What To Look For – Week 13

What To Look For – Week 13

​CLINCHING TIME: For the first time this season, there are teams that can clinch a spot in the 2022 postseason.

The MINNESOTA VIKINGS (9-2) can secure their first NFC North title since 2017, while the PHILADELPHIA EAGLES can clinch a postseason berth for the second-consecutive season and the fifth time in the past six seasons. For the full Week 13 playoff scenarios for each club, click here.

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CHIEFS KINGDOM: The KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (9-2) have won five consecutive games and are closing in on their eighth consecutive postseason berth, the longest active streak in the NFL. Since taking over as Kansas City’s head coach in 2013, ANDY REID has guided the franchise to at least nine wins in each season and their 112 regular-season wins over that span are the most in the league.
With a win at Cincinnati on Sunday (4:25 PM ET, CBS), Reid can become the third head coach in NFL history to record at least 10 regular-season wins in eight consecutive seasons, joining BILL BELICHICK (17 consecutive seasons from 2003-19) and GEORGE SEIFERT (eight consecutive seasons from 1989-96).

Additionally, Reid – who also had eight 10-win seasons with Philadelphia – can surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer TOM LANDRY (16 seasons) for the third-most 10-win seasons by a head coach in NFL history. Only Belichick (20 seasons) and Pro Football Hall of Famer DON SHULA (20) have more.

The head coaches with the most 10-win regular-seasons in NFL history:

Quarterback PATRICK MAHOMES enters the week leading the league with 3,585 passing yards and 29 touchdown passes this season and has eclipsed 300 passing yards in each of the past six games.

With 300 passing yards on Sunday, Mahomes will have recorded 300 passing yards in seven-or-more consecutive games for the second time in his career (2018, Weeks 2-9) and will become the first player to ever accomplish the feat within a single season twice. ANDREW LUCK (2014, Weeks 3-11) and DREW BREES (2011, Weeks 10-17) are the only other players in league history to do so once.

The players with at least 300 passing yards in the most consecutive games within a single season in NFL history:

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RUSHING INTO HISTORY: Sunday’s meeting at Lincoln Financial Field between the TENNESSEE TITANS (7-4) and PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (10-1) – two division-leaders – will feature the league’s second-leading rusher in Tennessee running back DERRICK HENRY (95.3 rushing yards per game) and the NFL’s third-best rushing attack in Philadelphia (162.5 rushing yards per game).

In six road games this season, Henry has totaled 662 rushing yards (110.3 per game) with nine rushing touchdowns and has scored a rushing touchdown in each game. With a rushing touchdown in Philadelphia on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, FOX), Henry will become the third player ever to record a rushing touchdown in each of his first seven road games of a season, joining DALTON HILLIARD (1989) and Pro Football Hall of Famer JOHN RIGGINS (1983).

The players with a rushing touchdown in the most consecutive road games to begin a season in NFL history:

Since entering the league in 2016, Henry leads all players with 75 rushing touchdowns. With a rushing touchdown on Sunday, Henry – appearing in his 98th career game – will tie PRIEST HOLMES (76 rushing touchdowns) for the sixth-most rushing touchdowns by a player in his first 100 career games in the Super Bowl era.

The players with the most rushing touchdowns in their first 100 career games in the Super Bowl era:

Last week, Philadelphia quarterback JALEN HURTS totaled 157 rushing yards, the fourth-most rushing yards by a quarterback in a regular-season game in NFL history. He leads all quarterbacks this season with eight rushing touchdowns and ranks third with 561 rushing yards.

Hurts, who led all quarterbacks with 10 rushing touchdowns in 2021, needs two rushing touchdowns on Sunday to join CAM NEWTON as the only quarterbacks ever with at least 10 rushing touchdowns in multiple seasons. He can become the first quarterback ever to reach the feat in consecutive seasons.

Hurts already has the most games with at least two rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in his first three seasons (seven).

As a team, the Eagles pace the league with 21 rushing touchdowns this season, led by Hurts and running back MILES SANDERS, each with eight. With two rushing touchdowns on Sunday, Philadelphia will tie the 2016 BUFFALO BILLS (23 rushing touchdowns) and 2004 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (23) for the third-most rushing touchdowns by a team its their first 12 games of a season since 2000.

The teams with the most rushing touchdowns in their first 12 games of a season since 2000:

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STARS MEET IN VEGAS: The LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (6-5) travel to Allegiant Stadium to face the LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4-7) in a meeting between AFC West foes. Each club has a wide receiver that can make history in the matchup.

