After passing the midway point of the 2025 season last week, established stars are setting the pace through the first 10 weeks.
Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford leads the NFL with 25 touchdown passes in nine starts in 2025 and in the second half of the season, looks to join Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers as the only quarterbacks all-time with at least 40 touchdown passes in three career seasons.
Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson has a 127.1 passer rating in six starts this season and looks to join Drew Brees (2018-19) as the only qualified passers all-time with a passer rating of 115-or-higher in consecutive seasons.
Indianapolis’ Jonathan Taylor leads the NFL with 1,399 scrimmage yards and 17 scrimmage touchdowns in 10 games and can become the third player in NFL history with at least 2,000 scrimmage yards and 20 scrimmage touchdowns in multiple career seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk and Priest Holmes.
San Francisco’s Christian McCaffrey, with 1,318 scrimmage yards (692 receiving, 626 rushing) in 10 games this season, can become the eighth player all time with at least 2,000 scrimmage yards in three career seasons and the first player in NFL history with 1,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards in two career seasons.
Cincinnati wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase leads the NFL with 76 receptions in nine games and can become the third player in NFL history with at least 125 receptions in multiple career seasons, joining Antonio Brown and Michael Thomas.
Seattle’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba has an NFL-leading 1,041 receiving yards in nine games this season (115.7 per game) and at his current pace over a 17-game season, can join Pro Football Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson (1,964 receiving yards in 2012 with Detroit) and current teammate Cooper Kupp (1,947 receiving yards in 2021 with the Los Angeles Rams) as the only players in NFL history with 1,900 receiving yards in a season.
Cleveland defensive end Myles Garrett is tied for the NFL-lead with 11 sacks in nine games this season and looks to become the fourth player since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic, with at least 14 sacks in five career seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Reggie White (seven seasons), Kevin Greene (five) and Bruce Smith (five).
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Here’s a look at a few interesting storylines entering Week 11:
- Touchdown Madrid: The NFL will complete this season’s slate of international games in Week 11 with the Washington Commanders (3-7) facing the Miami Dolphins (3-7) (Sunday, 9:30 a.m. ET, NFL Network) at Bernabéu Stadium in the first-ever regular season game in Madrid.
- Miami running back De’Von Achane, who ranks fourth in the NFL with 1,105 scrimmage yards this season, totaled 225 scrimmage yards (174 rushing, 51 receiving) and two rushing touchdowns last week and became the third player in NFL history with at least five rushing touchdowns and three receiving touchdowns in each of his first three seasons, joining Roger Craig and Abner Haynes.
- Achane has nine scrimmage touchdowns (five rushing, four receiving) in 2025 and can become the fourth running back since 2000 with at least 10 scrimmage touchdowns in each of his first three career seasons, joining Chris Johnson, Adrian Peterson and Pro Football Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson.
- Washington linebacker Bobby Wagner leads the NFC and ranks second in the NFL with 99 tackles this year. With his next tackle, he will join London Fletcher as the only players with at least 100 tackles in 14 consecutive seasons since 2000.
- New York Jets (2-7) at New England (8-2) (Thursday, 8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video): The Patriots have won seven consecutive games since Week 4, tied with Denver for the longest active winning streak in the NFL. Last week, rookie running back TreVeyon Henderson recorded rushing touchdowns of 55 and 69 yards and rookie wide receiver Kyle Williams had a 72-yard touchdown reception as New England became the fourth team all-time with three scrimmage touchdowns of 50-or-more yards by rookies in the same game.
- Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel can become the sixth head coach since 1970 to record an eight-or-more game winning streak in his first season with a team, joining Jim Caldwell (14 consecutive wins with Indianapolis in 2009), Steve Mariucci (11 with San Francisco in 1997), Ted Marchibroda (nine with the Baltimore Colts in 1975), Andy Reid (nine with Kansas City in 2013) and Jim Harbaugh (eight with San Francisco in 2011).
- In Week 9, Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs surpassed 900 career receptions and last week, reached 11,000 career receiving yards since entering the NFL in 2015. Diggs, who has touchdowns in each of his past three – the longest active streak in the AFC – needs two touchdown receptions to become the seventh player all-time with at least 900 receptions, 11,000 receiving yards and 75 touchdown receptions in his first 11 career seasons.
- New York Jets running back Kene Nwangwu registered a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and wide receiver Isaiah Williams recorded a 74-yard punt return for a touchdown in the team’s Week 10 win, the Jets’ first game in franchise history with both a kickoff-return touchdown and punt-return touchdown.
- Los Angeles Chargers (7-3) at Jacksonville (5-4) (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS): The Chargers enter Week 10 on a three-game winning streak and since Week 16 last season, have won eight of the past nine games in which linebacker Khalil Mack appeared.
- Mack, who has a sack in four of his past five games, joined Pro Football Hall of Famer Kevin Greene as the only players since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic, to record at least 35 sacks with three different teams (40.5 with the Oakland Raiders, 36 with Chicago and 35 with the L.A. Chargers).
- Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, who ranks second in the NFL in passing yards (2,610) and tied for third in touchdown passes (19), can become the fourth quarterback in NFL history with at least 20 touchdown passes in each of his first six career seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Peyton Manning and Dan Marino as well as Russell Wilson.
- Seattle (7-2) at Los Angeles Rams (7-2) (Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ET, FOX): The Seahawks and Rams are tied with the Eagles for the best record in the NFC and both rank in the top five in scoring offense and scoring defense entering Week 11. Seattle (44 points in Week 10) and Los Angeles (42 points last week) will mark the fifth game since 1990 in which both teams scored at least 42 points in their previous game.
- Los Angeles Rams Matthew Stafford leads the NFL with 25 touchdown passes and has only two interceptions this season and joined Patrick Mahomes (2020) as the only players in NFL history with at least 25 touchdown passes and two-or-fewer interceptions in his team’s first nine games of a season.
- Stafford, with five touchdown passes in Week 7 and four touchdown passes in both Weeks 9 and 10, became the first player in NFL history with at least four touchdowns and no interceptions in three consecutive games.
- Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Davante Adams leads the NFL with nine touchdown receptions this season, including six in his past three games. With his next touchdown catch, he will become the fifth player in NFL history with at least 10 touchdown receptions in seven career seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Randy Moss (nine seasons), Jerry Rice (nine), Marvin Harrison (eight) and Terrell Owens (eight).
- Adams has 999 career receptions since entering the NFL in 2014 and can become the fifth wide receiver ever with at least 1,000 receptions in his first 12 career seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Jerry Rice (1,050 receptions), Marvin Harrison (1,042) and Andre Johnson (1,012) as well as Larry Fitzgerald (1,018).
- Seattle wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba leads the NFL with 1,041 receiving yards this season and joined Antonio Brown (2014 with Pittsburgh) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin (1995 with Dallas) as the only players with at least 75 receiving yards in each of his first nine games of a season in NFL history.
- Kansas City (5-4) at Denver (8-2) (Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS): The Broncos have won seven consecutive games since Week 4 and since Week 8 last season, have won 10 consecutive home games, the longest active home winning streak. Kansas City head coach Andy Reid has a .846 winning percentage (22-4) in games following a bye week, the highest winning percentage among head coaches all-time with a minimum of 10 games.
- The Broncos lead the NFL with 46 sacks and this week, can become the third team in NFL history with at least 50 sacks in their first 11 games of a season, joining the 1989 Minnesota Vikings (53 sacks) and 1987 Chicago Bears (51).
- Denver quarterback Bo Nix has at least one touchdown pass in 18 consecutive games, the fifth-longest streak by a player in his first two seasons in NFL history. In two games against Kansas City last season, he totaled six touchdown passes with no interceptions for a 138.4 rating.
- Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes has 34,701 passing yards in 121 career regular-season games and in Week 11, can surpass Matthew Stafford (126 games) as the fastest player to reach 35,000 career regular-season passing yards in NFL history.
- Mahomes’ .857 winning percentage against the AFC West (36-6) is the highest among all quarterbacks against their own division since 1970, minimum 20 starts. Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott, set to appear on Monday Night Football in Week 11 at Las Vegas, has the second-highest winning percentage against his own division (.795, 35-9) since 1970.
- Detroit (6-3) at Philadelphia (7-2) (Sunday night, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC): Since 2022, the Eagles (46 regular-season wins) and Detroit (42) are the only two NFC teams with at least 40 regular-season wins over the past four seasons.
- Lions quarterback Jared Goff passed for 320 yards and three touchdowns last week, his 44th-career game with 300-or-more passing yards, tied with Drew Brees and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino for the third-most by a player in his first 10 career seasons. Only Patrick Mahomes (49 games, in his first nine seasons) and Matt Ryan (45) have more.
- Detroit running back Jahmyr Gibbs had 172 scrimmage yards (142 rushing, 30 receiving) and three touchdowns (two rushing, one receiving) last week and leads the NFL with 41 scrimmage touchdowns since entering the NFL in 2023. Gibbs, who is 23 years old, is one of five players under the age of 24 with at least 40 scrimmage touchdowns all-time, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Barry Sanders (47 scrimmage touchdowns), Randy Moss (43), Emmitt Smith (43) and Jim Brown (42).
- Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown has at least five receptions in eight consecutive games and 57 career games since entering the NFL in 2021. With five receptions in Week 11, he can tie Jarvis Landry (58 games) for the most games with at least five receptions by a player in his first five seasons in NFL history.
- St. Brown leads the NFL with 494 receptions since 2021 and can join Michael Thomas (510 receptions) as the only players with at least 500 receptions in their first five seasons all-time.
- Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts is the first player in NFL history with at least 15 touchdown passes (16), five rushing touchdowns (five) and one-or-fewer interceptions (one) in his team’s first nine games of a season.
