First and Only At-Home NFL Arcade Experience Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Popular Blitz Franchise New York, NY and Miami, FL – November 3, 2022 – The National Football League (NFL) and Arcade1Up, the leader in retro at-home arcade games, today announced the retail launch of NFL Blitz Legends. Featuring remastered versions of the legendary NFL Blitz games that captured the attention of millions of fans during their heyday in the 90's, NFL Blitz Legends modernizes the gameplay with online competition and leaderboards. Launching during the 2022 NFL season – and in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the original game - NFL Blitz Legends is now available on Arcade1Up.com and in-store and online at select retail partners. "Partnering with the NFL to modernize the iconic NFL Blitz franchise was a dream come true," said Scott Bachrach, CEO, Arcade1Up. "We are so pleased with the way this machine came to fruition – from working with the NFL on all aspects of the game and the FGA to ensure the game's greatest were included, to challenging our in-house team to recreate the legendary 49-way joystick. We can't wait for both old and new players to experience it." "Working with Arcade1Up to revive NFL Blitz allows a new wave of fans to enjoy the iconic franchise while also giving existing fans the chance to experience the classic game they grew to love in the 90s," said Ed Kiang, VP of Video Gaming at the NFL. "The remastered NFL Blitz Legends gameplay offers fans an authentic football experience brought to life by hundreds of NFL Legends." The NFL and Arcade1Up have created a unique arcade machine for the home featuring three of the most popular titles, NFL Blitz, NFL Blitz '99 and NFL Blitz 2000: Gold Edition, with the ability for gamers to compete on live leaderboards. In a first for the Blitz franchise, fans will be able to go head-to-head in NFL Blitz Legends with all-new multiplayer functionality going live in the coming weeks. This cabinet-to-cabinet feature has never been achieved in an NFL Blitz game and brings the gameplay of the original titles to a whole new level. Adding multiplayer functionality, along with other fan-favorite features, to NFL Blitz Legends is sure to appeal to fans new and old. In collaboration with the IMG-managed Football Greats Alliance (FGA), hundreds of NFL legends are featured including Dan Marino, Jerry Rice, Deion Sanders, Jerome Bettis, Terrell Davis and Cris Carter. To add to the authenticity of the gaming experience, NFL Blitz Legends showcases the retro NFL football team logos and uniforms. In celebration of today's retail launch, Arcade1Up has released some fun facts about NFL Blitz Legends and the iconic series: - First released as an arcade game in 1997, NFL Blitz quickly became one of the greatest football titles in video game history.
- In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Blitz franchise, Arcade1Up introduces NFL Blitz Legends - the first home arcade machine and first new entry in the Blitz franchise since 2012 and the one and only Blitz arcade machine equipped with online gameplay and leaderboards so fans can play remotely with friends.
- The game features NFL Legends: Dan Marino, Cris Carter, Jerry Rice, Jerome Bettis, Deion Sanders, Terrell Davis and hundreds more.
- NFL Blitz Legends includes three of the most iconic Blitz titles: NFL Blitz, NFL Blitz '99 and NFL Blitz 2000: Gold Edition
- Arcade1Up's NFL Blitz Legends home arcade machine has a 49-way joystick and 17-inch screen with a light-up marquee and comes with a branded riser.
"I love the game of football in any form and video games are definitely something I enjoy in my downtime with friends and family," said Terrell Davis, NFL Legend and former Denver Broncos running back. "NFL Blitz Legends is bringing football back to the golden era of the 1990's, and I am honored to be featured alongside many other greats. I can't wait to compete live to see who'll come out on top!"
NFL Blitz Legends is available on Arcade1Up.com, BestBuy.com, Walmart.com and Amazon.com and other retail partners for $599.99. | AFC Players of the Month - October | TITANS RB DERRICK HENRY, JETS DL QUINNEN WILLIAMS &
TITANS P RYAN STONEHOUSE NAMED AFC PLAYERS OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER Running back DERRICK HENRY of the Tennessee Titans, defensive lineman QUINNEN WILLIAMS of the New York Jets and punter RYAN STONEHOUSE of the Tennessee Titans are the AFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Month for the month of October (Weeks 4-8). OFFENSE: RB DERRICK HENRY, TENNESSEE TITANS - Henry rushed for 563 yards (140.8 per game) with five touchdowns in four games during the month of October and added nine receptions for 82 yards. His 563 rushing yards are the most in the NFL since Week 4.
- This is the third Offensive Player of the Month award for Henry (December, 2018 and October, 2020), the most in franchise history.
- He becomes the first running back since Todd Gurley to win the award three times.
DEFENSE: DL QUINNEN WILLIAMS, NEW YORK JETS - Williams totaled 23 tackles, 4.5 sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one pass defensed in five games during October. He was one of two players in the AFC to record at least half a sack in four games during the month.
- This is the first Defensive Player of the Month award for Williams and he is the first Jets player to win the award since cornerback Darrelle Revis (December, 2009).
- Williams is the first Alabama defensive lineman to earn the honor since Antwan Odom (September, 2009).
SPECIAL TEAMS: P RYAN STONEHOUSE, TENNESSEE TITANS - Stonehouse recorded 20 punts with an average of 51.7 yards per punt (45.0 net average), both the highest marks in the AFC during the month of October. Eight of his 20 punts were pinned inside the 20-yard line.
- This is the first Special Teams Player of the Month award for Stonehouse and he becomes the first Titans player to earn the award since kicker Stephen Gostkowski (September, 2020).
- Stonehouse is the first player to earn the honor from Colorado State.
2022 AFC PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
| Offense | Defense | Special Teams | September October | QB Lamar Jackson, Baltimore RB Derrick Henry, Tennessee | LB Melvin Ingram, Miami DL Quinnen Williams, N.Y. Jets | P Tommy Townsend, Kansas City P Ryan Stonehouse, Tennessee |
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| | NFL Rookies of the Month - October | SEAHAWKS RB KENNETH WALKER, CB TARIQ WOOLEN
NAMED NFL ROOKIES OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER Running back KENNETH WALKER and cornerback TARIQ WOOLEN of the Seattle Seahawks are the NFL Offensive and Defensive Rookies of the Month for the month of October. This marks the first time that a pair of teammates have won the awards in the same month. OFFENSE: RB KENNETH WALKER, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS - From Weeks 4-8, Walker led all rookies with 432 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns and scored a rushing touchdown in four of five games.
- Walker joins tackle Walter Jones (October, 1997) and quarterback Russell Wilson (December, 2012) as the only Seahawks to win Offensive Rookie of the Month.
- He becomes the first-ever former Michigan State Spartan to win a Rookie of the Month award.
DEFENSE: CB TARIQ WOOLEN, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Woolen totaled 19 tackles, five passes defensed, three interceptions (including a 40-yard interception return for a touchdown) and two fumble recoveries across five games (Weeks 4-8) in October. He was the only player in the league with multiple interceptions and multiple fumble recoveries during the month.
Woolen is the third Seahawks defensive rookie to win the award, joining defensive tackle Rocky Bernard (September, 2002) and linebacker Lofa Tatupu (December, 2005).
- He becomes the first player from Texas-San Antonio to win a Rookie of the Month award.
2022 NFL ROOKIES OF THE MONTH
| Offense (College) | Defense (College) | September | WR Chris Olave, New Orleans (Ohio State) | LB Devin Lloyd, Jacksonville (Utah) | October | RB Kenneth Walker, Seattle (Michigan State) | CB Tariq Woolen, Seattle (Texas-San Antonio) |
| NFL Rookies of the Month - October | SEAHAWKS RB KENNETH WALKER, CB TARIQ WOOLEN
NAMED NFL ROOKIES OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER Running back KENNETH WALKER and cornerback TARIQ WOOLEN of the Seattle Seahawks are the NFL Offensive and Defensive Rookies of the Month for the month of October. This marks the first time that a pair of teammates have won the awards in the same month. OFFENSE: RB KENNETH WALKER, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS - From Weeks 4-8, Walker led all rookies with 432 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns and scored a rushing touchdown in four of five games.
- Walker joins tackle Walter Jones (October, 1997) and quarterback Russell Wilson (December, 2012) as the only Seahawks to win Offensive Rookie of the Month.
- He becomes the first-ever former Michigan State Spartan to win a Rookie of the Month award.
DEFENSE: CB TARIQ WOOLEN, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Woolen totaled 19 tackles, five passes defensed, three interceptions (including a 40-yard interception return for a touchdown) and two fumble recoveries across five games (Weeks 4-8) in October. He was the only player in the league with multiple interceptions and multiple fumble recoveries during the month.
Woolen is the third Seahawks defensive rookie to win the award, joining defensive tackle Rocky Bernard (September, 2002) and linebacker Lofa Tatupu (December, 2005).
- He becomes the first player from Texas-San Antonio to win a Rookie of the Month award.
2022 NFL ROOKIES OF THE MONTH
| Offense (College) | Defense (College) | September | WR Chris Olave, New Orleans (Ohio State) | LB Devin Lloyd, Jacksonville (Utah) | October | RB Kenneth Walker, Seattle (Michigan State) | CB Tariq Woolen, Seattle (Texas-San Antonio) |
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| NFC Players of the Month - October | SEAHAWKS QB GENO SMITH, VIKINGS LB ZA’DARIUS SMITH & COMMANDERS P TRESS WAY NAMED NFC PLAYERS OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER Quarterback GENO SMITH of the Seattle Seahawks, linebacker ZA’DARIUS SMITH of the Minnesota Vikings and punter TRESS WAY of the Washington Commanders are the NFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Month for the month of October. OFFENSE: QB GENO SMITH, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS - Smith completed 102 of 147 pass attempts (69.4 percent) for 1,207 yards with nine touchdown passes for a 111.7 rating in five games during the month of October, leading the Seahawks to a 4-1 record. He had the highest passer rating of any NFC quarterback during the month.
