What To Look For
2022
Regular
Week 03
English
LIGHTING
IT UP: Three of the
top four scoring offenses through the first two weeks are set to visit a
divisional opponent in Week 3.
The BUFFALO BILLS (2-0) lead the NFL in total points scored (72) and
rank second in scoring defense, allowing only 17 points in their first two
games of the season.
On Sunday in
Miami (1:00 PM ET, CBS), the Bills can become the fifth team since 2000 to
score 100-or-more points and allow 40-or-fewer points in their first three
games of a season.
The teams to
score 100-or-more points and allow 40-or-fewer points in their first three games
of a season since 2000:
TEAM | SEASON | POINTS SCORED | POINTS ALLOWED |
New
England | 2019 | 106 | 17 |
L.A.
Rams# | 2018 | 102 | 36 |
New
England# | 2007 | 114 | 35 |
Miami | 2002 | 100 | 37 |
| | | |
Buffalo | 2022 | 72* | 17* |
*Through
two games |
#Advanced
to Super Bowl |
The DETROIT
LIONS (1-1) are tied for second in scoring offense (35.5 points per game)
and have scored at least 35 points in each of their first two games for the
first time since 1970. The Lions are one of five teams to average 400-or-more
yards of total offense per game (405.5) through the first two weeks.
When Detroit visits Minnesota on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, FOX), they can become the fifth
team since 2000 to score at least 35 points and record at least 375 total yards
of offense in each of their first three games of a season. Each of the
previous four teams to accomplish the feat made the postseason, with two
advancing to the Super Bowl.
The teams to
score at least 35 points and recorded at least 375 total yards of offense in
each of their first three games of a season since 2000:
TEAM | SEASON |
Seattle | 2020 |
Denver | 2013** |
New
England | 2007** |
St.
Louis Rams | 2000 |
| |
Detroit | 2022* |
*Through
two games |
**Advanced
to Super Bowl |
The PHILADELPHIA
EAGLES are off to a 2-0 start with quarterback JALEN HURTS under
center, one of two quarterbacks (LAMAR JACKSON) with at least 500
passing yards (576) and 100 rushing yards (147) through the first two weeks. The
Eagles recorded 455 total yards of offense in Week 1 and 486 total yards of
offense in Week 2. On Sunday at Washington (1:00 PM ET, FOX), Philadelphia can
become the fourth team since 2000 to begin a season 3-0 and register at
least 450 total yards of offense in each game.
The teams to
begin a season 3-0 and register at least 450 total yards of offense in each
game since 2000:
TEAM | SEASON | GAME ONE YARDS | GAME TWO YARDS | GAME THREE YARDS |
Dallas | 2019 | 494 | 474 | 476 |
Kansas
City | 2019 | 491 | 467 | 503 |
St.
Louis Rams | 2000 | 513 | 476 | 529 |
| | | | |
Philadelphia | 2022 | 455 | 486 | ?? |
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SECOND-YEAR STARS:
Dallas linebacker MICAH PARSONS has recorded two sacks in each of his
first two games of the season and can become the third player to record at
least two sacks in each of his team’s first three games of a season since 1982,
when the individual sack became an official statistic, joining Pro Football
Hall of Famer KEVIN GREENE (1998) and MARK GASTINEAU (1984).
Parsons, who has 17 sacks in 18 career games and is one of
six players since 1982 with at least two sacks in five of his first 20 career
games, needs two sacks against the New York Giants on Monday Night Football
(8:15 PM ET, ESPN/ABC) to tie JOEY BOSA (19 sacks) for the most sacks
by a player in his first 20 games since 1982.
The players with the most sacks in their first 20 career
games since 1982:
PLAYER | TEAM | SEASONS | SACKS | |
Joey Bosa | L.A. Chargers | 2016-17 | 19 | |
Aldon Smith | San Francisco | 2011-12 | 18.5 | |
Clay Matthews | Green Bay | 2009-10 | 17 | |
Micah
Parsons | Dallas | 2021-22 | 17* | |
*In 18 career
games |
Detroit wide receiver AMON-RA ST. BROWN has
registered at least eight receptions in eight consecutive games, tied for the
longest such streak in NFL history, while Miami wide receiver JAYLEN WADDLE
registered 11 receptions in Week 2 and his four games with at least 10
receptions since the beginning of the 2021 season rank as the fourth-most among
all players.
When St. Brown faces the Vikings in his 20th career game and
Waddle welcomes the Bills in his 19th career game, each player can join ODELL
BECKHAM JR. as the only players to record at least seven receptions in 10
of their first 20 career games in NFL history.
