Denver has 12 consecutive home wins and the NFL’s longest active win streak as the Broncos attempt to keep their stride toward the AFC’s No. 1 seed in the playoffs.
Ahead of Sunday’s game against the Jaguars, Denver’s winning streak stands at 11 and Jacksonville has won five in a row to jump to the lead in the AFC South.
If quarterback Bo Nix gets the Broncos to the finish line with two more wins to close out the regular season, he’ll break a current tie with Andrew Luck (Colts), Ben Roethlisberger (Steelers) and Dak Prescott (Cowboys) for the second-most wins in the first two seasons of a quarterback’s career (22) and tie the record held by Russell Wilson (Seahawks).
With three wins to end the regular season, Nix would set that NFL record with 25 victories.
–The Bears and Patriots are in line to give the NFL a worst-to-playoffs — and perhaps worst-to-first — turnaround story.
Since 1996, at least one team has made the playoffs the season after finishing in last or tied for last place in 26 of 29 seasons.
Chicago can clinch a playoff spot on Saturday with a win and Detroit loss to the Steelers on Sunday, or a Chicago tie and Detroit loss, after ending the 2024 season in last place in the NFC North.
The Patriots were last in the AFC East in 2024. But New England has a win-and-in game at Baltimore on Sunday night.
–New England is trying to improve to 7-0 on the road this season. A victory would be the Patriots’ 12th of the season and their 14th 12-win season in team history, ranking behind only the San Francisco 49ers (16) and Dallas Cowboys (15).
–Don Shula (51 years and 308 days old) and Curly Lambeau (48 years and 222 days old) are the only coaches who achieved 200 career NFL wins at a younger age than Mike Tomlin, who can become the 11th member of the 200 Club. Tomlin, 53, has 199 career wins since being hired by the Steelers in 2007. He’s also in position to produce his 19th season with a record of .500 or better.
Marty Schottenheimer (19 seasons) is fourth on the list dating to 1970.
Shula (24 seasons), Andy Reid (23) and Bill Belichick (21) are the only coaches with more .500-or-better seasons.
Rams coach Sean McVay, 39, can record his 100th career win on Thursday night at Seattle and at least three other opportunities after that given Los Angeles clinched a playoff berth last week.
Only two coaches in won their 100th game before age 40. Pro Football Hall of Famers Curly Lambeau (36 years and 174 days old) and George Halas (39 years and 254 days old).
–Browns defensive end Myles Garrett leads the NFL with 21.5 sacks and is first with 124 sacks since entering the league in 2017, the second-most by a player in his first nine seasons.
Garrett can surpass Michael Strahan (22.5 sacks in 2001 with the New York Giants) and T.J. Watt (22.5 in 2021 with Pittsburgh) to claim the record for most sacks in a season since the league made it an official statistic in 1982.
–Green Bay has won 26 of the last 31 meetings between the Packers and Bears at Soldier Field, including 14 of the last 15, and 17 of the past 19 overall in the series. This is only the second all-time Saturday game between these division rivals, who’ve played 211 times. The Packers lead 109-96-6.
–The 49ers have allowed 41 total points in the fourth quarter this season (2.9 per game). Only the Packers (16 fourth-quarter points in 14 games this season) have given up fewer.
–The Los Angeles Chargers are the only one team in the NFL with four players over 500 receiving yards this season: wide receiver Quinton Johnston (533 yards), tight end Orande Gadsden II (602), and receivers Keenan Allen (688) and Ladd McConkey (715 yards).
–Buccaneers wide receivers Mike Evans and Chris Godwin Jr. are approaching the combined 17K Club. With 16,858 yards in their nine seasons together, the tandem is No. 5 in league history for combined receiving yards in the regular season and within striking distance of Colts greats Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne (17, 155 in 10 seasons) and Dolphins WRs Mark Clayton and Mark Duper (17,512 in 10 seasons). Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt are No. 1 on the list with 21,310 yards in nine seasons. Jerry Rice and John Taylor had 18,224 in nine seasons with the 49ers.
–Colts running back Jonathan Taylor can climb to third on the single-season rushing yards list with 111 yards on Monday against the San Francisco 49ers. Counterpart Christian McCaffrey needs seven receptions to pass Roger Craig for the team single-season record for catches by a running back.