- Smith also recorded 143 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown in October. His 10 total touchdowns led all NFC quarterbacks from Weeks 4-8 and he leads the league in completion percentage (72.7 percent) through the first eight weeks of the season.
- This is the first Offensive Player of the Month award for Smith. He is the fifth Seahawks quarterback to ever earn the honor.
- Smith becomes the first-ever player from West Virginia University to win Offensive Player of the Month honors, and first former Mountaineer to win a Player of the Month Award since Pat McAfee won AFC Special Teams Player of the Month in 2014 (September).
DEFENSE: LB ZA’DARIUS SMITH, MINNESOTA VIKINGS - Smith led all players with 6.5 sacks and led all NFC players with eight tackles for loss as part of a Vikings team that went 4-0 in the month of October.
- Smith leads the NFL in tackles for loss with 13 and ranks tied for first with 8.5 sacks through the first eight weeks of the season.
- This is the first Defensive Player of the Month award for Smith and he is the second Vikings linebacker to earn the honor, joining Jack Del Rio (September, 1994).
- Smith becomes the first former Kentucky linebacker and second former Wildcat overall to win a Defensive Player of the Month award, joining defensive end Art Still (December, 1986).
SPECIAL TEAMS: P TRESS WAY, WASHINGTON COMMANDERS - Way averaged 46.8 yards per punt, with an NFC-best 45.1 net average on 28 punts during the month of October. He placed a league-high 16 punts inside of the 20-yard line, including a league-best six inside of the 10-yard line.
- This is the first Special Teams Player of the Month award for Way. He becomes the second Washington punter to be named Special Teams Player of the Month, joining Matt Turk (October, 1997).
- He is the first former Oklahoma player to be named Special Teams Player of the Month and sixth former Sooner overall to earn a Player of the Month award.
2022 NFC PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
| Offense | Defense | Special Teams | September | QB Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia | LB Devin White, Tampa Bay | P Mitch Wishnowsky, San Francisco | October | QB Geno Smith, Seattle | LB Za’Darius Smith, Minnesota | P Tress Way, Washington |
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| What To Look For - Week 9 | PROTECTING THE ROCK: The PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (7-0) are the last remaining undefeated team in the league and with a win at Houston on Thursday Night Football (8:15 PM ET, Prime Video), they would be off to their best start to a season in franchise history. Quarterback JALEN HURTS has been the starter for each of the Eagles wins this season and won each of his final three starts of the 2021 season. With a win on Thursday, Hurts – who turned 24 years old in August – can tie Pro Football Hall of Famer PEYTON MANNING (11 consecutive wins in 1999) and DAK PRESCOTT (11 in 2016) for the third-longest winning streak by a starting quarterback under the age of 25 since 1990. Only BEN ROETHLISBERGER (15 consecutive wins from 2004-05) and LAMAR JACKSON (13 consecutive wins from 2019-20) have longer streaks. The starting quarterbacks under the age of 25 with the longest winning streaks since 1990: PLAYER | TEAM | SEASON(S) | CONSECUTIVE WINS | Ben Roethlisberger | Pittsburgh | 2004-05 | 15 | Lamar Jackson | Baltimore | 2019-20 | 13 | Peyton ManningHOF | Indianapolis | 1999 | 11 | Dak Prescott | Dallas | 2016 | 11 | | | | | Jalen Hurts | Philadelphia | 2021-22 | 10* | *Active streak | | | |
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Philadelphia leads the league with a +14 turnover differential this season and has a league-low two giveaways through its first seven games. With no turnovers on Thursday, the Eagles will become the first team in the Super Bowl era with fewer than three giveaways through their first eight games of a season. -- NFL -- TOP BILLING: The BUFFALO BILLS (6-1) enter Week 9 on a four-game winning streak and own the league’s top offense (430.6 yards per game). They also rank third in total defense (298.1 yards allowed per game). Buffalo visits the New York Jets on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, CBS) and has a chance to become the third team ever to average at least 425 yards of offense per game and allow fewer than 300 yards per game on defense through its first eight games of a season, joining the 2010 San Diego Chargers and 2007 New England Patriots. The teams to average at least 425 yards of offense per game and allow fewer than 300 yards per game through their first eight games of a season in NFL history: TEAM | SEASON | YARDS PER GAME | YARDS PER GAME ALLOWED | San Diego Chargers | 2010 | 426.9 | 260.0 | New England Patriots | 2007 | 439.5 | 268.5 | | | | | Buffalo Bills | 2022 | 430.6* | 298.1* | *Through seven games | | | |
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The Bills also enter the week with the league’s top-scoring defense (14.0 points allowed per game) and second-highest scoring offense (29.0 points per game). They can become the fourth team since 1970 to average at least 30 points per game and allow fewer than 14 points per game through their first eight games of a season, joining New England in 2019, Green Bay in 1996 and Washington in 1991. -- NFL -- WINDY CITY RUSHING: Led by running back KHALIL HERBERT (563 rushing yards) and quarterback JUSTIN FIELDS (424), the CHICAGO BEARS (3-5) enter the week with the league’s top rushing attack, averaging 188.4 yards per game on the ground. As a team, Chicago has totaled over 225 rushing yards in each of its past three games. With at least 225 rushing yards against Miami on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, CBS), the Bears will become the fifth team ever and first since 1976 to record at least 225 rushing yards in four consecutive games. The teams with at least 225 rushing yards in the most consecutive games in NFL history: TEAM | SEASON | CONSECUTIVE GAMES | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1976 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers | 1951 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles | 1949 | 4 | Detroit Lions | 1934 | 4 | | | | Chicago Bears | 2022 | 3* | *Active streak | | |
-- NFL -- CHAMPIONS VS. CHAMPIONS: The two most recent Super Bowl Champions will go head-to-head on Sunday (4:25 PM ET, CBS) when the LOS ANGELES RAMS (3-4) visit the TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (3-4).
Los Angeles won Super Bowl LVI last year over Cincinnati as wide receiver COOPER KUPP recorded the game-winning touchdown catch with 1:25 remaining in the fourth quarter and defensive lineman AARON DONALD registered two of the Rams’ Super Bowl record nine sacks. Head coach SEAN MCVAY, with the win, became the youngest head coach to win the Super Bowl. Two seasons ago, Tampa Bay defeated Kansas City to win Super Bowl LV. Quarterback TOM BRADY threw three touchdown passes in the win, earning his seventh Super Bowl title and fifth Pete Rozelle Trophy as Super Bowl Most Valuable Player, both the most by any player all-time.
The Rams (SoFi Stadium) and Buccaneers (Raymond James Stadium) are the only two teams to win a Super Bowl in their home stadiums.
This will be the 27th occurrence in the Super Bowl era and the eighth time in the past 20 seasons that the two most recent Super Bowl winners will meet in the regular season. The team who won the Super Bowl more recently has won six of the previous seven such matchups. The matchups between the two most recent Super Bowl winners since 2003: SEASON | VISITING TEAM (SUPER BOWL) | HOME TEAM (SUPER BOWL) | RESULT | Week 9, 2022 | L.A. Rams (LVI) | Tampa Bay (LVI) | ??? | Week 4, 2020 | New England (LIII) | Kansas City (LIV) | KC 26, NE 10 | Week 11, 2019 | Philadelphia (LII) | New England (LIII) | NE 17, PHI 10 | Week 10, 2017 | New England (LI) | Denver (50) | NE 41, DEN 16 | Week 15, 2016 | New England (XLIX) | Denver (50) | NE 16, DEN 3 | Week 12, 2012 | Green Bay (XLV) | N.Y. Giants (XLVI) | NYG 38, GB 10 | Week 1, 2011 | New Orleans (XLIV) | Green Bay (XLV) | GB 42, NO 34 | Week 8, 2010 | Pittsburgh (XLIII) | New Orleans (XLIV) | NO 20, PIT 10 | Bold denotes more recent Super Bowl winner |
Brady enters Week 9 with 99,836 career passing yards, including the postseason, and needs 164 passing yards to become the first player in NFL history with 100,000 career passing yards. Brady has the most regular season passing yards (86,787) and postseason passing yards (13,049) all-time and has led the NFL in passing yards four times (2005, 2007, 2017 and 2021) during his 23-year career.
