Sky Sports activities Cricket statistician – and large Buffalo Payments fan – Benedict Bermange dives into the 2024 NFL season to select the most effective stats from every week…
In the middle of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ 27-20 victory over the Ravens on Thursday evening, Patrick Mahomes handed Len Dawson’s complete of 28,507 passing yards and have become essentially the most prolific passer in Chiefs historical past.
Xavier Worthy grew to become the primary participant with a speeding and receiving landing on his NFL debut since Kareem Hunt in Week One of many 2017 season. Worthy is simply the second participant in NFL historical past to have a 20-plus yard speeding landing and a 20-plus yard receiving landing in his NFL debut after ‘alternative participant’ James Brim in 1987.
Saquon Barkley scored three touchdowns on his debut for the Philadelphia Eagles, the ninth participant within the Tremendous Bowl period to attain that many in his first recreation with a brand new crew and the second Eagle after Terrell Owens in 2004.
The one participant to have scored extra was Gibby Welch, who had 4 touchdowns in his debut for the Windfall Steam Rollers towards the Dayton Triangles in 1929.
The Buffalo Payments defeated the Arizona Cardinals behind quarterback Josh Allen, who equalled Steve Younger’s NFL report together with his fourth profession recreation with at the least two landing passes and two landing runs.
Caleb Williams of the Chicago Bears grew to become the fourth No 1 general decide quarterback to start out and win Week Certainly one of their rookie season since 1970, following Houston’s David Carr in 2002, Denver’s John Elway in 1983 and New England’s Jim Plunkett in 1971.
The New Orleans Saints gained their sixth-straight season opener, the longest energetic streak within the NFL. The 47 factors they scored towards the Carolina Panthers are essentially the most they’ve ever scored of their first recreation of the season.
Having scored 48 factors towards the Atlanta Falcons in Week 18 of final season, they’re the primary crew to attain at the least 47 factors in successive video games since they themselves managed it in Weeks 10 and 11 of the 2018 season once they beat the Cincinnati Bengals 51-14 and the Eagles 48-7.
The Denver Broncos misplaced to the Seahawks regardless of scoring two safeties. They’re simply the fifth crew in NFL historical past to lose such a recreation, and the primary for the reason that Rams misplaced 19-13 to the Cardinals in Week 9 of the 2011 season.
The New York Jets misplaced to the San Francisco 49ers on Monday evening and solely had the ball for 21:20, the bottom time of possession in Aaron Rodgers’ profession. His earlier low was 21:25 in Week One of many 2013 season – additionally towards the 49ers.
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