Week 10 in the NFL is now history. And while the Pittsburgh Steelers had a historically poor performance, several running backs dominated the scene, a Seahawks duo continued to deliver, and Matthew Stafford was like a fine wine, putting up impressive stats.
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The craziest stats and records from NFL Week 10
Strong defensive performances for the cat
The Green Bay Packers suffered a bitter defeat in the Monday Night Game, even though they only allowed ten points. It was the third defeat of the current season so far – a total of only 39 points were conceded in these defeats. In addition, they only conceded 780 yards. Since 1940, no team had suffered its first three losses of the season by fewer than 40 points and fewer than 800 yards.
It didn’t help that Josh Jacobs scored a rushing touchdown in his eighth consecutive primetime game. Previously, only the two Hall of Famers Terrell Davis and Emmitt Smith were able to do this.
Patriots rookie can’t be kept
Patriots rookie TreVeyon Henderson scored two rushing touchdowns. The special thing about it: Both touchdowns were over 50 yards. This has never happened before in Patriots history.
Achane dominates the Bills
And to stay on the running back theme, let’s look at Miami, where the Dolphins surprisingly won against the Bills. The main contribution was made by running back De’Von Achane, who became the first Dolphins player ever to reach two games with at least 225 scrimmage yards.
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Seahawks duo breaks records
Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold is having an outstanding season so far. Above all, Darnold always takes risks. His average passing depth is 9.9 yards. This puts him on course for an NFL record.
His favorite target: Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who continues to break records. As of Sunday, he is the player with the most receiving yards in the first nine games of the season. He replaced Julio Jones.
He is now one of three players after Michael Irvin and Antonio Brown to record more than 75 receiving yards in each of the first nine games of the season.
Historically bad
The Pittsburgh Steelers, on the other hand, had a pitch-black day as they had a historically poor performance against the Chargers.
The Steelers:
- received a safety
- missed a field goal
- Lost the turnover battle with at least 3 turnovers
- had fewer than 75 rushing yards
- had fewer than 150 net passing yards
The last time the Minnesota Vikings achieved all of this in one game was over 50 years ago. But with a little more appeal, because the Vikings had such a day in Super Bowl IX – against the Steelers.
A good wine
Speaking of a long time ago: Matthew Stafford is now 37 years old, but the quarterback is maturing like a good wine. The playmaker is in absolutely impressive form. In the win against the 49ers, he scored four touchdowns again. He became the first player to score four or more touchdowns three times in a row without throwing an interception.
But Stafford has been playing at this level for a long time. He became the first quarterback to score 20+ touchdowns in six games without an interception.
It happens to everyone at some point
Actually, the fans of the Jacksonville Jaguars had already checked off the game against the Texans. They ultimately led by 19 points in the fourth quarter. That had been enough the previous 53 times in this scenario, but now Jacksonville suffered its first defeat after taking such a big lead in the final quarter.
This makes the Jaguars the last team in the NFL to give up such a lead again. All other 31 teams had already suffered this fate.
Jackson passes Rodgers
The Baltimore Ravens are slowly getting back on track. Also because Lamar Jackson is back. The two-time MVP now has 100 NFL starts under his belt. He only threw 50 interceptions, setting a new record. Aaron Rodgers previously held this with 54.
Always Taylor
Finally, let’s go back to the running backs. Because one thing was on everyone’s lips on Sunday. Jonathan Taylor dominated on the floor in Berlin. He broke the franchise record with his 65th rushing touchdown, among other things.
In addition, with over 7,000 yards and more than 70 touchdowns, he is one of four players to achieve this before their 27th birthday. The other three (Emmitt Smith, Jim Brown and LaDainian Tomlinson) are all in the Hall of Fame.