GOLDEN GAROPPOLO:
San Francisco quarterback JIMMY GAROPPOLO completed 26 of 35 attempts (74.3 percent) for 349 passing yards and four touchdowns with one interception for a 131.7 passer rating in a 48-46 win over New Orleans in Week 14. That marked Garoppolo’s fourth consecutive game completing at least 70 percent of his pass attempts with a passer rating of 110 or higher.
By completing at least 70 percent of his pass attempts and having a passer rating of 110 or higher on Sunday against Atlanta (4:25 PM ET, FOX), Garoppolo would tie for the longest such streak of games in a single season in NFL history (min. 10 attempts).
The quarterbacks with the most consecutive games completing at least 70 percent of their passes and a passer rating of 110 or higher in a single season in NFL history (min. 10 attempts):
PLAYER | TEAM | SEASON | CONSECUTIVE GAMES |
Patrick Mahomes# | Kansas City | 2018 | 5 |
Russell Wilson | Seattle | 2015 | 5 |
Jimmy Garoppolo | San Francisco | 2019 | 4* |
*Active streak | |||
#Named Associated Press Most Valuable Player |
DUCK HUNTING FOR WINS:
In Week 14, Pittsburgh rookie quarterback DEVLIN HODGES led the Steelers to a 23-17 win over the Arizona Cardinals, marking his third-career win in his third-career start.
With a win against Buffalo on Sunday Night Football (8:20 PM ET, NBC), Hodges would tie VIRGIL CARTER (four wins in 1968) and PHIL SIMMS (four in 1979) for the third-longest streak of wins by a rookie quarterback to begin a career in the Super Bowl era (1966-present).
The rookie quarterbacks with the most consecutive wins to begin their careers in the Super Bowl era:
PLAYER | TEAM | SEASON | CONSECUTIVE WINS | |
Ben Roethlisberger | Pittsburgh | 2004 | 13 | |
Mike Kruczek | Pittsburgh | 1976 | 6 | |
Virgil Carter | Chicago | 1968 | 4 | |
Phil Simms | New York Giants | 1979 | 4 | |
Devlin Hodges | Pittsburgh | 2019 | 3* | |
*Active streak |
Additionally, with a win, Hodges would become the first undrafted rookie quarterback to win each of his first four starts in the common draft era (1967-present).