New England quarterback TOM BRADY threw two touchdown passes in the team’s Week 15 victory at Cincinnati. Brady, who has 21 touchdown passes in 2019, has 17 career seasons with at least 20 touchdown passes and surpassed PEYTON MANNING (16 seasons) for the most such seasons in NFL history.Patriots running back JAMES WHITE recorded his fourth receiving touchdown of the season on Sunday. White, currently in his sixth NFL season, has 23 career touchdown receptions, tied with CHUCK FOREMAN (23) and BRIAN WESTBROOK (23) for the most receiving touchdowns by a running back in his first six seasons since 1970.
Kansas City quarterback PATRICK MAHOMES passed for 340 yards and two touchdowns in the Chiefs‘ 23-3 victory over Denver. Mahomes, currently in his third NFL season, has 17 career games with at least 300 passing yards, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer KURT WARNER (17) for the second-most such games in a player’s first three seasons in league annals. Only ANDREW LUCK (19) had more.
Chiefs tight end TRAVIS KELCE had 11 receptions for 142 yards on Sunday. Kelce, who has 1,131 receiving yards in 2019, is the first tight end in NFL history to record at least 1,000 receiving yards in four consecutive seasons. He also joined Pro Football Hall of Famer TONY GONZALEZ (four seasons), as well as ROB GRONKOWSKI (four) and JASON WITTEN (four) as the only tight ends with four career seasons with at least 1,000 receiving yards in league annals.
Kansas City wide receiver TYREEK HILL had two touchdown receptions against Denver, including a 41-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter. Hill, currently in his fourth NFL season, has 21 career touchdowns of at least 40 yards, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer JERRY RICE (21) for the third-most such touchdowns in a player’s first four seasons in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famers BOB HAYES (24) and RANDY MOSS (23) had more.
Houston quarterback DESHAUN WATSON had two touchdown passes in the Texans‘ 24-21 win at Tennessee in Week 15. Watson has 26 touchdown passes along with seven rushing touchdowns this season.
Watson, who had 26 touchdown passes and five rushing touchdowns in 2018, joined Pro Football Hall of Famer STEVE YOUNG (1994 and 1998) as the only quarterbacks with at least 25 touchdown passes and five rushing touchdowns in multiple seasons in NFL history.
