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WHAT TO LOOK FOR – A LOOK BACK
ROAD RULES: With Thursday’s 31-24 road victory at Kansas City, the DENVER BRONCOS have won 13 consecutive divisional road games, the most consecutive road wins against divisional opponents in NFL history. The Broncos have not been defeated by an AFC West opponent on the road since December 19, 2010, a 39-23 loss at Oakland.
The teams with the most consecutive divisional road wins in NFL history:
TEAM SEASONS CONSECUTIVE DIVISIONAL ROAD WINS Denver Broncos 2011-15 13* San Francisco 49ers 1987-90 12 Carolina Panthers 2004-07 10 Chicago Bears 1983-86 10 Cleveland Browns 1964-66 10 Cleveland Browns 1950-52 10 *Active
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MARIOTA’S MARVELOUS START: Tennessee rookie quarterback MARCUS MARIOTA passed for 257 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a 96.3 passer rating in the Titans’ 28-14 loss at Cleveland. Mariota, who had four touchdown passes in his NFL debut on Kickoff Weekend, now has six touchdown passes, the most of any NFL player in his first two career games.
The players with the most touchdown passes through the first two games of a career:
PLAYER TEAM YEAR TOUCHDOWN PASSES Marcus Mariota Tennessee Titans 2015 6 Greg Cook Cincinnati Bengals 1969 5 Gus Frerotte Washington Redskins 1994 5 Johnny Green Buffalo Bills 1960 5 Mark Rypien Washington Redskins 1988 5
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WHAT TO LOOK FOR ON MNF: Three more notes to keep in mind for tonight’s Monday Night Football game between the Jets and Colts…
MONDAY NIGHT MILESTONE: Monday’s game between the New York Jets and the Indianapolis Colts marks the 45-year anniversary of the first Monday Night Football game, when the Jets visited the Cleveland Browns on September 21, 1970.
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FABULOUS AT 50: Indianapolis quarterback ANDREW LUCK completed 26 of 49 passes for 243 yards and two touchdowns in Week 1 against Buffalo. Luck (88 touchdowns in 49 career games) will play in his 50th career game against the New York Jets on Monday Night Football.
With four touchdown passes tonight, Luck would surpass PEYTON MANNING (91), Pro Football Hall of Famer JOHNNY UNITAS (91) and CARSON PALMER (90) for the third-most touchdown passes of any quarterback through his first 50 games.
The quarterbacks with the most touchdown passes in their first 50 games in NFL history:
QUARTERBACK TD PASSES Dan Marino 114 Kurt Warner 101 Peyton Manning 91 Johnny Unitas 91 Carson Palmer 90
Andrew Luck 88* *Through 49 games
With 352 passing yards this week, Luck would surpass MARC BULGER (13,551) and Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (13,514) for the third-most passing yards of any quarterback through his first 50 games.
The quarterbacks with the most passing yards in their first 50 NFL games:
QUARTERBACK PASSING YARDS Matthew Stafford 14,331 Kurt Warner 13,864 Marc Bulger 13,551 Dan Marino 13,514 Andrew Luck 13,200* *Through 49 games
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KICK CLUB: Indianapolis kicker ADAM VINATIERI has 2,146 career points scored, the fourth-most in NFL history. With five points in Week 2 against the New York Jets, Vinatieri would surpass JASON HANSON (2,150) for the third-most points all-time.
The players with the most points in NFL history:
PLAYER YEARS POINTS Morten Andersen 1982-2007 2,544 Gary Anderson 1982-2004 2,434 Jason Hanson 1992-2012 2,150 Adam Vinatieri* 1996-present 2,146 John Carney 1988-2010 2,062 *Active
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