-- NFL -- MORE MAHOMES HISTORY: Kansas City quarterback PATRICK MAHOMES leads the NFL with 20 touchdown passes this season and ranks fourth with 2,159 passing yards. In 70 career games (all starts), Mahomes has totaled 21,150 passing yards and 171 touchdown passes. With 105 passing yards against Tennessee on Sunday Night Football (8:20 PM ET, NBC), Mahomes will surpass MATTHEW STAFFORD (21,254 passing yards) for the most passing yards ever by a quarterback in his first 75 career starts. With three touchdown passes, Mahomes will surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (173 touchdown passes) for the most-ever by a quarterback in his first 75 career starts. The quarterbacks with the most passing yards in their first 75 career starts in NFL history: PLAYER | TEAM | PASSING YARDS | Matthew Stafford | Detroit | 21,254 | Patrick Mahomes | Kansas City | 21,150* | Andrew Luck | Indianapolis | 20,569 | *In 70 career starts | | | | | | |
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The quarterbacks with the most touchdown passes in their first 75 career starts in NFL history: PLAYER | TEAM | TOUCHDOWN PASSES | Dan MarinoHOF | Miami | 173 | Patrick Mahomes | Kansas City | 171* | Aaron Rodgers | Green Bay | 160 | *In 70 career starts | | | | | | |
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-- NFL -- SUNSHINE STATE STARS: Miami wide receiver TYREEK HILL leads the league with 69 receptions and 961 receiving yards this season, the third-most receiving yards by a player in his team’s first eight games of a season in the Super Bowl era. With 113 receiving yards at Chicago on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, CBS), a mark he has reached in four of eight games this season, Hill will surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer ISAAC BRUCE (1,073 receiving yards in 1995) for the most receiving yards by a player in his team’s first nine games of a season in the Super Bowl era. Hill totaled 188 receiving yards last week and joined ROY GREEN (1984) as the only players ever with at least 150 receiving yards in four of their team's first eight games of a season in NFL history. In 99 career games, Hill has surpassed 150 receiving yards 11 times. With 150 receiving yards on Sunday, Hill will tie Pro Football Hall of Famer RANDY MOSS (12 games) for the fourth-most games with at least 150 receiving yards by a player through his first 100 career games in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famers LANCE ALWORTH (17 games) and JERRY RICE (14), as well as JULIO JONES (13) have more. The players with the most games with at least 150 receiving yards in their first 100 career games: PLAYER | TEAM(S) | GAMES | Lance AlworthHOF | San Diego Chargers | 17 | Jerry RiceHOF | San Francisco | 14 | Julio Jones | Atlanta | 13 | Randy MossHOF | Minnesota | 12 | Isaac BruceHOF | St. Louis Rams | 11 | Tyreek Hill | Kansas City, Miami | 11* | Calvin JohnsonHOF | Detroit | 11 | *In 99 games | | | | | |
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Hill’s teammate JAYLEN WADDLE ranks fourth in the league with 727 receiving yards in 2022. The two have combined for 1,688 receiving yards this season and have an opportunity to rank among the teammates with the most combined receiving yards through their team’s first nine games of a season in NFL history. The teammates with the most combined receiving yards through their team’s first nine games of a season all-time: TEAMMATES | TEAM | SEASON | COMBINED REC. YARDS | Bill Groman & Charlie Hennigan | Houston Oilers | 1961 | 1,950 | Isaac BruceHOF & Torry Holt | St. Louis Rams | 2000 | 1,878 | Emmanuel Sanders & Demaryius Thomas | Denver | 2014 | 1,854 | | | | | Tyreek Hill & Jaylen Waddle | Miami | 2022 | 1,688* | *Through first eight games | | | |
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-- NFL -- FULLY CHARGED: Los Angeles Chargers quarterback JUSTIN HERBERT ranks fourth in the NFL with 287.0 passing yards per game this season and has surpassed the 300-yard mark twice (Weeks 2 and 4). Since entering the league in 2020, Herbert has 19 games with at least 300 passing yards, tied for the most in the league. With 300 passing yards at Atlanta on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, FOX), Herbert will surpass ANDREW LUCK (19 games) for the most games with at least 300 passing yards by a player in his first three seasons in NFL history. AUSTIN EKELER leads all running backs this season with 53 receptions. Prior to the Chargers’ Week 8 bye, Ekeler totaled 10 receptions in Week 6 and 12 receptions in Week 7. With 10 receptions on Sunday, Ekeler will become the first running back ever with at least 10 receptions in three consecutive games. Ekeler also ranks tied for second among all players with eight touchdowns (five rushing, three receiving) and is the only player in the league with at least one rushing touchdown and one touchdown reception in multiple games this season (Weeks 4, 5 and 7). Since entering the league as an undrafted free agent in 2017, Ekeler has nine games with both a rushing and receiving touchdown, the third-most in the NFL. With both a rushing and receiving touchdown on Sunday, Ekeler will become the third player in NFL history with 10 games with both a rushing touchdown and receiving touchdown in his first six seasons, joining ALVIN KAMARA and CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY. After totaling 11 touchdowns in 2019 and tying for the league lead with 20 touchdowns in 2021, Ekeler can become the fourth undrafted player in the common-draft era to have at least 10 touchdowns in three-or-more different seasons, joining ARIAN FOSTER (four seasons), ANTONIO GATES (four) and PRIEST HOLMES (four). -- NFL -- | For more from NFL Communications, visit NFLCommunications.com and follow @NFL345.
Los 11 titulares – El regreso de la carrera cuando la temporada llega a su punto medio
A medida que el calendario llega a noviembre, los partidos cerrados y los equipos resurgentes se han destacado en los dos primeros meses de la temporada 2022. El margen de puntos final promedio de este año (9.52) es el más bajo a lo largo de las primeras ocho semanas de una temporada desde 1970, y 55 partidos fueron decididos por un touchdown (seis puntos o menos), la mayor cantidad de tales desempeños a lo largo de la octava semana en la historia de la NFL. Ingresando en la novena semana, cada conferencia tiene cuatro equipos actualmente en puestos de playoffs siendo que se perdieron la postemporada hace un año: BALTIMORE (5-3), LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4-3), MIAMI (5-3) y NEW YORK JETS (5-3) en la AFC, y ATLANTA (4-4), MINNESOTA (6-1), NEW YORK GIANTS (6-2) y SEATTLE (5-3) en la NFC. Diecisiete equipos tienen marca de .500 o mejor y 26 equipos tienen al menos tres victorias esta temporada, empatando con la temporada 2018 para la cuarta mayor cantidad de equipos con al menos tres victorias a lo largo de las primeras ocho semanas de una temporada en la historia. Sólo en 2017 (27 equipos), 2016 (27) y 2012 (27) tuvieron más. Los 11 titulares entrando en la octava semana… 1. ÉXITO ACARREANDO. La temporada 2022 tiene el más alto promedio de yardas terrestres por intento (4.54) a lo largo de la octava semana desde 1970, y ha habido un promedio de 240.7 yardas por tierra por partido, la mayor cantidad a lo largo de las primeras ocho semanas de una temporada desde 1987 (243.7). Desde 1970, ha habido 17 ocasiones en las que un jugador promedió más de seis yardas por intento de acarreo (mínimo de 75 intentos) a lo largo de las primeras ocho semanas de una temporada, cuatro de las cuales son en 2022: LAMAR JACKSON, de Baltimore (7.37 yardas por intento de acarreo); TONY POLLARD, de Dallas (6.25); TRAVIS ETIENNE, de Jacksonville (6.21); y KHALIL HERBERT, de Chicago (6.19). De los jugadores con al menos 75 intentos por tierra, las 7.37 yardas por intento de acarreo de Jackson es el promedio más alto a lo largo de la octava semana desde la fusión.
CHICAGO BEARS lidera la liga con 188.4 yardas por tierra por partido esta temporada, el tercer promedio más alto de yardas terrestres por un equipo en sus primeros ocho partidos de una temporada desde 1990, solamente detrás de ATLANTA FALCONS en 2006 (205.1 yardas por tierra por partido) y BALTIMORE RAVENS en 2019 (204.9).
Bears puede sumarse a PITTSBURGH STEELERS de 1976 (semanas 7-10) como los únicos equipos en la era del Super Bowl con al menos 225 yardas por tierra en cuatro partidos consecutivos, y el primer equipo desde NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS de 1978 (semanas 12-15) con al menos 200 yardas terrestres en cuatro duelos consecutivos. 2. NÚMERO DE LA SEMANA – 136. El clásico de lunes en la noche Monday Night Football entre BALTIMORE (5-3) y NEW ORLEANS (3-5) será el partido número 136 jugado esta temporada, marcando oficialmente el punto medio del calendario de la NFL de 2022. 3. NOTA QUE IMPORTA. El mariscal de campo de Tampa Bay, TOM BRADY, tiene 99,836 yardas aéreas en su carrera, incluyendo postemporada, y necesita 164 para convertirse en el primer jugador en la historia de la NFL con 100,000 yardas pasando en su carrera. Brady tiene la mayor cantidad de yardas aéreas en temporada regular (86,787) y de yardas aéreas en postemporada (13,049) en la historia, y ha liderado la NFL en yardas pasando cuatro veces (2005, 2007, 2017 y 2021) durante sus 23 años de carrera.
El encuentro entre LOS ANGELES RAMS (campeón del Super Bowl LVI) y TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (campeón del Super Bowl LV) el domingo (4:25 PM, hora de New York, CBS) marca la vigesimoséptima ocasión en la era del Super Bowl, y la octava vez en las últimas 20 temporadas, que los dos más recientes ganadores del Super Bowl se encuentran en temporada regular. El equipo que ganó el Super Bowl más recientemente ganó seis de los siete enfrentamientos previos. 4. BAJO LOS REFLECTORES – ENFRENTAMIENTO INDIVIDUAL. MIAMI DOLPHINS (5-3), ganador de dos partidos consecutivos, es liderado por los receptores TYREEK HILL y JAYLEN WADDLE, quienes han establecido un ritmo histórico a lo largo de las primeras ocho semanas. Hill, que esta temporada lidera la liga tanto en recepciones (69) como en yardas recibiendo (961), y Waddle, que se ubica cuarto en yardas recibiendo (727), se combinaron para la mayor cantidad de yardas recibiendo (1,688) por un par de compañeros de equipo a lo largo de sus primeros ocho partidos de una temporada en la era del Super Bowl.