The players with the most games with at least seven
receptions in their first 20 games in NFL history:
PLAYER | TEAM | SEASONS | GAMES | |
Odell Beckham Jr. | N.Y. Giants | 2014-15 | 13 | |
Amon-Ra
St. Brown | Detroit | 2021-22 | 9* | |
Jaylen
Waddle | Miami | 2021-22 | 9** | |
*In 19 career games |
**In 18 career games |
Waddle, who set the NFL
rookie record with 104 receptions last season and has 15 catches through his
first two games of 2022, needs three receptions on Sunday to surpass ANQUAN
BOLDIN (121 receptions) and MICHAEL THOMAS (120) for the second-most
receptions by a player in his first 20 career games in NFL history.
The players
with the most receptions in their first 20 career games in NFL history:
PLAYER | TEAM | RECEPTIONS | |
Odell
Beckham Jr. | N.Y.
Giants | 141 | |
Anquan
Boldin | Arizona | 121 | |
Michael
Thomas | New
Orleans | 120 | |
Jaylen Waddle | Miami | 119* | |
*In
18 career games | | |
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Last season,
New England quarterback MAC JONES led all rookie quarterbacks with a
67.6 completion percentage and tied an NFL rookie record for most games (nine)
with a completion percentage of 70-or-higher. Jones, who has a 67.2 completion
percentage through his first 19 career starts, can surpass CHAD PENNINGTON
(67.3 percent) for the highest completion percentage by a quarterback in his
first 20 career starts in NFL history (minimum 200 attempts).
The
quarterbacks with the highest completion percentage in their first 20 career
starts in NFL history (minimum 200 attempts):
PLAYER | TEAM(S) | COMPLETION PERCENTAGE |
Chad
Pennington | N.Y.
Jets | 67.3 |
Jimmy
Garoppolo | New
England, San Francisco | 67.2 |
Patrick
Mahomes | Kansas
City | 66.8 |
| | |
Mac Jones | New England | 67.2* |
*In
19 career starts | | |
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KEEPING IT CONSISTENT:
Through the first two weeks of the season, Buffalo wide receiver STEFON
DIGGS ranks second in the league with 270 receiving yards, while Los
Angeles Rams wide receiver COOPER KUPP ranks fourth with 236 receiving yards.
Diggs and Kupp are the only two players with at least 100 receiving yards and a
touchdown catch in each of the first two weeks of the season.
If Diggs records at least 100 receiving
yards and a touchdown reception against Miami on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, CBS), or Kupp does so at Arizona
(4:25 PM ET, FOX), they would join Pro Football Hall of Famers MARVIN HARRISON (1999), RANDY MOSS (2007)
and JERRY RICE (1989),
as well as DWIGHT
CLARK (1982) as the only players with at least 100
receiving yards and a touchdown reception in each of his team’s first three
games of a season in NFL history.
The
players with at least 100 receiving yards and a touchdown reception in each of
their team’s first three games of a season in NFL history:
PLAYER | TEAM | SEASON |
Randy MossHOF | New England | 2007 |
Marvin HarrisonHOF | Indianapolis | 1999 |
Jerry RiceHOF | San Francisco | 1989 |
Dwight Clark | San Francisco | 1982 |
| | |
Stefon Diggs | Buffalo | 2022* |
Cooper Kupp | L.A. Rams | 2022* |
*Through first two games |
--
NFL --
BRADY/RODGERS: The back-to-back reigning Associated
Press MVP AARON RODGERS faces off against the seven-time Super Bowl
champion TOM BRADY when Green Bay visits Tampa Bay on Sunday (4:25 PM
ET, FOX). Both players have had continued success in their later years, as
Brady led the league in passing touchdowns (43) in 2021 while Rodgers led the
league in passer rating (111.9). It’s the fifth time in the last 15 seasons the
passing touchdown leader and the passer rating leader from the previous season
go head-to-head.
The matchups
of the passing touchdown leader and the passer rating leader from the previous
season in the last 15 years:
PASSING TD LEADER, TEAM | PASSER RATING LEADER, TEAM | SEASON |
Tom
Brady, TB | Aaron
Rodgers, GB | Week 3, 2022 |
Lamar Jackson, BAL | Ryan Tannehill, TEN | Week 11, 2020 |
Aaron Rodgers, GB | Matt Ryan, ATL | Week 2, 2017 |
Tom Brady, NE | Russell Wilson, SEA | Week 10, 2016 |
Drew Brees,
NO | Aaron Rodgers,
GB | Week 4, 2012 |