AIR & GROUND ATTACK:
Since entering the NFL in 2016, Dallas quarterback DAK PRESCOTT has recorded 15 games with both a passing touchdown and rushing touchdown, the most in the league over that span.
With both a passing and rushing touchdown on Monday Night Football against the New York Giants (8:15 PM ET, ESPN), Prescott would tie DAUNTE CULPEPPER (16 games) for the second-most games with both a passing and rushing touchdown in a player’s first four seasons in NFL history.
The players with the most games with both a passing and rushing touchdown in their first four seasons in NFL history:
PLAYER | TEAM | GAMES WITH PASS & RUSH TD | |
Cam Newton | Carolina | 24 | |
Daunte Culpepper | Minnesota | 16 | |
Dak Prescott | Dallas | 15* | |
*In fourth season | |||
WILL GORE MOVE UP FROM FOUR?:
Buffalo running back FRANK GORE ranks fifth in NFL history in scrimmage yards (19,014) and fourth in rushing yards (15,170).
With 100 rushing yards on Sunday vs. Washington (1:00 PM ET, FOX), Gore would 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:
PLAYER | TEAM(S) | RUSHING YARDS |
Emmitt SmithHOF | Dallas, Arizona | 18,355 |
Walter PaytonHOF | Chicago | 16,726 |
Barry SandersHOF | Detroit | 15,269 |
Frank Gore | San Francisco, Indianapolis, Miami, Buffalo | 15,170 |
RACKING UP YARDS:
Carolina running back CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY had 155 scrimmage yards (117 rushing, 38 receiving) against San Francisco in Week 8, his fifth game with at least 150 scrimmage yards in 2019.
With at least 150 scrimmage yards on Sunday against Tennessee (1:00 PM ET, CBS), McCaffrey would become the third player to have at least 150 scrimmage yards in six of his team’s first eight games of a season in NFL history.
The players with the most games with at least 150 scrimmage yards in their teams’ first eight games of a season in NFL history:
PLAYER | TEAM | SEASON | GAMES WITH 150+ SCRIMMAGE YARDS | ||
Jim BrownHOF | Cleveland | 1963 | 6 | ||
Matt Forte | Chicago | 2011 | 6 | ||
Christian McCaffrey | Carolina | 2019 | 5* | ||
*Through seven games | |||||
Additionally, McCaffrey, who has 2,268 rushing yards and 1,861 receiving yards in 39 career games, needs 139 receiving yards to become the first player with at least 2,000 rushing yards and 2,000 receiving yards in his first 40 career games in NFL history.
HUNTING NUMBER 50:
Minnesota defensive end DANIELLE HUNTER has recorded at least one sack in four consecutive games and ties for fourth in the NFL with eight sacks in 2019.
Hunter, who will be 25 years and five days old on Sunday, needs two sacks against Kansas City (1:00 PM ET, FOX) to become the youngest player to reach 50 career sacks since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic.
The youngest players to reach 50 career sacks since 1982:
PLAYER | TEAM | AGE | |
Robert Quinn | St. Louis Rams | 25 years, 167 days | |
J.J. Watt | Houston | 25 years, 260 days | |
Derrick ThomasHOF | Kansas City | 25 years, 291 days | |
Dwight Freeney | Indianapolis | 25 years, 302 days | |
Danielle Hunter | Minnesota | 25 years, 5 days* | |
*On Sunday | |||