Hill y Waddle cada uno tienen cuatro partidos con al menos 100 yardas recibiendo esta temporada, incluyendo tres partidos en los que ambos superaron la marca de las 100 yardas. El domingo en Chicago (1:00 PM, hora de New York, CBS), el dúo puede superar al miembro del Salón de la Fama ISAAC BRUCE y a TORRY HOLT, de St. Louis Rams de 2000 (1,878 yardas recibiendo), para la mayor cantidad de yardas recibiendo combinadas por compañeros de equipo a lo largo de los primeros nueve partidos de su equipo en una temporada en la era del Super Bowl.
Hill, que tiene al menos 150 yardas recibiendo en cuatro partidos esta temporada, puede superar a Bruce (1,073 yardas recibiendo en 1995) por la mayor cantidad de yardas por recepción de un jugador en los primeros nueve partidos de una temporada de su equipo en la era del Super Bowl. Hill y Waddle pueden también convertirse en el sexto par de compañeros de equipo con cada uno al menos 800 yardas recibiendo en los primeros nueve partidos de su equipo en la historia. 5. BAJO LOS REFLECTORES – ENFRENTAMIENTO DE EQUIPOS. TENNESSEE TITANS (5-2) visita a KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (5-2) en el clásico de domingo en la noche Sunday Night Football (8:20 PM, hora de New York, NBC) en un encuentro entre equipos que lideran sus respectivas divisiones.
Titans ingresa en la novena semana con una seguidilla de victorias de cinco partidos, la racha ganadora activa más larga en la AFC, tras comenzar la temporada 0-2. La semana pasada, el corredor DERRICK HENRY registró el sexto partido de su carrera con al menos 200 yardas por tierra, empatando con ADRIAN PETERSON (seis) y el miembro del Salón de la Fama O.J. SIMPSON (seis) para la mayor cantidad de tales desempeños en la historia de la NFL. Incluyendo postemporada, tiene 557 yardas por tierra (111.4 por partido) y seis acarreos anotadores en los cinco partidos en su carrera contra Kansas City.
Chiefs viene de un descanso en la octava semana habiendo ganado tres de sus últimos cuatro partidos, siendo esos cuatro rivales equipos que alcanzaron la postemporada en 2021. El entrenador en jefe ANDY REID tiene registro de 20-3 en su carrera luego de la semana de descanso de su equipo, y Kansas City ganó nueve partidos consecutivos en noviembre desde la semana 11 de la temporada 2019. El mariscal de campo PATRICK MAHOMES esta temporada lidera la NFL con 20 pases anotadores y se ubica segundo en yardas aéreas por partido (308.4) e índice de pasador (109.5). 6. RACHAS QUE HABLAN. El mariscal de campo de Philadelphia, JALEN HURTS, que cumplió 24 años de edad en agosto, ganó cada uno de sus últimos 10 partidos como mariscal de campo titular, incluidas sus últimas tres aperturas de la temporada 2021, y es el séptimo QB más joven en la era del Super Bowl en ganar 10 titularidades consecutivas.
Con una victoria en el clásico de jueves en la noche Thursday Night Football (8:15 PM, hora de New York, Prime Video) en Houston, puede igualar al miembro del Salón de la Fama PEYTON MANNING (11 victorias consecutivas en 1999) y a DAK PRESCOTT (11 en 2016) para la tercera racha ganadora más larga de un mariscal de campo titular menor de 25 años desde 1990, solamente detrás de BEN ROETHLISBERGER (15 victorias consecutivas de 2004-05) y LAMAR JACKSON (13 triunfos seguidos en 2019-20).
Hurts puede también convertirse en el tercer mariscal de campo menor de 25 años en titularizar y ganar cada uno de los primeros ocho partidos de una temporada de su equipo desde 1950, uniéndose al miembro del Salón de la Fama DAN MARINO (1984 con Miami) y JARED GOFF (2018 con Los Angeles Rams). 7. ¿LO SABÍAS? A lo largo de siete partidos esta temporada, el mariscal de campo de Buffalo, JOSH ALLEN, totalizó 2,198 yardas aéreas y 306 yardas por tierra, y lidera a todos los jugadores con 357.7 yardas aéreas y terrestres combinadas por partido. Sus 2,504 yardas combinadas pasando y por tierra en 2022 sólo son superadas por el miembro del Salón de la Fama PEYTON MANNING (2,542 combinadas yardas en 2013) y DREW BREES (2,512 en 2011) para la mayor cantidad de yardas combinadas por un mariscal de campo en sus primeros siete partidos de una temporada. BUFFALO BILLS (6-1) viaja a MetLife Stadium el domingo (1:00 PM, hora de New York, CBS) para enfrentar a NEW YORK JETS (5-3). 8. HISTORIA BAJO EL RADAR. Hay tres entrenadores en jefe en su primera temporada con un equipo –MIKE MCDANIEL, de Miami; KEVIN O'CONNELL, de Minnesota; y BRIAN DABOLL, de New York Giants – y cuatro entrenadores en jefe en su segundo año –ARTHUR SMITH, de Atlanta; BRANDON STALEY, de Los Angeles Chargers; ROBERT SALEH, de New York Jets y NICK SIRIANNI, de Philadelphia– que actualmente tienen a su club en posición de playoffs.
Solo ha habido dos temporadas en las que tres entrenadores en jefe de primer año clasificaron para la postemporada en el mismo año –2008 (JOHN HARBAUGH, MIKE SMITH y TONY SPARANO) y 1992 (el miembro del Salón de la Fama BILL COWHER, DANNY GREEN y BOBBY ROSS)– mientras que la mayor cantidad de entrenadores en jefe de primer y segundo año que clasificaron a playoffs en la misma temporada es cinco, establecida en 2008 (MIKE TOMLIN y KEN WHISENHUNT en sus segundas temporadas).
Cuando con Vikings visiten a Washington Commanders el domingo (1:00 PM, hora de New York, FOX), O'Connell puede convertirse en el quinto entrenador en jefe desde 2000 en ganar siete de su primeros ocho partidos, uniéndose a JIM CALDWELL (2009), JIM HARBAUGH (2011), MATT LAFLEUR (2019) y MIKE MARTZ (2000). 9. TENDENCIA. Hubo 55 partidos esta temporada con un cambio de liderazgo en el tercer período o más tarde, incluyendo al menos cuatro partidos en cada una de las primeras ocho semanas. Hubo 37 partidos en los que un equipo resurgió para ganar o empatar tras haber estado en desventaja en el último período en 2022, empatando con 2021 (37) y 1989 (37) para la tercera mayor cantidad de tales desempeños a lo largo de la octava semana en la historia de la NFL, solamente detrás de 2016 (38) y 2012 (38). 10. ESTA SEMANA EN LA HISTORIA DE LA NFL. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (3-4-1) visita a NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (4-4) el domingo (1:00 PM, hora de New York, CBS). Los dos clubes se enfrentaron en la novena semana en cuatro temporadas consecutivas en el lapso 2005-08, con Colts obteniendo tres victorias en horario central y el único triunfo de Patriots durante su temporada regular invicta de 2007. En el clásico de lunes en le noche Monday Night Football de la novena semana de la temporada 2005, el trío miembro del Salón de la Fama de PEYTON MANNING (321 yardas y tres pases anotadores), EDGERRIN JAMES (104 yardas por tierra y una anotación) y MARVIN HARRISON (nueve recepciones para 128 yardas y dos anotaciones), así como también REGGIE WAYNE (nueve recepciones para 124 yardas y una anotación) tuvieron todos actuaciones destacadas. 11. Y POR ÚLTIMO, PERO NO MENOS IMPORTANTE. BALTIMORE RAVENS ha tenido una ventaja de al menos 10 puntos en cada uno de sus primeros ocho partidos de la temporada. En el clásico de lunes en la noche Monday Night Football, en New Orleans (8:15 PM, hora de New York, ESPN), puede convertirse en el quinto equipo en la era del Super Bowl en tener una ventaja de 10 puntos en cada uno de sus primeros nueve partidos de la temporada, uniéndose a GREEN BAY PACKERS de 2011, NEW ORLEANS SAINTS de 2009, NEW YORK GIANTS de 1989 y MIAMI DOLPHINS de 1984.
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| NFC Players of the Week - Week 8 | 49ERS RB CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY, VIKINGS LB ZA’DARIUS SMITH & SEAHAWKS TE WILL DISSLY NAMED NFC PLAYERS OF WEEK 8 Running back CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY of the San Francisco 49ers, linebacker ZA’DARIUS SMITH of the Minnesota Vikings and tight end WILL DISSLY of the Seattle Seahawks are the NFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for games played in Week 8 (October 27, 30-31).
OFFENSE: RB CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS - McCaffrey registered eight receptions, 149 scrimmage yards (94 rushing, 55 receiving) and three total touchdowns (one passing, one rushing, one receiving) in the 49ers' 31-14 win at the Los Angeles Rams in Week 8. He became the fourth player with a touchdown pass, rushing touchdown and touchdown reception in a single game since 1970.
- This is the first-career Offensive Player of the Week award for McCaffrey and he becomes the first San Francisco running back to earn the honor since Frank Gore (Week 14, 2009).
- McCaffrey is the first-ever former Stanford running back to win the award and is the first Cardinal to win since quarterback Andrew Luck (Week 11, 2018).
DEFENSE: LB ZA’DARIUS SMITH, MINNESOTA VIKINGS - Smith recorded seven tackles, four tackles for loss, three sacks and a pass defensed in Minnesota’s 34-26 victory over Arizona. It marked the most tackles for loss and sacks of any player in Week 8.
- This is the third-career Defensive Player of the Week award for Smith and first with the Vikings:
- 2018 (with Baltimore): Week 6
- 2020 (with Green Bay): Week 4
- 2022 (with Minnesota): Week 8
- He is the first Vikings linebacker to earn the honor since Eric Kendricks (Week 1, 2016).
SPECIAL TEAMS: TE WILL DISSLY, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS - Dissly forced a fumble and later recovered a fumble, both on punt coverage, in Seattle’s 27-13 victory over the Giants.
- This is the first Player of the Week Award for Dissly and he is the first Seahawk to win Special Teams Player of the Week since running back Travis Homer (Week 13, 2021).
- Dissly becomes the third former University of Washington player to earn the honor, joining kicker Jeff Jaeger (six-time winner) and punt returner Jaydon Mickens (two-time winner).
2022 NFC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
| Offense | Defense | Special Teams | Wk 1 | RB Saquon Barkley, N.Y. Giants | LB Uchenna Nwosu, Seattle | CB Zech McPhearson, Philadelphia | Wk 2 | WR Amon-Ra St. Brown, Detroit | CB Darius Slay, Philadelphia | K Graham Gano, N.Y. Giants | Wk 3 | RB Cordarrelle Patterson, Atlanta | DE Brandon Graham, Philadelphia | P Pat O’Donnell, Green Bay | Wk 4 | QB Geno Smith, Seattle | LB Haason Reddick, Philadelphia | K Greg Joseph, Minnesota | Wk 5 | TE Taysom Hill, New Orleans | LB Micah Parsons, Dallas | K Cameron Dicker, Philadelphia | Wk 6 | QB Marcus Mariota, Atlanta | CB Tariq Woolen, Seattle | P Ryan Wright, Minnesota | Wk 7 | QB Daniel Jones, N.Y. Giants | CB Marco Wilson, Arizona | K Cairo Santos, Chicago | Wk 8 | RB Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco | LB Za’Darius Smith, Minnesota | TE Will Dissly, Seattle |
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| AFC Players of the Week - Week 8 | TITANS RB DERRICK HENRY, BRONCOS DE DRE’MONT JONES & PATRIOTS K NICK FOLK NAMED AFC PLAYERS OF WEEK 8 Running back DERRICK HENRY of the Tennessee Titans, defensive end DRE’MONT JONES of the Denver Broncos and kicker NICK FOLK of the New England Patriots are the AFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for games played in Week 8 (October 27, 30-31). OFFENSE: RB DERRICK HENRY, TENNESSEE TITANS - Henry rushed for 219 yards and two touchdowns in Tennessee’s 17-10 win at Houston, the most rushing yards by a player in a game this season. It marked Henry’s sixth career game with at least 200 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns, the most in NFL history.
- This is the seventh-career Offensive Player of the Week award for Henry and first this season:
- 2018: Week 14
- 2019: Week 17
- 2020: Weeks 6, 17
- 2021: Weeks 2, 6
- 2022: Week 8
- Henry joins Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes as the only players to win a Player of the Week award in each of the past five seasons.
- He extends his record for most-ever Player of the Week awards by a Titans player and ties Shaun Alexander (seven-time winner) for the most by a former Alabama running back.
DEFENSE: DE DRE’MONT JONES, DENVER BRONCOS - Jones recorded seven tackles, three tackles for loss and a sack in Denver’s 21-17 victory over Jacksonville in London. He was the only player in the AFC to total three tackles for loss in Week 8.
- This marks the second-career Defensive Player of the Week award for Jones, also earning the honor as a rookie in Week 16 of the 2019 season.
- Jones joins Greg Kragen (two-time winner) as the only Broncos defensive linemen ever to win the award multiple times.
SPECIAL TEAMS: K NICK FOLK, NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS - Folk converted all five of his field goal attempts – from 31, 42, 49, 45 and 52 yards – as well as his lone point after attempt in New England’s 22-17 road victory over the Jets. He became the first kicker to covert four field goals of at least 40 yards in a game this season.
- This is the eighth-career Special Teams Player of the Week award for Folk, and fourth with the Patriots:
- 2007 (with Dallas): Week 5
- 2010 (with New York Jets): Week 5
- 2013 (with New York Jets): Weeks 1, 9
- 2020 (with New England): Weeks 9, 12
- 2021 (with New England): Week 5
- 2022 (with New England): Week 8
- Folk joins Stephen Gostkowski (six-time winner) and Adam Vinatieri (eight-time winner) as the only Patriots kickers to earn the honor at least four times.
2022 AFC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
| Offense | Defense | Special Teams | Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 | QB Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City QB Tua Tagovailoa, Miami QB Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville QB Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City QB Josh Allen, Buffalo QB Josh Allen, Buffalo | S Minkah Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh CB Jaylen Watson, Kansas City DE Trey Hendrickson, Cincinnati S Jordan Poyer, Buffalo LB Matthew Judon, New England DL Quinnen Williams, N.Y. Jets | K Cade York, Cleveland P Braden Mann, N.Y. Jets P Corliss Waitman, Denver K Evan McPherson, Cincinnati K Chase McLaughlin, Indianapolis K Dustin Hopkins, L.A. Chargers | Wk 7 | QB Joe Burrow, Cincinnati | CB Sauce Gardner, N.Y. Jets | K Randy Bullock, Tennessee | Wk 8 | RB Derrick Henry, Tennessee | DE Dre’Mont Jones, Denver | K Nick Folk, New England |
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| The Starting 11 -- Return of the Run as Season Hits Midway Point | As the calendar turns to November, close games and turnaround teams have highlighted the first two months of the 2022 season. The final average score margin this year (9.52) is the lowest through the first eight weeks of a season since 1970 and 55 games have been decided by a touchdown (six points or fewer), the most such games through Week 8 in NFL history. Entering Week 9, each conference has four teams currently in a playoff spot that missed the postseason a year ago: BALTIMORE (5-3), the LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4-3), MIAMI (5-3) and the NEW YORK JETS (5-3) in the AFC and ATLANTA (4-4), MINNESOTA (6-1), the NEW YORK GIANTS (6-2) and SEATTLE (5-3) in the NFC. Seventeen teams have a .500-or-better record and 26 teams have at least three victories this season, tied with the 2018 season for the fourth-most such teams with at least three wins through the first eight weeks of a season all-time. Only 2017 (27 teams), 2016 (27) and 2012 (27) had more. The starting 11 heading into Week 9… 1. RUSHING SUCCESS: The 2022 season has the highest average rushing yards per attempt (4.54) through Week 8 since 1970 and there have been an average of 240.7 rushing yards per game, the most through the first eight weeks of a season since 1987 (243.7). Since 1970, there have been 17 occurrences of a player averaging over six yards per rush attempt (minimum 75 attempts) through the first eight weeks of a season, four of which are in 2022: Baltimore's LAMAR JACKSON (7.37 yards per rush attempt), Dallas' TONY POLLARD (6.25), Jacksonville's TRAVIS ETIENNE (6.21) and Chicago's KHALIL HERBERT (6.19). Of players with at least 75 rushing attempts, Jackson's 7.37 yards per rush attempt is the highest mark through Week 8 since the merger.
The CHICAGO BEARS lead the league with 188.4 rushing yards per game this season, the third-highest rushing average by a team in their first eight games of a season since 1990, trailing only the 2006 ATLANTA FALCONS (205.1 rushing yards per game) and the 2019 BALTIMORE RAVENS (204.9).
The Bears can join the 1976 PITTSBURGH STEELERS (Weeks 7-10) as the only teams in the Super Bowl era with at least 225 rushing yards in four consecutive games and the first team since the 1978 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (Weeks 12-15) with at least 200 rushing yards in four straight contests. 2. NUMBER OF THE WEEK – 136: The Monday Night Football matchup between BALTIMORE (5-3) and NEW ORLEANS (3-5) will be the 136th game played this season, officially marking the halfway point of the 2022 NFL schedule. 3. NOTE THAT MATTERS: Tampa Bay quarterback TOM BRADY has 99,836 career passing yards, including the postseason, and needs 164 passing yards to become the first player in NFL history with 100,000 career passing yards. Brady has the most regular season passing yards (86,787) and postseason passing yards (13,049) all-time and has led the NFL in passing yards four times (2005, 2007, 2017 and 2021) during his 23-year career.
The meeting between the LOS ANGELES RAMS (Super Bowl LVI Champions) and TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (Super Bowl LV Champions) on Sunday (4:25 PM ET, CBS) marks the 27th occurrence in the Super Bowl era and the eighth time in the past 20 seasons that the two most recent Super Bowl winners will meet in the regular season. The team who won the Super Bowl more recently has won six of the previous seven such matchups.
4. SPOTLIGHT – POSITION GROUP: The MIAMI DOLPHINS (5-3), winners of two consecutive games, are led by wide receivers TYREEK HILL and JAYLEN WADDLE, who have set a historic pace through the first eight weeks. Hill, who leads the league in both receptions (69) and receiving yards (961), and Waddle, who ranks fourth in receiving yards (727) this season, have combined for the most receiving yards (1,688) by a pair of teammates through their first eight games of a season in the Super Bowl era.
