4:25 PM ET, CBS), Gurley can become the fifth different player
in NFL history with at least 1,000 scrimmage yards and 10 rushing touchdowns in
his team’s first seven games of a season.
The players with at least 1,000 scrimmage yards and 10
rushing touchdowns in his team’s first seven games of a season in NFL
history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
SEASON
|
SCRIMMAGE YARDS
|
RUSH TDS
|
|
Priest Holmes
|
Kansas City
|
2004
|
1,017
|
13
|
|
Priest Holmes
|
Kansas City
|
2002
|
1,113
|
12
|
|
Terrell Davis^
|
Denver
|
1998
|
1,099
|
12
|
|
Eric Dickerson^
|
Los Angeles Rams
|
1983
|
1,045
|
12
|
|
Jim Brown^
|
Cleveland
|
1958
|
1,060
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Todd Gurley
|
Los Angeles Rams
|
2018
|
870*
|
9*
|
|
*Through first six games of season
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^Pro Football Hall of Famer
|
||||
-- NFL --
TOUCHDOWN DAVID: Arizona running back DAVID
JOHNSON has 3,678 scrimmage yards and 39 total touchdowns in 39 career
games.
With a touchdown on Thursday against Denver (8:20 PM ET,
FOX/NFLN/Amazon Prime), Johnson can become the seventh player since 1970
with at least 40 total touchdowns in his first 40 career games.
The players with the most total touchdowns in their first 40
career games since 1970:
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PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
TOUCHDOWNS
|
|
|
Chuck Foreman
|
Minnesota
|
45
|
|
|
Marcus Allen^
|
Los Angeles Raiders
|
44
|
|
|
Larry Johnson
|
Kansas City
|
44
|
|
|
Eric Dickerson^
|
Los Angeles Rams
|
42
|
|
|
Earl Campbell^
|
Houston Oilers
|
41
|
|
|
Barry Sanders^
|
Detroit
|
40
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
David Johnson
|
Arizona
|
39*
|
|
|
*In 39 career games
|
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^Pro Football Hall of Famer
|
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-- NFL --
PROLIFIC PAT: Kansas City quarterback PATRICK
MAHOMES leads the NFL with 18 touchdown passes through the first six
weeks of the season.
Mahomes, who has 18 touchdown passes in his first seven
career games, needs two touchdown passes against Cincinnati on Sunday
Night Football (8:20 PM ET, NBC) to join Pro Football Hall of
Famer KURT WARNER (21) and DESHAUN WATSON (20)
as the only quarterbacks in NFL history with at least 20 touchdown passes in
their first eight career games.
The players with the most passing touchdowns in their first
eight career games in NFL history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
SEASONS
|
PASSING TOUCHDOWNS
|
|
Kurt Warner^
|
St. Louis Rams
|
1998-99
|
21
|
|
Deshaun Watson
|
Houston
|
2017-18
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Patrick Mahomes
|
Kansas City
|
2017-18
|
18*
|
|
*In seven career games
|
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^Pro Football Hall of Famer
|
|||
-- NFL --
BIG PLAY TYREEK: Kansas City wide receiver TYREEK
HILL had seven receptions for 142 yards and three touchdowns,
including a 75-yarder, in Week 6 and ties for the league-lead with six
touchdown receptions in 2018.
Hill, who turns 25 in March of 2019, has 14 career
touchdowns of at least 50 yards. With his next touchdown of at least 50 yards,
he would become the third player in NFL history with at least 15
touchdowns of 50+ yards before turning 25 years old.
The players with the most 50+ yard touchdowns before turning
25 years old in NFL history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
50+ YARD TOUCHDOWNS
|
|
|
Gale Sayers^
|
Chicago
|
16
|
|
|
Randy Moss^
|
Minnesota
|
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tyreek Hill
|
Kansas City
|
14*
|
|
|
*24 years old
|
|||
|
^Pro Football Hall of Famer
|
|||
-- NFL --
AMAZING ADAM: Minnesota wide receiver ADAM
THIELEN had 11 catches for 123 yards and a touchdown in the Vikings’
Week 6 win and leads the league with 58 receptions and 712 receiving yards this
season. His 58 catches are the most by a player in his team’s first six games
of a season in league annals.
Thielen has recorded at least 100 receiving yards in each of
Minnesota’s first six games this season and joined CHARLEY
HENNIGAN (seven consecutive games in 1961) as the only players in NFL
history with 100 or more receiving yards in each of his team’s first six games
to start a season.
With 100 receiving yards on Sunday at the New York Jets
(1:00 PM ET, FOX), Thielen would become the fifth player to record seven
consecutive games at any point in a season with at least 100 receiving yards in
NFL history.
The players with the most consecutive games with at least
100 receiving yards in NFL history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
SEASON
|
CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH 100+ REC. YARDS
|
|
Calvin Johnson
|
Detroit
|
2012
|
8
|
|
Demaryius Thomas
|
Denver
|
2014
|
7
|
|
Michael Irvin^
|
Dallas
|
1995
|
7
|
|
Charley Hennigan
|
Houston Oilers
|
1961
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adam Thielen
|
Minnesota
|
2018
|
6*
|
|
*Active streak
|
|||
|
^Pro Football Hall of Famer
|
|||
-- NFL --
KEEP IT 100: New York Giants rookie running
back SAQUON BARKLEY had a career-high 229 scrimmage yards (130
rushing, 99 receiving) in Week 6. Barkley has totaled at least 100 scrimmage
yards in each of his first six career games.
With 100 scrimmage yards on Monday at Atlanta (8:20 PM ET,
ESPN), Barkley would join KAREEM HUNT (2017) as the only
players in league annals with at least 100 scrimmage yards in seven consecutive
games to begin their career.
Additionally, with 100 scrimmage yards in Week 7, Barkley
would become the seventh rookie in NFL history to record seven consecutive
games at any point in a season with at least 100 scrimmage yards.
The rookies with the most consecutive games of at least 100
scrimmage yards in NFL history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
SEASON
|
CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH 100+ SCRIMMAGE YARDS
|
|
Eric Dickerson^
|
Los Angeles Rams
|
1983
|
10
|
|
Edgerrin James
|
Indianapolis
|
1999
|
9
|
|
Kareem Hunt
|
Kansas City
|
2017
|
7
|
|
Kevin Jones
|
Detroit
|
2004
|
7
|
|
Jamal Lewis
|
Baltimore
|
2000
|
7
|
|
Clark Gaines
|
New York Jets
|
1976
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Saquon Barkley
|
New York Giants
|
2018
|
6*
|
|
*Active streak
|
|||
|
^Pro Football Hall of Famer
|
|||
-- NFL --
CAPTAIN’S ORDERS: Indianapolis quarterback ANDREW
LUCK threw for 301 yards with four touchdown passes in Week 6.
Luck, who has passed for at least 300 yards and three
touchdowns in each of his past three games, can become the third
quarterback in NFL history with four consecutive games with at least 300
passing yards and three touchdowns within a single season on Sunday
against Buffalo (1:00 PM ET, CBS).
The players with the most consecutive games with at least
300 passing yards and three touchdowns within a single season in NFL history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
SEASON
|
CONSECUTIVE GAMES
|
|
Steve Young^
|
San Francisco
|
1998
|
5
|
|
Peyton Manning
|
Denver
|
2012
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Andrew Luck
|
Indianapolis
|
2018
|
3*
|
|
*Active streak
|
|||
|
^Pro Football Hall of Famer
|
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