WEEK 15 SCHEDULE

THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL WEEK 15 | 2019 NEW YORK BALTIMORE JETS 8:20 PM RAVENS RUNDOWN SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15

SEATTLE CAROLINA WEEK 15 PLAYOFF SCENARIOS SEAHAWKS 1:00 PM PANTHERS NEW ENGLAND CINCINNATI (11-2) PATRIOTS 1:00 PM BENGALS TAMPA BAY DETROIT Baltimore clinches AFC North division title with: 1. BAL win or tie OR BUCCANEERS 1:00 PM LIONS 2. PIT loss or tie

CHICAGO GREEN BAY Baltimore clinches a first-round byewith: BEARS 1:00 PM PACKERS 1. BAL win + NE loss OR 2. BAL win + KC loss or tie OR DENVER KANSAS CITY 3. BAL tie + KC loss BRONCOS CHIEFS 1:00 PM Baltimore clinches homefield advantage throughout MIAMI NEW YORK AFC playoffs with: 1. BAL win + NE loss + KC loss or tie DOLPHINS 1:00 PM GIANTS Buffalo Bills (9-4) HOUSTON TENNESSEE TEXANS 1:00 PM TITANS Buffalo clinches playoff berth with: 1. BUF win PHILADELPHIA WASHINGTON (10-3) EAGLES 1:00 PM REDSKINS CLEVELAND ARIZONA New England clinches playoff berth with: 1. NE win or tie BROWNS 4:05 PM CARDINALS MINNESOTA LOS ANGELES VIKINGS 4:05 PM CHARGERS Green Bay Packers (10-3)

JACKSONVILLE OAKLAND Green Bay clinches playoff berth with: JAGUARS 4:05 PM RAIDERS 1. GB win + LAR loss or tie OR 2. GB tie + LAR loss LOS ANGELES DALLAS San Francisco 49ers (11-2) RAMS 4:25 PM COWBOYS San Francisco clinches playoff berth with: ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO 1. SF win or tie OR FALCONS 4:25 PM 49ERS 2. LAR loss or tie OR 3. MIN loss + GB loss BUFFALO PITTSBURGH Seattle Seahawks (10-3) BILLS 8:20 PM STEELERS Seattle clinches playoff berth with: MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL 1. SEA win + LAR loss or tie OR 2. SEA win + MIN loss OR INDIANAPOLIS NEW ORLEANS 3. SEA win + GB loss + MIN tie OR 4. SEA tie + LAR loss COLTS 8:15 PM SAINTS YOUNG STARTING QBS UNDER THE AGE OF 27 18 OF 32 EXPECTED STARTING QBS (BY AGE) IN 2019 22 Through the first 14 weeks of the 2019 season,172 of 208 (82.7 percent) games have featured at least one starting LAMAR JACKSON BALTIMORE RAVENS under the age of 27, the most in a season’s 22 first 14 weeks in NFL history. SAM DARNOLD 234 games have been started by a quarterback under NEW YORK JETS 22 the age of 27, the most through the first 14 weeks of a season since 1970. WASHINGTON REDSKINS 22 MOST GAMES STARTED BY QBS UNDER AGE 27, THROUGH WEEK 14 JOSH ALLEN SEASON GAMES BUFFALO BILLS 23 2019 234 KYLE ALLEN 2013 198 23 1987 187 GARDNER MINSHEW JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 23 Of those 234 starts by a quarterback under the age of 27, 119 (50.9 percent) have resulted in wins, the most wins by quarterbacks under the age of 27 through the first DREW LOCK 14 weeks of a season since 1970. DENVER BRONCOS 23

MOST WINS BY STARTING QBS DEVLIN HODGES UNDER AGE 27, THROUGH WEEK 14 23 SEASON WINS 2019 119 24 2013 96 DESHAUN WATSON 1984 93 HOUSTON TEXANS 24

Through Week 14 of the 2019 season, 188 games have PATRICK MAHOMES been started by quarterbacks under the age of 26, the KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 24 most through a season’s first 14 weeks since 1970.

150 games have been started by quarterbacks under DAVID BLOUGH DETROIT LIONS the age of 25, the most through a season’s first 14 weeks 24 of a season since 1970. MITCHELL TRUBISKY : 11 quarterbacks have a passer rating of CHICAGO BEARS 25 100 or higher (among qualified passers) through the first 14 weeks, the most in NFL history through Week 14. 25 Five are under the age of 31: Derek Carr (28), (28), Lamar Jackson (22), Patrick Mahomes (24) JAMEIS WINSTON & Deshaun Watson (24). 25

PASSING YARDS: There are three quarterbacks — Dak DAK PRESCOTT Prescott (26), (31) & Jameis Winston (25) DALLAS COWBOYS 26 — averaging at least 300 passing yards through the first 14 weeks. CARSON WENTZ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 26 NFL COMPETITIVENESS IN 2019 PLAYOFF PUSH At least two teams have won their divisions the season LEAGUE-WIDE PASSING TRENDS after missing the playoffs in 15 of the past 16 years.