Hill and Waddle each have four games with at least 100 receiving yards this season, including three games in which they both surpassed the 100-yard mark. On Sunday in Chicago (1:00 PM ET, CBS), the duo can surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer ISAAC BRUCE and TORRY HOLT of the 2000 St. Louis Rams (1,878 receiving yards) for the most combined receiving yards by teammates through their team's first nine games of a season in the Super Bowl era.
Hill, who has at least 150 receiving yards in four games this season, can surpass Bruce (1,073 receiving yards in 1995) for the most receiving yards by a player in his team's first nine games of a season in the Super Bowl era. Hill and Waddle can also become the sixth pair of teammates each with at least 800 receiving yards through their team's first nine games all-time. 5. SPOTLIGHT – TEAM MATCHUP: The TENNESSEE TITANS (5-2) visit the KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (5-2) on Sunday Night Football (8:20 PM ET, NBC) in a meeting between teams atop their respective divisions.
The Titans enter Week 9 on a five-game winning streak, the longest active winning streak in the AFC, after beginning the season 0-2. Last week, running back DERRICK HENRY recorded his sixth career game with at least 200 rushing yards, tied with ADRIAN PETERSON (six) and Pro Football Hall of Famer O.J. SIMPSON (six) for the most such games in NFL history. Including the postseason, he has 557 rushing yards (111.4 per game) and six rushing touchdowns in five career games against Kansas City.
The Chiefs are coming off a Week 8 bye having won three of their past four games with all four coming against 2021 playoff teams. Head coach ANDY REID has a 20-3 career record following his team's bye week and Kansas City has won nine consecutive games in November dating back to Week 11 of the 2019 season. Quarterback PATRICK MAHOMES leads the NFL with 20 touchdown passes this season and ranks second in passing yards per game (308.4) and passer rating (109.5). 6. STREAK SPEAK: Philadelphia quarterback JALEN HURTS, who turned 24 years old in August, has won each of his past 10 games as a starting quarterback, including his final three starts of the 2021 season and is the seventh-youngest quarterback in the Super Bowl era to win 10 consecutive starts.
With a win on Thursday Night Football (8:15 PM ET, Prime Video) at Houston, he can tie Pro Football Hall of Famers PEYTON MANNING (11 consecutive wins in 1999) and DAK PRESCOTT (11 in 2016) for the third-longest winning streak by a starting quarterback under the age of 25 since 1990, trailing only BEN ROETHLISBERGER (15 consecutive wins from 2004-05) and LAMAR JACKSON (13 consecutive wins from 2019-20).
Hurts can also become the third quarterback under the age of 25 to start and win each of his team's first eight games of a season since 1950, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (1984 with Miami) and JARED GOFF (2018 with the Los Angeles Rams). 7. DID YOU KNOW?: Through seven games this season, Buffalo quarterback JOSH ALLEN has totaled 2,198 passing yards and 306 rushing yards and leads all players with 357.7 combined passing and rushing yards per game. His 2,504 combined passing and rushing yards in 2022 trail only Pro Football Hall of Famer PEYTON MANNING (2,542 combined yards in 2013) and DREW BREES (2,512 in 2011) for the most such combined yards by a quarterback in his first seven games of a season. The BUFFALO BILLS (6-1) travel to MetLife Stadium on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, CBS) to meet the NEW YORK JETS (5-3).
8. UNDER-THE-RADAR STORYLINE: There are three head coaches in their first season with a team – Miami's MIKE MCDANIEL, Minnesota's KEVIN O'CONNELL and the New York Giants' BRIAN DABOLL – and four second-year head coaches – Atlanta's ARTHUR SMITH, the Los Angeles Chargers' BRANDON STALEY, the New York Jets' ROBERT SALEH and Philadelphia's NICK SIRIANNI – that currently have their club in playoff position.
There have only been two seasons in which three first-year head coaches qualified for the postseason in the same year – 2008 (JOHN HARBAUGH, MIKE SMITH and TONY SPARANO) and 1992 (Pro Football Hall of Famer BILL COWHER, DANNY GREEN and BOBBY ROSS) – while the most first- and second-year head coaches to make the playoffs in the same season is five, set in 2008 (MIKE TOMLIN and KEN WHISENHUNT in their second seasons).
O'Connell, whose Vikings visit the Washington Commanders on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, FOX), can become the fifth head coach since 2000 to win seven of his first eight games, joining JIM CALDWELL (2009), JIM HARBAUGH (2011), MATT LAFLEUR (2019) and MIKE MARTZ (2000). 9. TREND TIME: There have been 55 games this season with a lead change in the third quarter or later, including at least four games in each of the first eight weeks. There have been 37 games in which a team came back to win or tie after trailing in the fourth quarter in 2022, tied with 2021 (37) and 1989 (37) for the third-most such games through Week 8 in NFL history, trailing only 2016 (38) and 2012 (38). 10. THIS WEEK IN NFL HISTORY: The INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (3-4-1) visit the NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (4-4) on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, CBS). The two clubs met in Week 9 in four consecutive seasons from 2005-08, with the Colts earning three primetime victories and the Patriots lone win coming during their undefeated 2007 regular-season. In Week 9 of the 2005 season on Monday Night Football, the Pro Football Hall of Fame trio of PEYTON MANNING (321 yards and three touchdown passes), EDGERRIN JAMES (104 rushing yards and a touchdown) and MARVIN HARRISON (nine receptions for 128 yards and two touchdowns) as well as REGGIE WAYNE (nine receptions for 124 yards and one touchdown) each delivered standout performances. 11. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST: The BALTIMORE RAVENS have had a lead of at least 10 points in each of their first eight games of the season. On Monday Night Football in New Orleans (8:15 PM ET, ESPN), they can become the fifth team in the Super Bowl era to hold a 10-point lead in each of their first nine games of the season, joining the 2011 GREEN BAY PACKERS, 2009 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS, 1989 NEW YORK GIANTS and 1984 MIAMI DOLPHINS. WEEK 9 NFL SCHEDULE (All times Eastern) Thursday, November 3 | Philadelphia at Houston | Prime Video | 8:15 | Sunday, November 6 | Los Angeles Chargers at Atlanta | FOX | 1:00 | | Miami at Chicago | CBS | 1:00 | | Carolina at Cincinnati | FOX | 1:00 | | Green Bay at Detroit | FOX | 1:00 | | Las Vegas at Jacksonville | CBS | 1:00 | | Indianapolis at New England | CBS | 1:00 | | Buffalo at New York Jets | CBS | 1:00 | | Minnesota at Washington | FOX | 1:00 | | Seattle at Arizona | FOX | 4:05 | | Los Angeles Rams at Tampa Bay | CBS | 4:25 | | Tennessee at Kansas City | NBC | 8:20 | Monday, November 7 | Baltimore at New Orleans | ESPN | 8:15 | Bye week: Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, N.Y. Giants, Pittsburgh, San Francisco |
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THURSDAY NIGHT PREVIEW:
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (7-0) AT HOUSTON TEXANS (1-5-1) Week 9 of the 2022 NFL season gets underway on Thursday, November 3 (8:15 PM ET, Prime Video) as the Philadelphia Eagles (7-0) visit the Houston Texans (1-5-1). Philadelphia has won all five previous meetings between the two clubs. The Eagles look to begin a season 8-0 for the first time in franchise history and have a league-low two giveaways this year, becoming the second team in the Super Bowl era with two-or-fewer giveaways through their first seven games of a season, joining the 2017 Kansas City Chiefs (one giveaway).
