Sky Sports Cricket statistician – and huge Buffalo Bills fan – Benedict Bermange dives into the 2024 NFL season to pick the best stats from each week…
Thursday night New York Jets beat the New England Patriots 400-139 and beat their division rivals in back-to-back games for the first time since 2008-2009 when Brett Favre and Mark Sanchez were the winning quarterbacks.
At New York Giants defeated the Browns 21-15 and tied the NFL record with nine players recording at least 0.5 sacks in the same game:
With the win over the Houston Texans, the Minnesota Vikings are 3-0 to start the season behind the quarterback. Sam Darnold. He became the first Vikings quarterback to start and win each of the team’s first three games in a season since Brett Favre in 2009. The last time the Vikings started 3-0 was in the 2016 season, when they won their first five games before finishing. season 8-8.
At Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Los Angeles Chargers 20-10 to become the first team since the 2009 Denver Broncos to win the first three games of the season while allowing 10 or fewer points in each game. They have scored just three goals in three wins so far.
With the Baltimore Ravens 28-25 victory over the Dallas Cowboys, Lamar Jackson improved his career record against NFC opponents to 21-1. Their only loss to an NFC opponent came in Week Six of the 2022 season when the Ravens lost 24-20 to the Giants.
Humility is in cowboy’ third straight at home, including the playoffs, after winning 16 games at home before Week Two of the 2022 season.
Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey kicked a 65-yard field goal in the second quarter, which is also the second-longest in NFL history:
It was Aubrey’s 15th consecutive completion of at least 50 yards, an NFL record. What’s even more impressive is that it’s the first 15 attempts of his career:
The Monday Night Football game between Commander Washington and Cincinnati Bengals It was the first time in NFL history to have no punts and no turnovers. The last game without a punt was a game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Cowboys in Week 13 of last season and all six previous games to feature no punts had at least one turnover.
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