Seven from Sunday - Week 11

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NEW YORK –– A look at seven statistical highlights from games played during the 9:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET windows on Sunday, November 16, the 11th week of the 2025 season. With one game remaining on Sunday in Week 11, there have been five teams who recorded the game-winning score on the final play today – Carolina, Chicago, Denver, Houston, and Miami – tied with Week 10, 2023, and Week 4, 2018, for the most on a single day in NFL history. With two games remaining this week, there have been seven teams who won after trailing in the fourth quarter – Baltimore, Buffalo, Carolina, Denver, Chicago, Green Bay, and Miami – the most in a week since Week 12, 2022. Chicago defeated Minnesota, 19-17, and became the third team in the last five seasons to record a game-winning score in the final two minutes of regulation or overtime in three consecutive weeks (Washington, 2024 and Tampa Bay, 2025). Carolina overcame a 14-point deficit to defeat Atlanta, 30-27, in overtime as Bryce Young recorded a franchise-record 448 passing yards in the win. Denver defeated Kansas City, 22-19, and recorded three sacks in the win. The Broncos lead the NFL with 49 sacks this season, the most by a team in the first 11 weeks of a season since 1989 (Minnesota, 53 sacks). Miami defeated Washington, 16-13, in overtime in the NFL’s first-ever regular-season game in Madrid to close out the 2025 international slate. It marked the second-consecutive week with an overtime international game, after Indianapolis defeated Atlanta, 31-25, in Berlin in Week 10. In Week 11, Arizona quarterback Jacoby Brissett completed 47 of 57 pass attempts (82.5 percent) for 452 yards and two touchdowns, the most completions ever in a regular-season game and tied with Ben Roethliserger (2020 AFC Wild Card) for the most completions in a game, including the postseason, all-time. Four tight ends set impressive marks this week, including Baltimore’s Mark Andrews, Kansas City’s Travis Kelce, San Francisco’s George Kittle and Arizona’s Trey McBride. Andrews, who had 32 receiving yards and the go-ahead 35-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter of the Ravens’ 23-16 win at Cleveland, has 5,806 career receiving yards and surpassed Derrick Mason (5,777 receiving yards) for the most receiving yards in Ravens franchise history. He joins Jason Witten (Dallas), Travis Kelce (Kansas City), and Pro Football Hall of Famers Antonio Gates (Los Angeles Chargers) and Ozzie Newsome (Cleveland) as the only tight ends to lead a franchise in career receiving yards. Kelce finished with nine receptions for 91 yards and a touchdown against Denver and has 84 career touchdowns, surpassing Priest Holmes (83 touchdowns) for the most touchdowns (81) in Chiefs franchise history. Kittle finished with six receptions for 67 yards and two touchdowns in the 49ers’ 41-22 victory over Arizona and has 7,631 receiving yards and 50 touchdown receptions since entering the NFL in 2017. Kittle is the fifth tight end in NFL history with at least 7,500 receiving yards and 50 touchdown receptions in their first nine seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Antonio Gates and Tony Gonzalez as well as Rob Gronkowski and Travis Kelce. McBride recorded 10 receptions for 115 yards and a touchdown against San Francisco and became the third tight end in NFL history with at least five receptions in at least 12 consecutive games, joining Travis Kelce (15 consecutive games in 2018) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez (13 in 2008-09). McBride is the second tight end ever with at least five receptions, 50 receiving yards and a touchdown reception in five consecutive games in a single season, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Antonio Gates (2010). Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen passed for 317 yards and three touchdowns and added three rushing touchdowns in the Bills’ 44-32 victory over Tampa Bay. Allen is the only player in NFL history with at least 300 passing yards, three touchdown passes and three rushing touchdowns in a single game, previously accomplishing the feat on Dec. 8, 2024, at the Los Angeles Rams. Allen has 75 career regular-season rushing touchdowns, tied with Cam Newton (75 rushing touchdowns) for the most regular-season rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in NFL history. Allen has 213 career regular-season touchdown passes, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre (213 touchdowns) for the fifth-most touchdown passes by a player in his first eight seasons in NFL history. Only Patrick Mahomes (245 touchdown passes), Pro Football Hall of Famers Peyton Manning (244) and Dan Marino (241), and Russell Wilson (227) have more. Cleveland defensive end Myles Garrett recorded four sacks against Baltimore in Week 11 and has 15 sacks this season. Garrett is the first player since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic, with at least 12 sacks in six consecutive seasons, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor (five consecutive seasons). Garrett has 117.5 sacks since entering the NFL in 2017 and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famers Jared Allen (117 sacks) and DeMarcus Ware (117) for the second-most sacks by a player in his first nine seasons since 1982, trailing only Pro Football Hall of Famer Reggie White (137). Garrett, who had a career-high five sacks in Week 8 and four sacks in Week 11, is the fourth player since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic, with at least four sacks in two games within a season, joining Chandler Jones (2019 with Arizona), Karl Mecklenburg (1985 with Denver) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Reggie White (1986 with Philadelphia). Garrett is the fifth player since 1982 with at least four sacks in three career games, joining Leslie O’Neal (four games), Pro Football Hall of Famers Derrick Thomas (four) and Reggie White (three) as well as Chandler Jones (three). Garrett – with five sacks in Week 8, one sack in Week 10 and four sacks in Week 11 – is the second player since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic, with 10 sacks in a three-game span in a single season, tying Pro Football Hall of Famer Richard Dent (Oct. 21 to Nov. 4, 1984, with Chicago). Garrett has at least one sack in 74 career games, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer Jared Allen (74 games) for the fourth-most games with a sack by a player in his first nine seasons since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic, trailing only Pro Football Hall of Famers Reggie White (79 games) and DeMarcus Ware (79) along with Von Miller (77). Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Davante Adams recorded his 10th touchdown reception of the season, his 1,000th career reception, in the team’s 21-19 win over Seattle. Adams is the fifth wide receiver in NFL history with at least 1,000 receptions in their first 12 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). Adams is 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 – who has had at least 10 touchdown receptions in a season with Green Bay, Las Vegas and the Los Angeles Rams – joined Brandon Marshall and Pro Football Hall of Famer Terrell Owens as the only players in NFL history with at least 10 touchdown receptions in a season with three different teams. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy had three touchdown passes with no interceptions for a 133.5 rating while running back Christian McCaffrey had five receptions, 121 scrimmage yards (81 rushing, 40 receiving) and three touchdowns (two rushing, one receiving) in the 49ers’ 41-22 victory at Arizona. Purdy has 12 career games with a passer rating of 125-or-higher, surpassing Patrick Mahomes (11 games) and Deshaun Watson (11) for the second-most games with a passer rating of 125-or-higher (minimum 15 attempts in each game) by a player in his first four seasons in NFL history, trailing only Russell Wilson (15). McCaffrey, who has six rushing touchdowns and five rushing touchdowns this season, has his fourth career season with at least five rushing touchdowns and five receiving touchdowns, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk (three seasons) for the most such seasons in NFL history. McCaffrey is the fifth player since 2000 with at least two rushing touchdowns and a receiving touchdown in four career games, joining pro Football Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk (five games), Shaun Alexander (four), Alvin Kamara (four) and Brian Westbrook (four). Washington linebacker Bobby Wagner had eight tackles against Miami in Madrid and has 107 tackles this season. Wagner is the second player since 2000 with at least 100 tackles in 14 consecutive seasons, joining London Fletcher. Additional notes from Sunday include: Green Bay defensive lineman Micah Parsons recorded 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble in the Packers’ 27-20 victory at the New York Giants. Parsons, who is 26 years old, has 60.5 career sacks, tied with Danielle Hunter (60.5 sacks) for the fifth-most sacks by a player under the age of 27 since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic. Only J.J. Watt (74.5 sacks) and Myles Garrett (72) as well as Pro Football Hall of Famers Reggie White (70) and Derrick Thomas (66) have more. New York Giants linebacker Brian Burns had two sacks in Week 11 and has a career-high 13 sacks this season. Burns is the first player since 2000 with a tackle for loss in each of his team’s first 11 games of a season, surpassing Everson Griffen (first 10 games in 2017 with Minnesota) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Demarcus Ware (first 10 games in 2011 with Dallas). Baltimore running back Derrick Henry rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown during the Ravens’ 23-16 win over Cleveland. Henry has a rushing touchdown in 83 career games, including the playoffs, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer John Riggins (83 games) for the fifth-most games with a rushing touchdown, including the postseason, in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famers Emmitt Smith (130 games), Marcus Allen (100) and LaDainian Tomlinson (96), as well as Adrian Peterson (89) have more. Seattle wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba recorded nine catches for 105 yards at the Los Angeles Rams. Smith-Njigba is the first player in NFL history to record at least 75 receiving yards in each of their first 10 games of a season, surpassing Antonio Brown (first nine games in 2014) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin (first nine in 1995). Carolina rookie wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan had eight receptions for 130 yards and two touchdowns in the Panthers’ 30-27 overtime victory at Atlanta. McMillan is the sixth rookie since 2000 with at least eight receptions, 130 receiving yards and two touchdown receptions in a game, joining Odell Beckham Jr. (three times), Anquan Boldin, Ja’Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson and Roy Williams. Per Next Gen Stats, McMillan recorded an identical four receptions for 65 yards and a touchdown both inside the numbers and outside the numbers. For more information on Next Gen Stats, check out NFL Pro, available within NFL+ Premium. With NFL+ Premium, get access to NFL Pro and track advanced analytics powered by Next Gen Stats and watch All-22 film. Available on desktop and mobile web, visit pro.nfl.com for more information. Minnesota wide receiver Justin Jefferson recorded five receptions for 61 yards in Week 11. Jefferson has 8,179 receiving yards since entering the NFL in 2020 and surpassed Torry Holt (8,156 receiving yards) for the second-most receiving yards by a player in his first six seasons in NFL history, trailing only Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss (8,375).