It’s almost halftime in the NFL. While the Kansas City Chiefs find their way back to their old dominance, Jonathan Taylor is running away from everyone for the Colts. It’s a special season if the statistics are to be believed.
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The craziest stats and records from NFL Week 8
Chiefs show dominance again
The Chiefs are returning to their old strength in the current NFL season. After delivering games on a knife’s edge almost week after week in the previous season, Mahomes and Co. are much more dominant this year. With five wins of ten points or more, they have already overtaken last year’s figure (4) in this category.
In addition, the Chiefs have now scored 28 or more points in five consecutive games, equaling the franchise record and having the longest streak in the current NFL.
Mahomes historically, Wagner against Mahomes historically
One reason for this is of course Patrick Mahomes’ strong performances. The quarterback now has over 40,000 passing yards in his first nine seasons. Only Peyton Manning could do that before him.
Against the Commanders, however, Mahomes also threw an interception against veteran Bobby Wagner, who is now the only linebacker who was able to intercept Patrick Mahomes and also Tom Brady.
Kelce is far from finished
Mahomes could once again rely on his friend Travis Kelce. The tight end has now tied Priest Holmes for touchdowns in a Chiefs jersey with 83 touchdowns.
In addition, Kelce is now one of five tight ends (Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez, Rob Gronkowski and Jimmy Graham) to have 80 or more receiving touchdowns in their career.
Video: Mahomes honors Kelce after setting touchdown record
Good darts
No, this isn’t about throwing darts at a target, it’s about the New York Giants’ rookie quarterback. Since his first start in week four, Jaxson Dart has continued to impress.
Before him, no quarterback in the Super Bowl era had 8+ touchdown passes, 4+ rushing yards and fewer than five turnovers in the first five career starts.
Colts and Taylor march unstoppably
Meanwhile, they seem to be doing everything right in Indianapolis right now. Never before had a team allowed fewer than ten sacks and committed fewer than five turnovers in the first eight games of a season.
A guarantee for success is of course running back Jonathan Taylor, who is in impressive form. Over the weekend, he scored his seventh touchdown run of 60 yards or more. At such a young age, Taylor is only 27, no player has ever had so many touchdowns of this kind.
Two MVPs with special skills
Speaking of rushing touchdowns: These shouldn’t actually be the core job of quarterbacks. Nevertheless, MVP Josh Allen scores touchdowns like this with regularity. As of the weekend, he is the only quarterback other than Cam Newton to carry the ball into the end zone at least 70 times.
Of course it helps that Allen can also throw. He passed Cam Newton in his 46th appearance by scoring at least one touchdown on the ground or through the air.
Job extension
Saints running back Alvin Kamara is also someone who regularly expands his field of work. Kamara caught his 600th pass over the weekend and did so as a running back. Only four players achieved this before him (Marshall Faulk, Larry Centers, LaDainian Tomlinson, Keith Byars).
A very special NFL season
The 2025 season offers a lot of surprises that no fan will have missed. Of course, this is also supported statistically.
Before the season, teams that trailed by 15 or more points at the start of the fourth quarter lost 135 times in a row. In the last eight weeks, however, there have already been four cases in which such a deficit was turned around. (Bills – Ravens Week 1, Titans – Cardinals Week 5, Broncos – Giants Week 7, Jets – Bengals Week 8)
Glimmer of hope for the Ravens
So the Baltimore Ravens were the first victims of this crazy season. But now the Ravens have other problems, as they have already suffered five defeats.
However, there are two glimmers of hope. On the one hand, they won against the Lions on Sunday. What seemed surprising was somehow foreseeable, at least when you know that John Harbaugh is now 15-3 in games after the bye week, the second-best percentage in coaching history.
Quarterback Lamar Jackson is scheduled to return on Thursday and the Ravens happen to be playing against Lamar’s favorite opponent. He has already delivered the perfect passer rating twice against Miami.
Only Tom Brady managed this phenomenon twice against the same opponent against the Lions.