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FOR USE AS DESIRED October 14, 2015 http://twitter.com/NFL345

WHAT TO LOOK FOR – WEEK 6

5-0 STARTS: Four teams – ATLANTA, CINCINNATI, DENVER and GREEN BAY – have reached the 5-0 mark so far in 2015. CAROLINA (4-0) and NEW ENGLAND (4-0) aim to join that list in Week 6, as the Panthers travel to Seattle and the Patriots visit Indianapolis.

The NFL record for the most 5-0 teams in a single season is five, which was set in 2009.

This season’s six remaining undefeated teams:

TEAM RECORD WEEK 5 RESULT WEEK 6 OPPONENT Atlanta Falcons 5-0 W 25-19 vs. Washington (OT) at Cincinnati Bengals 5-0 W 27-24 vs. Seattle (OT) at Buffalo Bills Denver Broncos 5-0 W 16-10 at Oakland at Cleveland Browns Green Bay Packers 5-0 W 24-10 vs. St. Louis vs. San Diego Chargers Carolina Panthers 4-0 Bye at Seattle Seahawks 4-0 W 30-6 at Dallas at Indianapolis Colts

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CLIMBING BACK: Since the current playoff system (12 teams) was instituted in 1990, 15 teams have rebounded from being at least three games under .500 after the season’s first five weeks or later to qualify for the postseason. That includes six 1-4 teams that won their division.

Most recently, the 2014 Carolina Panthers bounced back from a 5-8-1 record after 14 games to win the NFC South en route to a 27-16 win against Arizona in the Wild Card round.

Since 1990, the teams that were three or more games below .500 after Week 5 or later and made the playoffs:

YEAR TEAM RECORD FINAL RECORD ADVANCED TO 1990 New Orleans Saints 2-5 8-8 Wild Card 1992 San Diego Chargers 1-4 11-5 Divisional 1993 Houston Oilers 1-4 12-4 Divisional 1994 New England Patriots 3-6 10-6 Wild Card 1995 Detroit Lions 2-5, 3-6 10-6 Wild Card 1995 San Diego Chargers 4-7 9-7 Wild Card 1996 3-6, 4-7 9-7 Championship Game 2002 1-4 11-5 Championship Game 2002 New York Jets 1-4, 2-5 9-7 Divisional 2004 Green Bay Packers 1-4 10-6 Wild Card 2008 San Diego Chargers 4-7, 4-8, 5-8 8-8 Divisional 2010 Seattle Seahawks 6-9 7-9 Divisional 2011 Denver Broncos 1-4, 2-5 8-8 Divisional 2012 Washington Redskins 3-6 10-6 Wild Card 2014 Carolina Panthers 3-6-1, 3-7-1, 4-8-1, 5-8-1 7-8-1 Divisional

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AARON RODGERS: Green Bay quarterback has passed for 29,814 yards in his 11-year career and needs 186 yards against the Chargers in Week 6 to reach 30,000 passing yards.

Rodgers, who has 3,628 career pass attempts, can surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer (3,695 attempts) by reaching 30,000 passing yards in the fewest attempts of any player in NFL history.

Rodgers will play in his 116th career game and aims to become the fourth-fastest player to reach the milestone in terms of games played. Rodgers’ 115 games played include seven contests at the beginning of his career in which he appeared in relief of in a backup role from 2005 to 2007.

The players to reach 30,000 passing yards in the fewest attempts and games played:

NO. OF ATTEMPTS TO REACH PLAYER 30,000 PASS YARDS Johnny Unitas 3,695 3,716 3,749

Aaron Rodgers 3,628* *29,814 career passing yards

PLAYER NO. OF GAMES TO REACH 30,000 PASS YARDS Kurt Warner 114 Dan Marino 114 115 120 123

Aaron Rodgers 115* *29,814 career passing yards; will play 116th career game on Sunday

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TOM BRADY: New England quarterback has passed for 1,387 yards with 11 and no for an NFL-best 121.5 .

Brady aims to extend his streak of 11 passes without an to begin this season when the Patriots visit Indianapolis on Sunday night. With at least four touchdown passes and no picks against the Colts, Brady would join PEYTON MANNING (20), NICK FOLES (19) and MILT PLUM (16) as the only players in NFL history with 15+ TD passes and no interceptions to begin a season.

The players with the most touchdown passes without an interception to begin a season:

PLAYER TEAM YEAR CONSECUTIVE TD PASSES W/OUT INT TO START SEASON Peyton Manning Denver 2013 20 Nick Foles Philadelphia 2013 19 Milt Plum Cleveland 1960 16 Dallas 1966 14 Minnesota 1998 14

Tom Brady New England 2015 11* *Active streak

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HARD CHARGER: San Diego’s PHILIP RIVERS is poised to start his 150th consecutive regular-season game at quarterback for the Chargers in Week 6 at Green Bay.

Rivers would become the fourth quarterback in NFL history to start at least 150 consecutive regular-season games. Only (172) of the New York Giants has a longer active streak.

The quarterbacks with the most consecutive regular-season starts in NFL history:

QUARTERBACK CONSECUTIVE STARTS Brett Favre 297 Peyton Manning 208 Eli Manning* 172 Philip Rivers* 149 * 117 *Active streak

****************************************************************************************************************************************** REMATCHES FEATURED THIS SEASON AS PART OF SUPER BOWL 50 CELEBRATION

WEEK 6: RAVENS AT 49ERS CARDINALS AT STEELERS CHIEFS AT VIKINGS

The 2015 NFL regular-season schedule features 19 Super Bowl rematches as part of the year-long celebration of Super Bowl 50, which will be played on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

In Week 6, the Ravens will travel to take on the 49ers Sunday in a rematch of Super Bowl XLVII, won by the Ravens 34- 31. The Steelers will host the Cardinals in a rematch of Super Bowl XLIII, which the Steelers won 27-23. The Chiefs will face the Vikings in a rematch of Super Bowl IV, which the Chiefs won 23-7. Rematches are part of the NFL’s On The Fifty platform, designed to link the past 49 Super Bowls with this year’s game and honor the teams, players, coaches, fans and communities that have been a part of those games.

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