NFL Week 18 Stats: T.J. Watt equals Michael Strahan’s single-season sack record | NFL News

Benedict Bermange

Cricket Statistician

Benedict Bermange picks out the best stats from Week 18 in the NFL, including Dak Prescott breaking a Tony Romo franchise record for the Cowboys, Sean McVay’s win streak when leading at half-time coming to an end in LA and Miami’s Jaylen Waddle setting a rookie receptions record

TJ Watt celebrates as he matches Michael Strahan’s single-season sack record

Sky Sports Cricket statistician – and big Buffalo Bills fan – Benedict Bermange dives into the 2021 NFL season to pick out the best stats from each week…

The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Denver Broncos on Saturday to give Patrick Mahomes his 50th win in 63 career starts. The only quarterback to reach 50 wins in fewer starts was Ken Stabler, who won 50 of his first 62 between 1971 and 1977 for the Raiders. Mahomes also became the second-fastest QB to reach 150 touchdown passes, second only to Dan Marino’s 62 games.

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The best of the action from the clash between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Denver Broncos in Week 18 of the NFL season

Dak Prescott threw five touchdown passes in the Dallas Cowboys’ 51-26 romp over the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday night, setting a new franchise record of 37 for the season. Tony Romo’s previous record of 36 had stood since 2007.

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Dak Prescott throws a career-high five touchdowns to finish with 37 on the season, breaking Tony Romo’s franchise record for the Cowboys

With a sack of Tyler Huntley in the second quarter of their win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, TJ Watt of the Pittsburgh Steelers tied Michael Strahan’s record for the most sacks in a season in NFL history. Watt only played in 15 games this year, missing the other two with injury.

Watt’s team-mate Najee Harris only had 55 total yards in the victory over the Ravens, but he did become the first rookie in NFL history to have 300 carries and 70 receptions in the same season.

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NFL pundit Peter King was shocked to see the Indianapolis Colts lose 26-11 at the Jacksonville Jaguars, ending their playoff hopes

The Indianapolis Colts managed to lose their ‘win-and-in’ game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The last time the Colts lost a game where they were favoured by at least 14 and a half points was when they lost to Joe Namath’s New York Jets in Super Bowl III. Despite the win, the Jaguars will have the first pick of the 2022 NFL Draft – as they did last year.

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Quarterback Trevor Lawrence somehow found Marvin Jones Jr for the score as the Jacksonville Jaguars shocked the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday

Ja’Marr Chase had 26 receiving yards for the Cincinnati Bengals against the Cleveland Browns, seeing him finish just short of the most receiving yards in a season by a rookie in NFL history. Chase can at least console himself with the fact that he did set a new Bengals single-season mark, surpassing Chad Johnson’s 1,440 yards in 2007.

Aaron Rodgers only played the first half of the Green Bay Packers’ defeat to the Detroit Lions, but he still completed a remarkable season with 37 touchdown passes thrown to only four Interceptions. Of all seasons when a quarterback has had at least 500 passing attempts, Rodgers has the six best touchdown to Interception ratios.

Davante Adams set a new single-season receiving record for the Green Bay Packers, ending with 1,553 yards to break Jordy Nelson’s 2014 franchise record of 1,519 yards.

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Ambry Thomas made the pivotal interception to ensure the San Francisco 49ers booked their place in the playoffs with a dramatic 27-24 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Rams

Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay was 45-0 when leading at half-time before their Sunday defeat to the San Francisco 49ers, the second-longest such winning streak in NFL history.

Cooper Kupp finished the season 17 yards short of Calvin Johnson’s NFL record of 1,964 receiving yards in a season set in 2012 for the Lions. He also finished four receptions short of Michael Thomas’ record of 149 set in 2019 for the New Orleans Saints.

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Cooper Kupp hauls in a touchdown for the Los Angeles Rams late in the fourth quarter against the San Francisco 49ers

Jaylen Waddle of the Miami Dolphins broke the NFL rookie record for the most receptions in a season in the course of their 33-24 victory over the New England Patriots on Sunday.

By virtue of beating the Jets, the Buffalo Bills clinched successive AFC East titles for the first time since they won four in a row from 1988 to 1991. In doing so, they held the Jets to just 53 yards of total offense, the lowest in Jets franchise history. Their previous lowest was the 72 yards they had against the Bengals in 1976. The only time a team has amassed fewer yards against the Bills was back in 2004 when the Browns managed only 26 yards total in a 37-7 defeat.

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The best of the action from the thrilling overtime clash between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 18 of the NFL season

With their Sunday night win over the Los Angeles Chargers, the Las Vegas Raiders became just the fourth playoff team to head into the postseason with a different head coach to the one for their season opener, following on from the 1961 Houston Oilers, the 1952 Los Angeles Rams and the 1942 Chicago Bears.

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