Week 1 NFL Capsules
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HOUSTON TEXANS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WEEK 1 // THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 2020 // 8:20 PM ET // ARROWHEAD STADIUM // REFEREE: CLETE BLAKEMAN REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: All-time series tied, 5-5 LAST GAME: 10/13/19: Texans 31 at Chiefs 24 STREAKS: Chiefs have won 2 of past 3 LAST GAME AT SITE: 10/13/19 HOUSTON TEXANS LEADERS (2019 STATS) KANSAS CITY CHIEFS - LAST WEEK - Bill O’Brien: 2-2 COACH VS. OPP. Andy Reid: 6-2 23.6/24.1 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 28.2/19.3 362.0 OFFENSE 379.2 Deshaun Watson: 333-495-3852-26-12-98.0 PASSING Patrick Mahomes: 319-484-4031-26-5-105.3 David Johnson (Az.): 94-345-3.7-2 RUSHING Darrel Williams: 41-141-3.4-3 Randall Cobb (Dal.): 55-828-15.1-3 RECEIVING Travis Kelce (TE): 97-1229-12.7-5 388.3 DEFENSE 349.6 Whitney Mercilus: 7.5 SACKS Chris Jones: 9 Many tied: 2 INTs Tyrann Mathieu: 4 0 (22/22) TAKE/GIVE +8 (23/15) Bryan Anger: 46.5 (44.5) (T1L) PUNTING (NET) Tommy Townsend (R): NFL debut in 2020 Ka’imi Fairbairn: 100 (40/45 PAT; 20/25 FG) KICKING Harrison Butker: 147 (1L) (45/48 PAT; 34/38 FG) TEXANS NOTES CHIEFS NOTES • QB DESHAUN WATSON passed for 3,852 yards & 26 TDs last • QB PATRICK MAHOMES passed for 4,031 yards & 26 TDs vs. 5 season for 98 rating & rushed for 413 yards & career-high INTs for 105.3 rating last season & is only QB in NFL with 4,000+ 7 TDs. Has 11 TDs (8 pass, 3 rush) vs. 2 INTs for 99.1 rating in yards, 25+ TD passes & 100+ rating in each of past 2 seasons. 3 career games vs. KC, incl. postseason. Has 24 TDs (21 pass, Won SB LIV MVP, becoming youngest QB to win SB MVP in NFL 3 rush) vs. 3 INTs for 121.1 rating in 8 career primetime games. history. Passed for 321 yards & 5 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 134.6 rating Aims for 6th in row in primetime with 2+ TD passes & 100+ rating. in 2019 Divisional playoff meeting. Aims for 3rd in row vs. Hou. • RB DAVID JOHNSON makes Hou. debut. Had 183 scrimmage with 3+ TD passes & 95+ rating, incl. postseason. yards (98 rush, 85 rec.) & 2 TDs (1 rush, 1 rec.) in only career • RB CLYDE EDWARDS-HELAIRE was selected in 1st round (32nd game vs. KC (11/11/18 with Az.). Has 416 scrimmage yards (138.7 overall) of 2020 NFL Draft. RB DARREL WILLIAMS had career- per game) in his past 3 vs. AFC West. Has 120+ scrimmage yards high 4 TDs (3 rush, 1 rec.) last season. in 6 of his past 7 in primetime. RB DUKE JOHNSON had career- • WR TYREEK HILL had 58 catches for 860 yards & 7 TDs last high 410 rush yards last season. Has 3 TD catches in his past 2 vs. KC. season. Had 5 catches for 80 yards & 2 TDs in last meeting. Has • WR WILL FULLER set career highs in catches (49) & rec. yards 5+ catches in 6 of his past 7 at home. Has TD catch in 4 of 5 (670) last season & had 3 rec. TDs. Had 5 catches for 89 yards in career games on Thursday night. WR SAMMY WATKINS had 52 2019 Divisional playoff meeting. Aims for his 4th in row vs. AFC catches for 673 yards and 3 TDs last season. Had 76 rec. yards West with 5+ catches, incl. postseason. WR BRANDIN COOKS in 2019 Divisional playoff meeting. TE TRAVIS KELCE led all TEs makes Hou. debut. Had 8 catches for 107 yards in his last game in catches (97) & rec. yards (1,229) last season & became 1st TE vs. KC (11/19/18 with LAR). WR RANDALL COBB makes Hou. debut. in NFL history with 1,000+ rec. yards in 4 consec. seasons. Had Had career-high 3 TDs in his last game vs. KC (9/28/15 with 10 catches for 134 yards & 3 TDs in 2019 Divisional playoff meeting. GB). TE DARREN FELLS tied for team lead with career-high 7 TD • DT CHRIS JONES led team with 9 sacks in 13 games last season. catches last season. Had rec. TD in 2019 Divisional playoff meeting. Had FF in his last game vs. Hou. (10/8/17). Has sack in 3 of his • DE J.J. WATT had 4 sacks in 8 games last season. Has sack in 3 of past 4 at home. DE FRANK CLARK had 8 sacks & team-high 3 5 career games vs. KC. Has sack in 3 of past 4 in primetime. LB FFs last season. Aims for 6th in row with sack, incl. postseason. WHITNEY MERCILUS led team with 7.5 sacks & 4 FFs last season. Had career-high 3 sacks in 2019 Divisional playoff