NFL PASSING STATISTICS (PER GAME AVERAGES) Since the 12-team playoff format was adopted in 1990 – a 1966-2018 2003-18 2019 streak of 29 consecutive seasons – at least four teams have qualified for the playoffs in every season that were Net Pass Yards Per Game 403.2 445.7 471.5 not in the postseason the year before. Passer Rating 77.5 85.0 91.2 Teams in playoff position through Week 14 that missed Pass Attempts Per Game 63.2 67.5 69.6 the postseason last year: Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco Completions Per Game 36.3 41.4 44.5 49ers. Completion Percentage 57.5 61.3 63.9 TD Passes Per Game 2.7 2.9 3.1 & POINTS Yards Per Attempt 6.9 7.0 7.3 TOUCHDOWNS: 1,073 touchdowns have been scored this season, tied fourth-most through Week 14 in NFL 300-YARD PASSING: From 1966-2018, there was an history. individual 300-yard passing performance an average of once every 3.7 games (3,195 300-yard passers in 11,943 MOST TOUCHDOWNS SCORED games). IN FIRST 14 WEEKS, NFL HISTORY SEASON TOUCHDOWNS In 2019, there has been an individual 300-yard passing 2018 1,136 performance an average of once every 1.9 games (112 300-yard passers in 208 games). 2013 1,096 2014 1,082 PASSING TRENDS: Through Week 14, passing figures league-wide continue to trend at historic rates, as the 2019 1,073 marks for completion percentage (63.9 percent – second), 2015 1,073 passer rating (91.2 - second), completions (9,247 - fourth) and total passes (654 – fifth)all rank in the OFFENSIVE TDs: 1,003 offensive touchdowns (rushing top five in NFL history through the first 14 weeks of a and passing touchdowns combined) have been scored season. this season, the second-most through Week 14 in NFL history. COMPLETION PCT. PASSER RATING MOST OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS SCORED SEASON COMP. PCT. SEASON RATING IN FIRST 14 WEEKS, NFL HISTORY 2018 65.1 2018 93.8 SEASON TOUCHDOWNS 2019 63.9 2019 91.2 2018 1,069 2016 63.1 2015 90.3 2019 1,003 2015 63.0 2014 90.0 2014 998 2014 63.0 2016 89.7 2013 991 COMPLETIONS TOUCHDOWN PASSES 2016 989 SEASON COMPLETIONS SEASON TDs TOTAL POINTS: 9,421 points scored are sixth-most in NFL 2018 9,438 2018 716 history through Week 14. 2016 9,419 2015 687 2015 9,385 2014 687 CLOSE GAMES 2019 9,247 2013 662 112 of 208 games (53.8 percent) have been decided by 2014 9,193 2019 654 eight or fewer points, tied for the fourth-most such games through the first 14 weeks of a season. COMEBACKS 103 of 208 games (49.5 percent) have been decided by There have been 46 games in which teams have come seven or fewer points, tied for the fourth-most such games back to win or tie after trailing in the fourth quarter. through the first 14 weeks of a season in NFL history.

28 teams have won or tied after trailing by 10 or more 140 of 208 contests (67.3 percent) have been within one points in 2019 while 14 teams have won or tied after trailing score during the fourth quarter. by 14 or more points. Additionally, three teams have won or tied after trailing by 17 or more points. THE AFC - ENTERING WEEK 15 AFC Playoff Picture Team Division Record The BALTIMORE RAVENS host 1. x-Baltimore North 11-2-0 the NEW YORK JETS on Thursday 2. New England East 10-3-0 Night Football and can clinch the 8:20 PM 3. yx-Kansas City West 9-4-0 FOX/NFLN/AMAZON AFC North division title with a win. Ravens quarterback LAMAR JACKSON has 1,017 4. Houston South 8-5-0 rushing yards in 2019 and needs 23 rushing yards to 5. Buffalo East 9-4-0 surpass (1,039 in 2006) for the most 6. Pittsburgh North 8-5-0 rushing yards by a quarterback in a single season in X - CLINCHED PLAYOFF BERTH Y - CLINCHED DIVISION TITLE NFL history. Z - CLINCHED FIRST-ROUND BYE * - CLINCHED HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE

The BUFFALO BILLS visit the AFC East PITTSBURGH STEELERS in a Team W L T Win % PF PA Streak matchup of the current AFC Wild New England 10 3 0 .769 338 168 Lost 2 8:20 PM | NBC Card teams and elite defenses. The Bills allow the second-fewest points per game Buffalo 9 4 0 .692 274 212 Lost 1 (16.3) in the NFL while the Steelers, who lead the NFL in sacks (48) and takeaways (33), allow the sixth-fewest N.Y. Jets 5 8 0 .385 226 301 Won 1 points per game (18.6) this season. Miami 3 10 0 .231 221 399 Lost 1 Bills TRE’DAVIOUS WHITE ties for third in the league with 15 passes AFC North defensed in 2019 and ranks fifth among Team W L T Win % PF PA Streak all defensive backs with 41 passes defensed since entering the NFL in 2017. Baltimore 11 2 0 .846 430 236 Won 9

