AMONG THE GREATS:
Kansas City tight end TRAVIS KELCE leads the AFC with 923 receiving yards this season.
With at least 77 receiving yards on Sunday at New England (4:25 PM ET, CBS), Kelce would become the fourth tight end with at least four seasons of at least 1,000 receiving yards in NFL history.
The tight ends with the most seasons with at least 1,000 receiving yards in NFL history:
PLAYER | TEAM | SEASONS WITH 1,000+ REC. YARDS | |
Tony GonzalezHOF | Kansas City | 4 | |
Rob Gronkowski | New England | 4 | |
Jason Witten | Dallas | 4 | |
Travis Kelce | Kansas City | 3* | |
*Has 923 receiving yards in 2019 |
If Kelce reaches 1,000 receiving yards in 2019, he would become the first tight end with at least 1,000 receiving yards in four consecutive seasons in NFL history, surpassing GREG OLSEN (three seasons from 2014-16).
MAN OF STEEL:
The PITTSBURGH STEELERS defense leads the NFL with 30 takeaways and has an AFC-leading 43 sacks this season, led by linebacker T.J. WATT’s AFC-high 12.5 sacks.
If Watt – who has at least a half sack in nine consecutive games – records at least half a sack against Arizona on Sunday (4:25 PM ET, CBS), he would become the fifth player to have at least half a sack in 10 consecutive games since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic.
The players with at least half a sack in 10 consecutive games in a single season since 1982:
PLAYER | TEAM | SEASON | CONSECUTIVE GAMES | |
Chris Jones | Kansas City | 2018 | 11 | |
Michael StrahanHOF | New York Giants | 2002 | 10 | |
Jevon Kearse | Tennessee | 1999 | 10 | |
Simon Fletcher | Denver | 1991 | 10 | |
T.J. Watt | Pittsburgh | 2019 | 9* | |
*Active streak |