A monkey off of the Falcons’ backs:
Falcons: snapped a 4-game losing streak to Packers Falcons: snapped a 6-game losing streak to NFC North teams
Aaron Rodgers' last 2 TD were to Geronimo Allison & Trevor Davis. Rodgers had never completed a pass to either in his career prior to today
Getting help from The Raiders:
Derek Carr has arrived. After last season’s breakout he’s now arguably the best young quarterback in the NFL. Derek Carr is the 3rd QB in NFL history with 500 passing yards, 4 TD passes & 0 interceptions in a game (Big Ben 2014 - YA Tittle)
Derek Carr had 71 passing yards negated by penalty. He finished 41 yards shy of Norm Van Brocklin's NFL-record for pass yards in a game.
Amari Cooper had 12 catches for 161 yards in the second half today, more yards than he had in any GAME in his career
The Raiders have had 23 penalties today, most in a game in NFL history
Most Yards Penalized in Single Game - All-Time 212 Titans vs Ravens, 1999 209 Browns vs Bears, 1951 200 Raiders at Buccaneers, Today
Saints 25, Seahawks 20 Drew Brees: 58th straight home game with a TD pass (extends NFL record)
Carolina beats Arizona 30-20:
The Cardinals had a 2nd-and-44 situation. The last time a team needed 44+ yards on 2nd down was in 2001 (Eagles had 2nd-and-48)
Retirement:
Andre Johnson is the only player to play in the NFL this season that ranked in the Top 10 all-time in both receptions and receiving yards
The struggle is real for Russell Wilson:
Russell Wilson: 0 TD passes for 3rd straight game, becoming 1st Seahawks QB to have 3 straight starts w/out TD since Matt Hasselbeck in 2001
Dallas Cowboys now 6-1:
Dak Prescott is 1 of 6 rookie QBs since the merger to win 6 straight games and the first since Robert Griffin III in 2012. (ELIAS)
Ezekiel Elliott: recorded at least 140 Yds from scrimmage in 5 straight games, longest such streak since Chris Johnson in 2009-10 (11 games)
Crown'Em:
The New England Patriots have had the NFL’s best offense over the past four games, which just so happens to be when Tom Brady returned to the team:
Tom Brady had 4 TD passes Sunday for the 25th time in his career. Only Peyton Manning (35) and Drew Brees (29) have had more such games
Patriots: 4th time starting 7-1 or better in franchise history (reached Super Bowl 2 of previous 3 such seasons) (26-3 Brady vs Bills)