meeting. CB LB ZACH CUNNINGHAM led team with 137 tackles last season. TYRANN MATHIEU led team with 12 PD & 4 INTs last season. TV: NBC (8:20 PM ET): Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya (field reporter) ON THE AIRWAVES NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood One: Kevin Harlan, Kurt Warner SIRIUS: 81 (Hou), 83 (KC) | XM: 226 (Hou), 225 (KC) SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT ATLANTA FALCONS WEEK 1 // SUNDAY, SEPT. 13, 2020 // 1:00 PM ET // MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM // REFEREE: SHAWN HOCHULI REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Seahawks lead all-time series, 11-6 LAST GAME: 10/27/19: Seahawks 27 at Falcons 20 STREAKS: Seahawks have won 3 of past 4 LAST GAME AT SITE: 10/27/19 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS LEADERS (2019 STATS) ATLANTA FALCONS - LAST WEEK - Pete Carroll: 3-4 COACH VS. OPP. Dan Quinn: 1-2 25.3/24.9 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 23.8/24.9 374.4 OFFENSE 379.7 Russell Wilson: 341-516-4110-31-5-106.3 PASSING Matt Ryan: 408-616-4466-26-14-92.1 Chris Carson: 278-1230-4.4-7 RUSHING Todd Gurley (LAR): 223-857-3.8-12 Tyler Lockett: 82-1057-12.9-8 RECEIVING Julio Jones: 99-1394-14.1-6 381.6 DEFENSE 355.8 Bruce Irvin (Car.): 8.5 SACKS Dante Fowler (LAR): 11.5 Quinton Dunbar (Was.): 4 INTs Damontae Kazee: 3 +12 (32/20) TAKE/GIVE -5 (20/25) Michael Dickson: 45.1 (40.9) PUNTING (NET) Sterling Hofrichter (R): NFL debut in 2020 Jason Myers: 109 (40/44 PAT; 23/28 FG) KICKING Younghoe Koo: 84 (15/16 PAT; 23/26 FG) SEAHAWKS NOTES FALCONS NOTES • QB RUSSELL WILSON passed for 4,110 yards with 31 TDs vs. 5 • QB MATT RYAN has 51,186 career pass yards & needs 290 INTs for 106.3 rating in 2019. Has 86 career regular-season to surpass HOFer JOHN ELWAY (51,475) for 9th-most in NFL wins & needs 7 in 2020 to surpass PEYTON MANNING (92) for history. Reached 50,000 pass yards 2nd-fewest games (186) in most by QB in his 1st 9 seasons. Has career 101.2 passer rating, NFL history. Has 4,000+ pass yards in 9 consecutive seasons, 2nd-highest in NFL history (min. 1,500 attempts). Has 6 TDs vs. 2nd-longest streak in NFL history. Has 10 TDs vs. 2 INTs for 96.1 INT for 104 rating in 4 career starts vs. Atl. rating in 5 career starts vs. Sea. • RB CHRIS CARSON ranked 5th in NFL with career-high 1,230 • RB TODD GURLEY makes Atl. debut. Since 2015, leads NFL in rush yards & had 9 scrimmage TDs (7 rush, 2 rec.) in 2019. Is both rush TDs (58) & total TDs (70) & ranks 2nd in both rush only RB with 1,100+ rush yards & 7+ rush TDs in each of past 2 yards (5,404) & scrimmage yards (7,494). Has 623 scrimmage seasons. Rushed for 90 yards & TD in last meeting. RB CARLOS yards (124.6 per game) & 11 TDs in his past 5 vs. Sea. HYDE makes Sea. debut. Had career-high 1,070 rush yards with • WR JULIO JONES ranked 2nd in NFL with 1,394 rec. yards last Hou. last season. season & became 3rd WR (ANTONIO BROWN & TORRY HOLT) • WR TYLER LOCKETT set career-highs in receptions (82) & rec. with 1,250+ rec. yards in 6 consecutive seasons in NFL history. yards (1,057) & had 8 rec. TDs in 2019. Had 6 catches for 100 Became fastest player (125 games) to reach 12,000 rec. yards yards in last meeting. WR DK METCALF had 58 receptions for in league annals. Has 55 career games with 100+ rec. yards, 900 yards last season, both 2nd-most by rookie in franchise 4th most in NFL history. Has 489 rec. yards (122.3 per game) & history. TE GREG OLSEN makes Sea. debut. Ranks 5th all-time TD catch in 4 career games vs. Sea. WR CALVIN RIDLEY had 63 among TEs in catches (718) & rec. yards (8,444). catches for career-high 866 rec. yards & 7 TDs in 2019. • LB BOBBY WAGNER led NFL with 159 tackles in 2019, his 8th- • DT GRADY JARRETT had career-high 7.5 sacks last season. DE consecutive season with 100+ tackles. Leads active players DANTE FOWLER makes Atl. debut. Had career-high 11.5 sacks with 1,073 tackles since 2012. LB K.J. WRIGHT had career-high with LAR in 2019. LB DEION JONES had 110 tackles last season, 132 tackles last season. LB BRUCE IRVIN had career-high 8.5 his 3rd career 100-tackle season. Is 1 of 4 with 4+ defensive sacks with Car. in 2019 & had 22 sacks in 4 seasons (2012-15) TDs (4) since 2016.