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FOR USE AS DESIRED November 9, 2016 http://twitter.com/NFL345

WHAT TO LOOK FOR – WEEK 10

ROOKIES ON THE RISE: Dallas rookie rushed for 92 yards and two in the Cowboys’ 35-10 win at Cleveland last week. Elliott leads with 891 rushing yards, the third-most in NFL history in a player’s first eight career games.

With 109 yards on Sunday against , Elliott would join Pro Football Hall of Famer (1,096) and (1,081) as the only players in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards in their first nine career games.

The players with 1,000 rushing yards in their first nine career games:

PLAYER SEASON TEAM RUSHING YARDS IN FIRST NINE GAMES Eric Dickerson^ 1983 Los Angeles 1,096 Adrian Peterson 2007 Minnesota 1,081

Ezekiel Elliott 2016 Dallas 891* *Through eight games ^Pro Football Hall of Famer

Dallas rookie completed 21 of 27 passes for 247 yards and three touchdowns with no for a 141.8 rating in last week’s win. Prescott leads all rookies in passing yards (2,020), passes (12) and (104.2).

Prescott and Elliott can become the second rookie quarterback and rookie running back teammates in NFL history with at least 2,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a season, joining ROBERT GRIFFIN III (3,200 passing yards) and ALFRED MORRIS (1,613 rushing yards) who accomplished the feat with Washington in 2012.

SEASON TEAM PLAYER PASSING YARDS PLAYER RUSHING YARDS 2012 Washington Robert Griffin III 3,200 Alfred Morris 1,613

2016 Dallas Dak Prescott 2,020* Ezekiel Elliott 891* *Through eight games

Prescott and Elliott would become the first pair of rookie teammates in NFL history to accomplish the feat in the team’s first nine games.

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JULIO AT 75: Atlanta had eight receptions for 111 yards and one touchdown in the Falcons’ 43-28 victory at Tampa Bay in Week 9. Jones has 51 receptions and leads the NFL with 970 receiving yards.

Entering his 75th career game on Sunday against Philadelphia, Jones already has the most receptions (465) in NFL history by a player in his first 75 career games.

The players with the most receptions in their first 75 career games:

PLAYER TEAM(S) SEASONS RECEPTIONS IN FIRST 75 GAMES Julio Jones Atlanta 2011-2016 465* Arizona 2003-2008 462 Pittsburgh 2010-2015 427 Arizona 2004-2008 421 Lionel Taylor Chicago, 1959-1964 417 *Through 74 games

Jones has 7,171 receiving yards through his first 74 career games and is one of only two players in NFL history to record at least 7,000 receiving yards in his first 75 career games, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer (7,532).

The players with the most receiving yards in their first 75 career games:

PLAYER TEAM MOST RECEIVING YARDS IN FIRST 75 CAREER GAMES Lance Alworth^ San Diego 7,532 Julio Jones Atlanta 7,171* St. Louis 6,373 Charley Hennigan Houston 6,267 ^ San Francisco 6,263 *Through 74 games ^Pro Football Hall of Famer

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PROTECTING THE PIGSKIN: New England (134), (60) and rookie JACOBY BRISSETT (55) have combined for 249 consecutive passing attempts without an this season.

On Sunday night against Seattle, the Patriots can become the second team in NFL history to not throw an interception in a team’s first nine games of a season, joining the 1960 .

The teams with the most consecutive games to start a season without throwing an interception:

TEAM SEASON GAMES WITHOUT INTERCEPTION TEAM PASSING ATTEMPTS Cleveland 1960 9 184 New England 2016 8* 249 Washington 2008 8 232 *Active streak

The Patriots’ 249 passing attempts without an interception mark the second-longest streak to start a season in NFL history, trailing only the 2008 Washington Redskins (251).

TEAM SEASON CONSECUTIVE PASSING ATTEMPTS WITHOUT INT TO START SEASON Washington 2008 251 New England 2016 249* *Active streak

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ENVYING GREEN: Cincinnati wide receiver A.J. GREEN leads the NFL with 59 receptions and ranks second in the league with 896 receiving yards entering Week 10. With 104 receiving yards on Monday night against the Giants, Green would join as the only players in NFL history to record 1,000 receiving yards in each of their first six seasons.

PLAYER TEAM CONSECUTIVE 1,000+ YARD SEASONS TO START CAREER Randy Moss Minnesota 6

A.J. Green Cincinnati 5* *Active streak

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THE 300 CLUB: San Diego quarterback completed 24 of 33 passes for 275 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions for a 117.6 rating in the Chargers’ 43-35 victory over Tennessee last week. With two touchdown passes on Sunday against Miami, Rivers would become the ninth player in NFL history with 300 career passing touchdowns.

Rivers (298 career touchdown passes) and quarterback (306), who were both selected in the first round of the 2004 NFL , can become the second quarterback duo from the same draft class to each reach 300 touchdown passes. Pro Football Hall of Famers (300 career touchdown passes) and (420) were both selected in the first round of the 1983 NFL Draft.

The quarterbacks with 300 career touchdown passes:

PLAYER CAREER TOUCHDOWN PASSES 539 ^ 508 449* Tom Brady 440* Dan Marino^ 420 ^ 342 Eli Manning 306* John Elway^ 300

Philip Rivers 298* *Active ^Pro Football Hall of Famer

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BIG BEN IN THE BOOKS: Pittsburgh quarterback enters Sunday’s contest against Dallas with 44,944 career passing yards. With 56 passing yards this week, Roethlisberger would become the 11th quarterback in NFL history with 45,000 passing yards, and the eighth QB to accomplish the feat with one team.

Additionally, Roethlisberger can become the fifth-fastest quarterback in NFL history to reach 45,000 career passing yards, accomplishing the feat in his 179th career game.

The quarterbacks to reach 45,000 career passing yards in the fewest games:

PLAYER TEAM(S) FEWEST GAMES TO REACH 45,000 PASSING YARDS Drew Brees San Diego, 168 Dan Marino Miami 172 Peyton Manning Indianapolis 174 Tom Brady New England 178

Ben Roethlisberger Pittsburgh 178* *Has 44,944 passing yards through 178 games

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