PLETHORA OF EIGHT-WIN TEAMS…:
The GREEN BAY PACKERS, who head east to play the NEW YORK GIANTS Sunday (1:00 PM ET, FOX), are one of eight NFL teams with eight-or-more wins in 2019, tying a single-season record through 11 games. This marks the first time in 16 years – and only the fifth time in history – that eight clubs have reached eight wins through 11 games. It also happened in 1968, 1975, 1997 and 2003.
…AND NINE-WIN TEAMS: The Sunday Night Football contest (8:20 PM ET, NBC) pairs the NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (10-1) on the road against the HOUSTON TEXANS (7-4). New England is one of five NFL teams with at least nine wins through 11 games, also tying a single-season league record. This marks just the second time in the past 28 seasons that five teams have nine-or-more wins through 11 games. It also happened in 1968, 1975, 1976, 1986, 1990, 1991 and 2015.
Houston quarterback DESHAUN WATSON ranks third in the NFL among quarterbacks with five rushing touchdowns. Only Buffalo’s JOSH ALLEN (seven) and Baltimore’s LAMAR JACKSON (six) have more. Overall this season, NFL quarterbacks have rushed for 58 touchdowns. That’s on pace for 84, which would be 11 more than the most in a single season since the 1970 merger, 73, in 2002.