Dating back to Week 13 of the 2021 season, Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver MIKE WILLIAMS has surpassed 100 receiving yards in each of his past five road games. With 100 receiving yards at Las Vegas on Sunday, Williams will become the fourth different player to record at least 100 receiving yards in six consecutive road games in the Super Bowl era, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers MICHAEL IRVIN (1995), CALVIN JOHNSON (2012-13) and JERRY RICE (1990 and 1995-96).

The players with at least 100 receiving yards in the most consecutive road games in the Super Bowl era:

Las Vegas wide receiver DAVANTE ADAMS ranks second in the league with 10 touchdown receptions and fourth with 999 receiving yards this season, his first as a Raider. Adams has totaled 507 receiving yards (126.8 per game) and five touchdown receptions in four games against the AFC West this season and has surpassed 100 receiving yards in each matchup.

With 100 receiving yards against the Chargers, Adams will join GARY CLARK (1987) and Pro Football Hall of Famer MICHAEL IRVIN (1995) as the only players ever with at least 100 receiving yards in each of their first five division games of a season.

Chargers running back AUSTIN EKELER is the only player in the league with at least five rushing touchdowns (seven) and five touchdown receptions (five) this season, while Raiders running back JOSH JACOBS leads the NFL with career highs in scrimmage yards (1,484) and rushing yards (1,159).

With a touchdown reception on Sunday, Ekeler – who tied for the league lead with 20 touchdowns (12 rushing, eight receiving) in 2021 – will become the fourth player ever with at least six rushing touchdowns and six touchdown receptions in consecutive seasons.

The players with at least six rushing touchdowns and six touchdown receptions in consecutive seasons in NFL history:

Last week, Jacobs recorded a single-game franchise record 303 scrimmage yards (229 rushing, 74 receiving) and two rushing touchdowns, becoming the sixth player in NFL history with at least 300 scrimmage yards and multiple scrimmage touchdowns in a single game.

With 197 scrimmage yards on Sunday, Jacobs can become the third different player ever to record at least 500 scrimmage yards over a two-game span, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers OLLIE MATSON and WALTER PAYTON.

The players with the most scrimmage yards over a two-game span in NFL history:

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SCARY TERRY: The WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (7-5) enter Week 13 having won three consecutive games and six of their past seven. Fourth-year wide receiver TERRY MCLAURIN leads the team with 54 receptions and 840 receiving yards and has averaged 78.9 receiving yards per game over the past six games.

With 60 receiving yards at the New York Giants (7-4) on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, FOX), McLaurin will become the sixth player in NFL history with at least 50 receptions and 900 receiving yards in each of his first four seasons.

The players with at least 50 receptions and 900 receiving yards in the most consecutive seasons to begin a career in NFL history:

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PARSONS SACK PARTY: Dallas linebacker MICAH PARSONS recorded two sacks in Dallas’ win on Thanksgiving, his sixth game with at least two sacks this season, the most in the league. With two sacks against Indianapolis on Sunday Night Football (8:20 PM ET, NBC), Parsons will become the first player to record at least two sacks in seven of his team’s first 12 games of a season since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic.

The players with the most games with at least two sacks in their team’s first 12 games of a season since 1982:

Parsons had three games with at least two sacks as a rookie last season and can also become the first player since 1982 with at least two sacks in 10 games within his first two seasons.

The players with the most games with at least two sacks in their first two seasons since 1982:

After leading all rookies with 13 sacks in 2021, Parsons’ 12 sacks this season rank second in the NFL. With a sack on Sunday, he can become the third player since 1982 with at least 13 sacks in each of his first two seasons, joining ALDON SMITH and Pro Football Hall of Famer REGGIE WHITE.

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SOMETHING MUST GIVE: Since Week 8, the MIAMI DOLPHINS (8-3) and SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (7-4) are each unbeaten. The Dolphins have the league’s second-ranked scoring offense during that span (33.8 points per game) and have scored at least 30 points in each of their four games. The 49ers have the top-scoring defense (10.0 points per game allowed) since Week 8 and have allowed 16-or-fewer points in each of their four contests.

When the two clubs meet in San Francisco on Sunday (4:05 PM ET, FOX), it will mark the fourth meeting in league history between a team that has scored at least 30 points in their past four games and a team that has allowed 16-or-fewer points in their past four games.

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