Philadelphia quarterback JALEN HURTS has won 10 consecutive starts, including his final three starts of the 2021 season, the longest such streak by a quarterback in Eagles franchise history. Last week, he set career highs in touchdown passes (four) and passer rating (140.6) in the team’s 35-13 win over Pittsburgh. Entering Week 9, Hurts leads all NFC quarterbacks in combined passing and rushing yards per game (300.3) and is one of three NFC quarterbacks (JIMMY GAROPPOLO and GENO SMITH) with a passer rating of 100-or-higher (105.1). The Eagles lead the NFL with 14 rushing touchdowns this season, including six from Hurts and five from running back MILES SANDERS. They are the only pair of teammates each with at least five rushing touchdowns this season. Sanders has four rushing touchdowns in his past four and aims for his third in a row overall with a rushing touchdown. Wide receiver A.J. BROWN registered six receptions for 156 yards and three touchdowns last week. Each of his three touchdown receptions came in the first half and at 39, 27 and 29 yards, he became the first player since DREW BENNETT (December 5, 2004) with three touchdown receptions of 25-or-more yards in the first half of a game. Since 2019, Brown has six games with at least 150 receiving yards, tied with JUSTIN JEFFERSON for the second-most in the NFL. Brown (39 receptions for 659 yards this season), wide receiver DEVONTA SMITH (38 receptions for 420 yards) and tight end DALLAS GOEDERT (32 receptions for 421 yards) are the only trio of teammates in 2022 each with at least 30 receptions and 400 receiving yards. Philadelphia enters Week 9 ranked second in the NFC in scoring defense (16.9 points per game allowed) and total defense (298.1 yards per game allowed). Linebacker HAASON REDDICK has recorded 5.5 sacks in his past five and had 1.5 sacks in his last game against the Texans (September 23, 2021, with Carolina on Thursday Night Football). Safety C.J. GARDNER-JOHNSON recorded his career-high fourth interception of the season last week as the Eagles rank tied for second in the league with 10 interceptions as a team this season. Cornerback JAMES BRADBERRY has recorded at least one pass defensed in each of the team’s first seven games this season and is the only player in the NFL with at least 10 passes defensed in each of the past seven seasons. Bradberry and cornerback DARIUS SLAY are tied for first in passed defensed since 2016 (92 each). Houston quarterback DAVIS MILLS is slated to make his 10th career home start. In his first nine home starts, he has recorded 17 touchdown passes against four interceptions for a 104.7 rating. Since 2021, he is one of three AFC quarterbacks (JOE BURROW and TUA TAGOVAILOA) with a home passer rating of 100-or-higher (minimum five starts). Rookie running back DAMEON PIERCE registered his first career touchdown reception last week and has a touchdown in four of his past five games. He leads all rookies with four games with 100-or-more scrimmage yards and aims for his seventh in a row with at least 50 scrimmage yards. Wide receiver BRANDIN COOKS has at least four receptions in six of his first seven games this season. He aims for his third in a row against Philadelphia with at least 50 receiving yards and third in a row on Thursday with at least 85 receiving yards. Defensive lineman JERRY HUGHES leads the Texans with five sacks this season, his sixth-career season with at least five sacks. Linebacker CHRISTIAN KIRKSEY has at least five tackles in each of his first seven games in 2022 and aims for his third in a row on Thursday Night Football with at least 10 tackles. Rookie defensive back JALEN PITRE has at least five tackles in six of his first seven career games and aims for his third in a row at home with a tackle for loss. Defensive back JONATHAN OWENS leads all defensive backs with four games with at least 10 tackles this season. Prime Video will stream 15 Thursday Night Football games this season (Weeks 2-17, excluding Thanksgiving). The game will feature Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit and Kaylee Hartung on the call. For the Week 9 Philadelphia-Houston capsule, click here.
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Siete del domingo – Octava semana Un vistazo a siete destacados estadísticos de los partidos jugados a las 9:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. y 4:00 p.m. (hora de New York) el domingo 30 de octubre, la octava semana de la temporada 2022. - PHILADELPHIA EAGLES derrotó a Pittsburgh 35-13 para mejorar a 7-0 esta temporada, igualando el mejor arranque en la historia de la franquicia (7-0 en 2004). Eagles tienen dos entregas esta temporada, la menor cantidad de la liga, y es el segundo equipo en la era del Super Bowl con dos o menos entregas a lo largo de sus primeros siete partidos de una temporada, uniéndose a KANSAS CITY CHIEFS de 2017 (una entrega).
El receptor A.J. BROWN tuvo recepciones anotadoras de 39, 27 y 29 yardas en la primera mitad y se convirtió en el primer jugador desde DREW BENNETT (5 de diciembre de 2004) con tres recepciones anotadoras de 25 o más yardas en la primera mitad de a partido. - NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS derrotó a New York Jets 22-17, uno de los cinco partidos jugados el domingo decididos por seis o menos puntos. La victoria marcó el 325 triunfo de la carrera, incluyendo postemporada, del entrenador en jefe BILL BELICHICK, superando al miembro del Salón de la Fama GEORGE HALAS (324 triunfos) para la segunda mayor cantidad de victorias por un entrenador en jefe en la historia. Solamente el miembro del Salón de la Fama DON SHULA (347 victorias) tiene más.
PARTIDOS CERRADOS. Con dos partidos aún por ser completados en la octava semana, han habido 55 partidos decididos por una anotación (seis puntos) o menos y 71 partidos decididos por una anotación (ocho puntos), ambas mayores cantidades de tales desempeños a lo largo de las primeros ocho semanas en la historia.
Diez de 13 partidos (76.9 por ciento) que fueron completados en la octava semana fueron decididos dentro de una anotación (ocho puntos) en el último período y han habido 94 partidos dentro de una anotación (ocho puntos) en el último período esta temporada, la mayor cantidad de tales desempeños a lo largo de las primeros ocho semanas en la historia de la NFL. - El corredor de Tennessee DERRICK HENRY acarreó 219 yardas y dos anotaciones en el triunfo de Titans 17-10 en Houston.
Henry registró el sexto partido de su carrera con al menos 200 yardas por tierra, empatando con ADRIAN PETERSON (seis) y con el miembro del Salón de la Fama O.J. SIMPSON (seis) para las mayores cantidad de tales desempeños en la historia de la NFL.
Henry tiene seis partidos en su carrera con al menos 200 yardas por tierra y dos acarreos anotadores, la mayor cantidad de tales desempeños en la historia. Los jugadores que le siguen desde más cerca –los miembros del Salón de la Fama JIM BROWN, BARRY SANDERS y LADAINIAN TOMLINSON– tuvieron cada uno tres partidos de ese estilo en su carrera. - El corredor de San Francisco CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY registró ocho recepciones, 149 yardas desde la línea de golpeo (94 acarreando, 55 recibiendo) y tres anotaciones totales (una pasando, una acarreando, una recibiendo) en la victoria de 49ers 31-14 visitando a Los Angeles Rams, mientras que el corredor de New Orleans ALVIN KAMARA registró nueve recepciones, 158 yardas desde la línea de golpeo (96 recibiendo, 62 acarreando) y tres anotaciones (dos recibiendo, una acarreando) en el triunfo de Saints 24-0 sobre Las Vegas.
McCaffrey es el cuarto jugador con algún pase de anotación, algún acarreo anotador y alguna recepción anotadora en un solo partido desde 1970, uniéndose a los miembros del Salón de la Fama WALTER PAYTON (21 de octubre de 1979) y LADAINIAN TOMLINSON (16 de octubre 2005), así como también a DAVID PATTEN (21 de octubre de 2001).
Kamara y McCaffrey tienen cada uno 10 partidos en su carrera con anotaciones tanto acarreando como recibiendo y son los primeros jugadores con 10 partidos de ese estilo en las primeras seis temporadas de su carrera en la historia de la NFL.
Kamara y McCaffrey son los quinto y sexto jugadores en la historia con anotaciones tanto acarreando como recibiendo en 10 partidos en sus carreras, uniéndose a los miembros del Salón de la Fama MARSHALL FAULK (15 partidos), LENNY MOORE (12) y JIM BROWN (11), así como también BRIAN WESTBROOK (12).
Desde que ambos ingresaron en la NFL en 2017, Kamara tiene 406 recepciones, mientras que McCaffrey tiene 400 recepciones. El domingo, se unieron a ROGER CRAIG (434 recepciones) como los únicos corredores con al menos 400 recepciones en sus primeras seis temporadas en la historia de la NFL. - El receptor de Miami TYREEK HILL registró 12 recepciones para 188 yardas en el triunfo de Dolphins 31-27 en Detroit.
Hill tiene 961 yardas recibiendo esta temporada y superó a WES WELKER (960 yardas recibiendo en 2011) para la tercera mayor cantidad de yardas recibiendo por un jugador en los primeros ocho partidos de una temporada de su equipo en la era del Super Bowl. Solamente TORRY HOLT (978 yardas recibiendo en 2003) y el miembro del Salón de la Fama MARVIN HARRISON (962 en 2000) tuvieron más.
Hill registró el noveno partido de su carrera con al menos 10 recepciones y 150 yardas recibiendo, empatando con el miembro del Salón de la Fama TIM BROWN (nueve) para la quinta mayor cantidad de tales partidos en la historia de la NFL. Solamente ANTONIO BROWN (10 partidos), ANDRE JOHNSON (10), JULIO JONES (10) y el miembro del Salón de la Fama JERRY RICE (10) tienen más.
Hill tiene cuatro partidos con al menos 10 recepciones y 150 yardas recibiendo esta temporada (Semanas 2, 4, 6 y 8), empatados con los miembros del Salón de la Fama TIM BROWN (1997), CALVIN JOHNSON (2012) y JERRY RICE (1995) así como también ANTONIO BROWN (2017) para la mayor cantidad de tales partidos es una sola temporada en la historia de la NFL.
Hill se une a ROY GREEN (1984) como los únicos jugadores en la historia con al menos 150 yardas recibiendo en cuatro de los primeros ocho partidos de una temporada de su equipo en la historia de la NFL. - Cuatro jugadores el domingo registraron cada uno tres anotaciones desde la línea de golpeo: el de Philadelphia A.J. BROWN (tres recepciones anotadoras), el de Carolina D'ONTA FOREMAN (tres acarreos anotadores), el de New Orleans ALVIN KAMARA (dos recepciones anotadoras, un acarreo anotador) y el de Dallas TONY POLLARD (tres acarreos anotadores).
Marca la quinta vez desde 2000 que al menos cuatro jugadores registraron tres o más anotaciones desde la línea de golpeo en la misma semana, uniéndose a la primera semana de la temporada 2004 (seis jugadores), tercera semana de 2015 (cinco), novena semana de 2013 (cinco) y duodécima semana de 2004 (cinco). - El mariscal de campo de Minnesota KIRK COUSINS completó 24 de 36 intentos de pase (66.7 por ciento) y tuvo tres anotaciones (dos pasando, una acarreando) en la victoria de Vikings 34-26 triunfo sobre Arizona.
Cousins tiene 3,000 pases completos en los 132 partidos de su carrera y empata a DEREK CARR (132 partidos) como el tercer jugador que más rápido alcanza en la historia de la NFL los 3,000 pases completos de su carrera. Solamente MATTHEW STAFFORD (125 partidos) y MATT RYAN (130) alcanzó la marca en menos partidos.
