What To Look For – NFL Week 8

CAPTAIN KIRK:

Over the past three weeks, Minnesota quarterback KIRK COUSINS leads the NFL in touchdown passes (10) and passer rating (142.6). In Week 7, Cousins became the first quarterback in NFL history to have at least 300 passing yards and a passer rating of 135 or higher in three consecutive games.

On Thursday Night Football against Washington (8:20 PM ET, FOX/NFLN/Amazon), Cousins can become the third player with a passer rating of 130 or higher in four consecutive games in NFL history.

The players with the most consecutive games with a passer rating of 130 or higher in NFL history:

Additionally, if Cousins passes for at least 300 yards and has a passer rating of 120 or higher on Thursday night, he would become the first player in NFL history to accomplish the feat in four consecutive games.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN:

Dating back to Week 8 of the 2018 season, Seattle quarterback RUSSELL WILSON has 16 touchdown passes and zero interceptions in his past seven starts on the road and his streak of eight consecutive road games with a passer rating of 110 or higher is the longest such streak in NFL history.

With at least one touchdown pass and zero interceptions on Sunday at Atlanta (1:00 PM ET, FOX), Wilson would surpass TOM BRADY (seven games in 2010) and NICK FOLES (seven in 2012-13) for the most consecutive road games with at least one touchdown pass and zero interceptions in NFL history.

The players with the most consecutive road games with at least one touchdown pass and zero interceptions in NFL history:

RUNNING THROUGH HISTORY:

Buffalo running back FRANK GORE (15,136 rush yards) and Washington running back ADRIAN PETERSON (13,625) rank fourth and eighth, respectively, on the NFL’s all-time r​ushing list.

On Thursday Night Football (8;20 PM ET, FOX/NFLN/Amazon) against his former team, the Minnesota Vikings, Peterson needs 60 rushing yards to surpass Pro Football Hall of Famers JEROME BETTIS (13,662) and LaDAINIAN TOMLINSON (13,684) for the sixth-most rushing yards in NFL history.

Additionally, Gore – who earlier this season became the fourth player in NFL history to eclipse 15,000 career rushing yards – needs 134 rushing yards against Philadelphia (1:00 PM ET, FOX) to surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer BARRY SANDERS (15,269) for the third-most rushing yards in NFL history.

The players with the most rushing yards in NFL history:

CAN’T STOP HOP:

Since entering the league in 2013, Houston wide receiver DeANDRE HOPKINS ranks second in the NFL in touchdown receptions (50), and third in catches (577) and receiving yards (7,945).

Hopkins, who will be 27 years and 143 days old on Sunday, needs 55 receiving yards against Oakland (4:25 PM ET, CBS) to become the third-youngest player to reach 8,000 career receiving yards in NFL history.

The youngest players to reach 8,000 career receiving yards in NFL history:

SACKED IN A FLASH:

Cleveland defensive end MYLES GARRETT is tied for the league lead with nine sacks this season and has had at least two sacks in three games in 2019.

With two sacks on Sunday against New England (4:25 PM ET, CBS), Garrett would become the first player since ROBERT MATHIS (2013) and the eighth player since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic, to have four games with at least two sacks through his team’s first seven games of a season.

The players with the most games with at least two sacks through their team’s first seven games of a season since 1982: