Video: The Week That Was Week 7

RISING ROOKIES: Through the first seven weeks of the season, rookies have accumulated 9,813 yards from scrimmage, the most by rookies through Week 7 since 1970.
The seasons with the most yards from scrimmage by rookies through Week 7 since 1970 (excluding 1987 season):

Kansas City running back KAREEM HUNT, who leads the NFL with 1,002 scrimmage yards and ranks second with six touchdowns, became the second rookie in NFL history with at least 1,000 scrimmage yards in his team’s first seven games of a season, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer ERIC DICKERSON (1,045 in 1983).
The rookies with the most scrimmage yards in 2017:

Rookies have also totaled 71 touchdowns through Week 7, the most through the first seven weeks of a season since 1970.
The seasons with the most touchdowns by rookies through Week 7 since 1970 (excluding 1987 season):

The rookies with the most touchdowns in 2017:

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ZEROING IN: Three teams – JACKSONVILLE, the LOS ANGELES CHARGERS and the LOS ANGELES RAMS – held their opponents scoreless in Week 7.
The last time there were more shutouts in a single week was Week 12 of the 1983 season (four).

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STREAKING SMITH: Kansas City quarterback ALEX SMITH completed 25 of 36 passes (69.4 percent) for 342 yards with three touchdowns and zero interceptions for a 127.3 rating in the Chiefs’ 31-30 loss at Oakland in Week 7.
Smith, who leads the NFL in passer rating (120.5) and ties for second with 15 touchdown passes, has thrown at least one touchdown pass and zero interceptions in seven consecutive games. The seven-game streak is tied for the third-longest in NFL history, trailing only TOM BRADY (11) and MILT PLUM (10).
Smith and Plum (1960 Cleveland) are the only players in NFL history to throw at least one touchdown pass without an interception in each of his team’s first seven games of a season.

The most consecutive games with a touchdown pass and zero interceptions in NFL history:

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EVERY GAME EVERSON: Minnesota defensive end EVERSON GRIFFEN recorded two sacks in the Vikings’ 24-16 win against Baltimore last week.
Griffen, who ranks third in the NFL with nine sacks, has at least one sack in each of the Vikings’ seven games this season and is the sixth player to record a sack in each of his team’s first seven games of a season since the individual sack became an official statistic in 1982.

The players with at least one sack in each of their team’s first seven games of a season:

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JULIO 8K: Atlanta wide receiver JULIO JONES had 99 receiving yards with a touchdown catch in the Falcons’ 23-7 loss at New England in Week 7.
Jones, who has 8,076 career receiving yards in 85 games, joined Pro Football Hall of Famer LANCE ALWORTH (8,118) as the only players in NFL history with at least 8,000 receiving yards through 85 career games.

The most receiving yards through a player’s first 85 career games:

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SACKSONVILLE: The Jacksonville Jaguars, led by defensive ends YANNICK NGAKOUE (2.5 sacks) and CALAIS CAMPBELL (two), recorded 10 sacks in the team’s 27-0 win at Indianapolis last week.
The Jaguars, who recorded 10 sacks in Week 1, are the first team in NFL history to record at least 10 sacks in two of the team’s first seven games of a season.
Jacksonville is the third team with at least 10 sacks in multiple games in a single season, joining the 1984 Chicago Bears (two games) and the 1967 Oakland Raiders (two).
Campbell, who has 10 sacks in his first season with Jacksonville, has the most sacks by a player in his first seven games with a team since the individual sack became an official statistic in 1982.
The most sacks by a player in his first seven games with a team since 1982:

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RING THE BELL: Pittsburgh running back LE’VEON BELL had 192 scrimmage yards (134 rushing, 58 receiving) in the Steelers’ 29-14 win against Cincinnati last week.
Bell, who recorded his 35th game with at least 100 scrimmage yards in his 54th career game, tied ADRIAN PETERSON (54 games) for the fifth-fewest games to reach the milestone in NFL history.
The players to reach 35 career games with at least 100 scrimmage yards in the fewest games in NFL history:

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TREMENDOUS TUCKER: Baltimore kicker JUSTIN TUCKER converted all three of his field-goal attempts, including a 57-yarder, in the Ravens’ loss at Minnesota in Week 7.
Tucker, who has 30 career field goals of at least 50 yards in 87 career games, reached 30 career 50-yard field goals in the fewest games in NFL history. Detroit kicker MATT PRATER (126 games) previously held the record.
The kickers to reach 30 career 50-yard field goals in the fewest games in NFL history:

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HELPFUL HEATH: Dallas safety JEFF HEATH converted two of three extra-point attempts in the Cowboys’ 40-10 win at San Francisco last week.
Heath, who took over kicking duties following an injury to Cowboys kicker DAN BAILEY, joined Houston’s TED THOMPSON (November 23, 1980) and Detroit’s WAYNE WALKER (September 26, 1971) as the only non-kickers/punters to convert at least two extra-point attempts in a single game in NFL history.

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