El receptor de Arizona DEANDRE HOPKINS el domingo tuvo 12 recepciones para 159 yardas y una anotación.
Hopkins tiene 811 recepciones en los 138 partidos e su carrera, la quinta menor cantidad de partidos en la historia de la NFL para alcanzar las 800 recepciones en su carrera. Solamente ANTONIO BROWN (126 partidos), JULIO JONES (127), el miembro del Salón de la Fama MARVIN HARRISON (131) y ANDRE JOHNSON (137) alcanzaron la marca más rápido. - Otros desempeños notables del domingo incluyen:
- El receptor de Los Angeles Rams COOPER KUPP registró ocho recepciones para 79 yardas y una anotación el domingo.
Kupp tiene 64 recepciones esta temporada y superó a KEENAN ALLEN (62 recepciones en 2015) y MICHAEL THOMAS (62 en 2019) para la segunda mayor cantidad recepciones para un jugador en los primeros siete partidos de una temporada de su equipo en la historia de la NFL. Solamente ADAM THIELEN (67 recepciones en 2018) tuvo más. - El corredor de Denver LATAVIUS MURRAY registró el acarreo anotador que definió el pleito con 1:43 por jugarse el triunfo de Broncos 21-17 sobre Jacksonville Jaguars en el estadio de Wembley de Londres.
Murray, que también acarreó una anotación con New Orleans Saints en Tottenham Hotspur Stadium en Londres en la cuarta semana, es el tercer jugador que juega dos partidos en Londres en la misma temporada, uniéndose a GAREON CONLEY (2019) y ADRIAN PETERSON (2017), y el primer jugador en acarrear alguna anotación para dos equipos diferentes en Londres en la mismo temporada. - El corredor de Detroit JAMAAL WILLIAMS acarreó dos anotaciones el domingo.
Williams, que también acarreó dos anotaciones en las semanas 1, 3 y 4, es el cuarto jugador desde 2000 con al menos dos acarreos anotadores en cuatro de los primeros siete partidos de una temporada de su equipo, uniéndose a JAMES CONNER (2018), TODD GURLEY (2018) y PRIEST HOLMES (2004).
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| Seven From Sunday - Week 8 | A look at seven statistical highlights from games played at 9:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, October 30, the eighth week of the 2022 season.
- The PHILADELPHIA EAGLES defeated Pittsburgh, 35-13, to improve to 7-0 this season, matching the best start in franchise history (7-0 in 2004). The Eagles have a league-low two giveaways this season and are the second team in the Super Bowl era with two-or-fewer giveaways through their first seven games of a season, joining the 2017 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (one giveaway).
Wide receiver A.J. BROWN had touchdown receptions of 39, 27 and 29 yards in the first half and became the first player since DREW BENNETT (December 5, 2004) with three touchdown receptions of 25-or-more yards in the first half of a game.
- The NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS defeated the New York Jets, 22-17, one of five games played on Sunday decided by six-or-fewer points. The victory marked the 325th career win, including the postseason, for head coach BILL BELICHICK, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer GEORGE HALAS (324 wins) for the second-most wins by a head coach all-time. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer DON SHULA (347 wins) has more.
CLOSE GAMES: With two games yet to be completed in Week 8, there have been 55 games decided by a touchdown (six points) or less and 71 games decided by one score (eight points), both the most such games through the first eight weeks all-time.
Ten of 13 games (76.9 percent) that have been completed in Week 8 have been within one score (eight points) in the fourth quarter and there have been 94 games within one score (eight points) in the fourth quarter this season, the most such games through the first eight weeks in NFL history.
- Tennessee running back DERRICK HENRY rushed for 219 yards and two touchdowns in the Titans' 17-10 win at Houston.
Henry recorded his sixth career game with at least 200 rushing yards, tied with ADRIAN PETERSON (six) and Pro Football Hall of Famer O.J. SIMPSON (six) for the most such games in NFL history.
Henry has six career games with at least 200 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns, the most such games all-time. The next closest players – Pro Football Hall of Famers JIM BROWN, BARRY SANDERS and LADAINIAN TOMLINSON – each had three such career games
- San Francisco running back CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY registered eight receptions, 149 scrimmage yards (94 rushing, 55 receiving) and three total touchdowns (one passing, one rushing, one receiving) in the 49ers' 31-14 win at the Los Angeles Rams while New Orleans running back ALVIN KAMARA recorded nine receptions, 158 scrimmage yards (96 receiving, 62 rushing) and three touchdowns (two receiving, one rushing) in the Saints' 24-0 win over Las Vegas.
McCaffrey is the fourth player with a touchdown pass, rushing touchdown and touchdown reception in a single game since 1970, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers WALTER PAYTON (October 21, 1979) and LADAINIAN TOMLINSON (October 16, 2005) as well as DAVID PATTEN (October 21, 2001).
Kamara and McCaffrey each have 10 career games with both a rushing and receiving touchdown and are the first players with 10 such games in their first six career seasons in NFL history.
Kamara and McCaffrey are the fifth and sixth players all-time with both a rushing and receiving touchdown in 10 career games, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers MARSHALL FAULK (15 games), LENNY MOORE (12) and JIM BROWN (11) as well as BRIAN WESTBROOK (12).
Since both entered the NFL in 2017, Kamara has 406 receptions while McCaffrey has 400 receptions. On Sunday, they joined ROGER CRAIG (434 receptions) as the only running backs with at least 400 receptions in their first six seasons in NFL history.
- Miami wide receiver TYREEK HILL recorded 12 receptions for 188 yards in the Dolphins' 31-27 win at Detroit.
Hill has 961 receiving yards this season and surpassed WES WELKER (960 receiving yards in 2011) for the third-most receiving yards by a player in his team's first eight games of a season in the Super Bowl era. Only TORRY HOLT (978 receiving yards in 2003) and Pro Football Hall of Famer MARVIN HARRISON (962 in 2000) had more.
Hill recorded his ninth career game with at least 10 receptions and 150 receiving yards, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer TIM BROWN (nine) for the fifth-most such games in NFL history. Only ANTONIO BROWN (10 games), ANDRE JOHNSON (10), JULIO JONES (10) and Pro Football Hall of Famer JERRY RICE (10) have more.
Hill has four games with at least 10 receptions and 150 receiving yards this season (Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8), tied with Pro Football Hall of Famers TIM BROWN (1997), CALVIN JOHNSON (2012) and JERRY RICE (1995) as well as ANTONIO BROWN (2017) for the most such games in a single season in NFL history.
Hill joins ROY GREEN (1984) as the only players ever with at least 150 receiving yards in four of his team's first eight games of a season in NFL history.
- Four players each recorded three scrimmage touchdowns on Sunday: Philadelphia's A.J. BROWN (three touchdown receptions), Carolina's D'ONTA FOREMAN (three rushing touchdowns), New Orleans' ALVIN KAMARA (two touchdown receptions, one rushing touchdown) and Dallas' TONY POLLARD (three rushing touchdowns).
It marks the fifth time since 2000 that at least four players recorded three-or-more scrimmage touchdowns in the same week, joining Week 1 of the 2004 season (six players), Week 3 of the 2015 season (five), Week 9 of the 2013 season (five) and Week 12 of the 2004 season (five).
- Minnesota quarterback KIRK COUSINS completed 24 of 36 pass attempts (66.7 percent) and had three touchdowns (two passing, one rushing) in the Vikings' 34-26 win over Arizona.
Cousins has 3,000 completions in 132 career games and he tied DEREK CARR (132 games) as the third-fastest player in NFL history to reach 3,000 career completions. Only MATTHEW STAFFORD (125 games) and MATT RYAN (130) reached the mark in fewer games.
Arizona wide receiver DEANDRE HOPKINS had 12 receptions for 159 yards and one touchdown on Sunday.
Hopkins has 811 receptions in 138 career games, the fifth-fewest games in NFL history to reach 800 career receptions. Only ANTONIO BROWN (126 games), JULIO JONES (127), Pro Football Hall of Famer MARVIN HARRISON (131) and ANDRE JOHNSON (137) reached the mark faster.
- Other notable performance from Sunday include:
- Los Angeles Rams wide receiver COOPER KUPP recorded eight receptions for 79 yards and one touchdown on Sunday.
Kupp has 64 receptions this season and surpassed KEENAN ALLEN (62 receptions in 2015) and MICHAEL THOMAS (62 in 2019) for the second-most receptions by a player in his team's first seven games of a season in NFL history. Only ADAM THIELEN (67 receptions in 2018) had more.
- Denver running back LATAVIUS MURRAY recorded the game-winning rushing touchdown with 1:43 remaining in the Broncos' 21-17 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium in London.
Murray, who also rushed for a touchdown with the New Orleans Saints at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London in Week 4, is the third player to appear in two games in London in the same season, joining GAREON CONLEY (2019) and ADRIAN PETERSON (2017), and the first player to rush for a touchdown for two different teams in London in the same season.
- Detroit running back JAMAAL WILLIAMS rushed for two touchdowns on Sunday.
Williams, who also rushed for two touchdowns in Weeks 1, 3 and 4, is the fourth player since 2000 with at least two rushing touchdowns in four of his team's first seven games of a season, joining JAMES CONNER (2018), TODD GURLEY (2018) and PRIEST HOLMES (2004).
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