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WHAT TO LOOK FOR – A LOOK BACK
STREAKING SMITH: Kansas City quarterback ALEX SMITH completed 16 of 22 passes (72.7 percent) for 162 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a 123.7 passer rating in the Chiefs’ 34-20 win at Oakland.
Smith now has an active streak of 305 consecutive pass attempts without an interception, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer BART STARR (294) for the third-longest streak of consecutive pass attempts without an interception in NFL history.
The most consecutive pass attempts without an interception in NFL history:
PLAYER TEAM(S) YEAR(S) CONSECUTIVE PASS ATTEMPTS WITHOUT AN INTERCEPTION Tom Brady New England 2010-11 358 Bernie Kosar Cleveland 1990-91 308 Alex Smith Kansas City 2015 305* Bart Starr Green Bay 1964-65 294 Jeff George Indianapolis, Atlanta 1993-94 279 *Active streak
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TOM TERRIFIC: New England quarterback TOM BRADY passed for 312 yards and three touchdowns against Philadelphia in Week 13.
Brady, who now has 423 career touchdown passes, surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (420) for the third-most touchdown passes in NFL history. Only PEYTON MANNING (539) and BRETT FAVRE (508) have thrown more touchdown passes.
The quarterbacks with the most touchdown passes in NFL history:
PLAYER YEARS CAREER TD PASSES Peyton Manning* 1998-present 539 Brett Favre 1991-2010 508 Tom Brady* 2000-present 423 Dan Marino 1983-1999 420 Drew Brees* 2001-present 419 *Active
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DECEMBER TO REMEMBER: New Orleans quarterback DREW BREES passed for 282 yards and three touchdowns against Carolina in Week 13.
Brees has 110 career touchdown passes in the month of December, tying Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (110) for the third-most touchdown passes during the month in NFL history.
The quarterbacks with the most touchdown passes in the month of December in NFL history:
PLAYER TEAM(S) TD PASSES IN DECEMBER Peyton Manning* Indianapolis, Denver 134 Brett Favre Green Bay, New York Jets, Minnesota 116 Drew Brees* San Diego, New Orleans 110 Dan Marino^ Miami 110 Tom Brady* New England 96 *Active ^Pro Football Hall of Famer
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WHAT TO LOOK FOR ON MNF: One more note to keep in mind for tonight’s Monday Night Football game between the Cowboys and Redskins …
CATCHING ON: With two receptions on Monday Night Football at Washington, Dallas tight end JASON WITTEN (998) would join TONY GONZALEZ as the only tight ends in NFL history to have 1,000 career catches. Witten (33 years, 215 days old on Monday) would be the youngest tight end in NFL history to reach 1,000 career receptions (Gonzalez, 34 years, 197 days).
Arizona wide receiver LARRY FITZGERALD (32 years, 97 days old on Sunday), who had eight receptions for 55 yards in the Cardinals’ 27-3 win at St. Louis, surpassed ANDRE JOHNSON (33 years, 163 days) as the youngest player to reach 1,000 career receptions in NFL history.
The youngest players to reach 1,000 career receptions in NFL history:
PLAYER AGE AT TIME OF 1000TH RECEPTION CAREER RECEPTIONS Larry Fitzgerald^ 32 years, 97 days* 1,000 Andre Johnson^ 33 years, 163 days 1,040 Jerry Rice 34 years, 21 days 1,594 Marvin Harrison 34 years, 107 days 1,102 Tony Gonzalez 34 years, 197 days 1,325 Reggie Wayne 34 years, 331 days 1,070
Jason Witten^ 33 years, 215 days** 998 ^Active *Age on Sunday **Age on Monday