Sky Sports Cricket statistician – and big Buffalo Bills fan – Benedict Bermange dives into the 2024 NFL season to pick out the best stats from each week…
With eight seconds remaining in the first half of Thursday night’s game, the Denver Broncos punted but committed fair catch interference. That meant that the Los Angeles Chargers were entitled to kick a field goal, which Cameron Dicker converted from 57 yards out, marking the first successful fair catch kick since Ray Wersching from 45 yards for the Chargers against the Bills in 1976.
The Kansas City Chiefs extended their NFL record of successive one-possession victories to 16 as Patrick Mahomes won 14 games as a starter for the third time in his career. All 14 of their wins have come while scoring 30-or-fewer points, breaking the 13-win mark set by the Frankford Yellow Jackets back in 1925.
The Baltimore Ravens clinched a playoff spot with their victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday as Lamar Jackson broke his own franchise record with a 37th touchdown pass. Derrick Henry passed 1,500 rushing yards for the fourth time in his career, and now only trails Barry Sanders’ five such seasons.
The Detroit Lions defeated the Chicago Bears to set a new franchise record with their 13th win of the season and remain the only undefeated team on the road in 2024.
The Bears’ losing streak is now at nine games, despite Caleb Williams’ Interception-less streak now extending to 326 straight pass attempts, which is both an NFL rookie record and a Bears franchise record. No other quarterback has ever lost as many as nine games in a season despite throwing no interceptions in those games.
Myles Garrett of the Cleveland Browns meanwhile became the joint fourth-fastest player to ever reach 100 sacks:
Detroit Lions’ Jared Goff sets up Sam LaPorta for a touchdown with a fake stumble trick play against the Chicago Bears
The Indianapolis Colts rushed for a franchise-record 335 yards against the Tennessee Titans, breaking their previous record of 318 which had stood since Week Five of the 1956 season when they played the Packers at Memorial Stadium.
Jayden Daniels led the Washington Commanders to a dramatic victory over the Philadelphia Eagles as he became just the third quarterback to have at least five touchdown passes and rush for at least 75 yards in the same game, after Cam Newton and Lamar Jackson.
With victory on Sunday Night for the Dallas Cowboys against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cooper Rush has now defeated four Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks in just 13 career starts, including Joe Burrow, Jayden Daniels, Bryce Young and Baker Mayfield.
The Minnesota Vikings defense celebrated Theo Jackson’s game-winning interception against the Seattle Seahawks by imitating the dance from the film ‘Camp Rock’
Mayfield’s record in prime time games is now 0-9, making him the only winless quarterback with at least five prime time starts.
The Packers’ 34-0 win over the New Orleans Saints on Monday night was the first shutout of the 2024 season. No previous NFL season had ever gone past Week Eight without a shutout – which occurred in 1956, 1997, 2005 and 2010.
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