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FOR USE AS DESIRED October 5, 2016 http://twitter.com/NFL345

WHAT TO LOOK FOR – WEEK 5

STILL IN THE MIX: Since the current playoff format (12 teams) was instituted in 1990, 27 teams have rebounded from a losing record after four weeks to qualify for the postseason. Four of those clubs advanced to their Conference Championship Games, including the 2001 (1-3) en route to a XXXVI victory.

Since 1990, the teams that started 1-3 or worse and made the :

YEAR TEAM RECORD ADVANCED TO: 1990 1-3 Playoffs 1990 Philadelphia 1-3 Wild Card Playoffs 1991 NY Jets 1-3 Wild Card Playoffs 1992 San Diego 0-4 Divisional Playoffs 1993 Green Bay 1-3 Divisional Playoffs 1993 Houston 1-3 Divisional Playoffs 1995 Detroit 1-3 Wild Card Playoffs 1995 Philadelphia 1-3 Divisional Playoffs 1996 Dallas 1-3 Divisional Playoffs 1996 Jacksonville 1-3 Championship Game 1997 NY Giants 1-3 Wild Card Playoffs 1998 Buffalo 1-3 Wild Card Playoffs 2000 New Orleans 1-3 Divisional Playoffs 2001 New England 1-3 Won Super Bowl XXXVI 2002 Atlanta 1-3 Divisional Playoffs 2002 Tennessee 1-3 Championship Game 2002 NY Jets 1-3 Divisional Playoffs 2002 1-3 Divisional Playoffs 2004 Green Bay 1-3 Wild Card Playoffs 2005 Chicago 1-3 Divisional Playoffs 2007 San Diego 1-3 Championship Game 2008 Minnesota 1-3 Wild Card Playoffs 2011 1-3 Divisional Playoffs 2013 Carolina 1-3 Divisional Playoffs 2013 Philadelphia 1-3 Wild Card Playoffs 2015 Houston 1-3 Wild Card Playoffs 2015 Kansas City 1-3 Divisional Playoffs

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MARVELOUS MANNING: , who looks to earn his 100th regular-season win on Sunday, has 298 passes in his 13-year career.

With two touchdown passes on Sunday night at Green Bay, Manning will become the eighth quarterback in NFL history with 300 touchdown passes.

The with 300 career touchdown passes:

PLAYER CAREER TOUCHDOWN PASSES 539 508 438 428 420 342 300

Eli Manning 298

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FANTASTIC FRANK: Indianapolis has 12,293 rushing yards in his 12-year career.

With 20 rushing yards on Sunday against Chicago, Gore will surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer (12,312) for the ninth-most rushing yards in NFL history.

The players with the most career rushing yards in NFL history:

PLAYER CAREER RUSHING YARDS 18,355 16,726 15,269 14,101 LaDainian Tomlinson 13,684 13,662 13,259 12,739 Jim Brown 12,312 Frank Gore* 12,293 *Active

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DAZZLING DAK: Dallas rookie quarterback has completed 89 of 131 pass attempts (67.9 percent) for 1,012 yards and three with no in four starts this season. Prescott’s 131 pass attempts without an are the most pass attempts by a rookie without an interception to begin a career.

Philadelphia rookie quarterback has completed 102 passes without an interception in three career games, second only to Prescott (131) for the most pass attempts by a rookie without an interception to begin a career.

Prescott, with 32 pass attempts and no interceptions on Sunday against Cincinnati, will surpass TOM BRADY (162) for the most pass attempts without an interception to start a career. He is currently tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer (131).

The players with the most pass attempts without an interception to start a career:

PLAYER PASS ATT. WITHOUT INT TO START CAREER Tom Brady 162 Warren Moon 131 Dak Prescott 131* *Active streak

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FAST STARTER: Denver quarterback TREVOR SIEMIAN has led the Broncos to a 4-0 start. Siemian, who made his first career start in Week 1, has passed for 824 yards with six touchdowns for a 99.6 this season.

With a win on Sunday against Atlanta, the Broncos would become the fourth team in the Super Bowl era to start 5-0 with a quarterback who had never previously started a game entering the season.

The teams to start a season 5-0 with a quarterback who never previously started a game (since 1966):

TEAM YEAR STARTING QUARTERBACK RECORD THROUGH 5 GAMES 1985 Dieter Brock 5-0 St. Louis Rams 1999 5-0 2000 5-0

Denver Broncos 2016 Trevor Siemian 4-0* *Through 4 games

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