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PICK SIX:With one game to play, five players – New Orleans' ELBERT MACK (73 yards), Seattle's RICHARD SHERMAN(19 yards), Minnesota's rookie HARRISON SMITH(56 yards), Indianapolis' CASSIUS VAUGHN (three yards) and Tennessee's WILL WITHERSPOON(40 yards) – recorded interception-return touchdowns in Week 14. On Sunday, Mack, Sherman, Vaughn and Witherspoon recorded their first INT-return touchdowns of the season.
This season, 51 NFL players have combined for 57 interception-return touchdowns. With 49 games remaining in 2012, those totals rank tied for the third-most and tied for the fourth-most, respectively, since 1970.
The most combined interception-return touchdowns and players with at least one interception-return touchdown since 1970:
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MOST COMBINED INT-RETURN TDs |
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MOST PLAYERS TO RECORD INT-RETURN TD | ||
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SEASON |
TOTAL |
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SEASON |
TOTAL |
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2011 |
59 |
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2010 |
53 |
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2003 |
58 |
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2003 |
52 |
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1999 |
58 |
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2012 |
*51 |
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2012 |
*57 |
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1999 |
51 |
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2010 |
57 |
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2004 |
49 |
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*One game to play in Week 14 |
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*One game to play in Week 14 | ||
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STEADY BREES:New Orleans quarterback DREW BREES, who passed for 354 yards with one touchdown in the Saints' 52-27 loss at the New York Giants, has an NFL-best 4,028 passing yards this season.
Brees reached 4,000 passing yards for the seventh time in as many seasons, becoming only the second quarterback to pass for 4,000 or more yards seven times and the first to do it in seven consecutive seasons.
The quarterbacks with the most 4,000-yard passing seasons and most consecutive 4,000-yard passing seasons in league history:
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PLAYER |
4,000 YD. PASSING SEASONS |
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PLAYER |
CONSEC. 4,000 YD. PASSING SEASONS |
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Peyton Manning* |
11 |
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Drew Brees |
7 (2006-2012)* |
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*Drew Brees |
7 |
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Peyton Manning |
6 (1999-2004) |
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Brett Favre |
6 |
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Peyton Manning |
5 (2006-2010) |
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Dan Marino |
6 |
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Philip Rivers |
4* (2008-2011) |
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*Active |
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*Active streak |
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CATCHING ON:Chicago wide receiver BRANDON MARSHALL had 10 receptions for 160 yards and a touchdown in a 21-14 loss at Minnesota. Marshall has 101 receptions, the most by a Bear in a single season (MARTY BOOKER, 100 in 2001).
Marshall has recorded at least 100 receptions four times in his career, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer JERRY RICE, MARVIN HARRISON and WES WELKER for the most such seasons in NFL history.
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The players with four 100-reception seasons in NFL history:
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PLAYER |
MOST SEASONS WITH 100 RECEPTIONS |
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Marvin Harrison |
4 (115, 102, 109, 143) |
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Brandon Marshall |
4 (102, 104, 101; 101^) |
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Jerry Rice |
4 (100, 112, 122, 108) |
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Wes Welker |
4 (112, 111, 123, 122; 92)* |
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*Through Week 13 |
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^Through Week 14 |
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MORE MEGATRON:Detroit wide receiver CALVIN JOHNSON had 10 receptions for 118 yards in the Lions' 27-20 loss at Green Bay on Sunday Night Football. Johnson currently leads the league with 1,546 receiving yards.
Johnson has registered 1,500 receiving yards or more in back-to-back seasons and is one of only three players in NFL history to accomplish the feat (MARVIN HARRISON, Indianapolis 2001-2002 and ANDRE JOHNSON, Houston 2008-2009).
Including Calvin Johnson (two times), only seven players in league annals – Pro Football Hall of Famers JERRY RICE (four times) and MICHAEL IRVIN(two) and Harrison*(three),CHARLEY HENNIGAN (two),TORRY HOLT (two) and Andre Johnson *(two) – have accrued 1,500 or more receiving yards in multiple seasons.
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THIRTY TD THROWS: Denver quarterback PEYTON MANNINGregistered one touchdown pass in the Broncos' 26-13 win at Oakland on Thursday Night Football. Manning (30 passing TDs) recorded his seventh season with 30 or more touchdown passes. He joins BRETT FAVRE(nine) as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to post 30 touchdown passes in seven or more seasons.
The quarterbacks with 30 touchdown passes in the most seasons all-time:
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PLAYER |
SEASONS WITH 30 TD PASSES |
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Brett Favre |
9 |
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Peyton Manning^ |
7 |
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Drew Brees^ |
5 |
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Dan Marino |
4 |
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*Tom Brady |
3 |
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Kurt Warner |
3 |
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*Active | |
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^Active, includes 2012 | |
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WHAT TO LOOK FOR ON MNF: A few notes to keep in mind for tonight's *Monday Night Football *game between the Texans and Patriots…
WINNING MODEL:Last week,*theNEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS *(9-3) clinched their fourth consecutive AFC East title and ninth division championship since 2003. The Patriots are guaranteed to finish the year with a winning record for the 12th consecutive season and are the first team to accomplish the feat since the San Francisco 49ers (1983-1998) posted a winning record in 16 consecutive seasons.
With a win against Houston, New England will reach 10 regular-season wins for the 10th consecutive season and join San Francisco (16) as the only teams in league annals to record 10 consecutive 10-win seasons.
The teams with the most consecutive seasons with 10 regular-season wins in NFL history:
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TEAM |
YEARS |
CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH 10 WINS |
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San Francisco 49ers |
1983-1998 |
16 |
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New England Patriots |
2003-present |
*9 |
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Indianapolis Colts |
2002-2010 |
9 |
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*Active |
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INDIVIDUAL PATRIOTS:New England quarterback TOM BRADY and wide receiver WES WELKER can accomplish the following feats tonight:
- With five touchdown passes, Brady (25) would reach 30 passing touchdowns in a season for the fourth time, tying Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (four times) for the fourth-most such seasons all-time.
- With eight receptions against Houston tonight, Welker (92) would become the first player in NFL history with five 100-reception seasons.