Steelers linebacker T.J. WATT leads the Pittsburgh 8 5 0 .615 259 242 Won 3 AFC with 12.5 sacks in 2019 and has 32.5 Cleveland 6 7 0 .462 273 291 Won 1 sacks since 2017, the fifth-most in the NFL over that span. Cincinnati 1 12 0 .077 198 325 Lost 1

In the final three weeks of the AFC South season, the HOUSTON TEXANS Team W L T Win % PF PA Streak and TENNESSEE TITANS will meet twice, beginning with a Week Houston 8 5 0 .615 317 309 Lost 1 1:00 PM | CBS 15 matchup at Nissan Stadium in Tennessee. In 2019, Houston can earn their fourth Tennessee 8 5 0 .615 318 255 Won 4 division title in the past five seasons, while Tennessee can win the AFC South for the first time since 2008. Indianapolis 6 7 0 .462 296 295 Lost 3 Houston wide receiver DEANDRE HOPKINS ranks second in the league Jacksonville 4 9 0 .308 230 337 Lost 5 with 93 receptions in 2019, his third consecutive season with at least 90 catches. Since 2014, he is the only player AFC West in the NFL with at least 75 receptions in each of the past six seasons. Team W L T Win % PF PA Streak Kansas City 9 4 0 .692 371 281 Won 3 Tennessee rookie wide receiver A.J. BROWN had 153 receiving yards and two touchdowns in Week 14, the second-most Oakland 6 7 0 .462 258 366 Lost 3 receiving yards by a rookie in a single game in 2019. Brown ranks second among Denver 5 8 0 .385 236 261 Won 2 rookies with 779 receiving yards this season. L.A. Chargers 5 8 0 .385 289 251 Won 1 THE NFC - ENTERING WEEK 15 NFC Playoff Picture Team Division Record The SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 1. San Francisco West 11-2-0 host the ATLANTA FALCONS in 2. Green Bay North 10-3-0 Week 15. With a win, the 49ers 3. yx-New Orleans South 10-3-0 4:25 PM | FOX can clinch their first postseason appearance since 2013. San 4. Dallas East 6-7-0 Francisco quarterback JIMMY GAROPPOLO is 19-4 in his career as a starter and can become the sixth 5. Seattle West 10-3-0 quarterback in the Super Bowl era to win 20 of his first 6. Minnesota North 9-4-0 25 career starts. X - CLINCHED PLAYOFF BERTH Y - CLINCHED DIVISION TITLE

Z - CLINCHED FIRST-ROUND BYE * - CLINCHED HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE

The PHILADELPHIA EAGLES visit NFC East the WASHINGTON REDSKINS in Team W L T Win % PF PA Streak Week 15, as the Eagles finish the 2019 season with four consecutive Dallas 6 7 0 .462 334 267 Lost 3 1:00 PM | FOX games against NFC East division opponents. Philadelphia 6 7 0 .462 297 301 Won 1

Washington running back ADRIAN PETERSON, who is Washington 3 10 0 .231 188 310 Lost 1 one of three players in NFL history with at least 14,000 rushing yards (14,036) and 100 rushing touchdowns N.Y. Giants 2 11 0 .154 247 362 Lost 9 (109), needs one rushing touchdown to tie Pro Football Hall of Famer WALTER PAYTON (110) for the fourth- NFC North most rushing touchdowns in NFL history. Team W L T Win % PF PA Streak PLAYER RUSHING TDs Green Bay 10 3 0 .769 309 270 Won 2 Emmitt SmithHOF 164 LaDainian TomlinsonHOF 145 Minnesota 9 4 0 .692 339 249 Won 1 Marcus AllenHOF 123 Walter PaytonHOF 110 Chicago 7 6 0 .538 243 232 Won 3 ADRIAN PETERSON 109 Detroit 3 9 1 .269 287 335 Lost 6

In the NFL100 Game of the Week, NFC South the NEW ORLEANS SAINTS host Team W L T Win % PF PA Streak the INDIANAPOLIS COLTS on New Orleans 10 3 0 .769 344 296 Lost 1 Monday Night Football. Saints 8:15 PM | ESPN quarterback DREW BREES, who Tampa Bay 6 7 0 .462 378 381 Won 3 has 537 career touchdown passes, along with Patriots quarterback (536) can surpass PEYTON Carolina 5 8 0 .385 300 360 Lost 5 MANNING (539) in Week 15 for the most career touchdown passes in NFL history. Atlanta 4 9 0 .308 300 343 Won 1

The ARIZONA CARDINALS host NFC West the CLEVELAND BROWNS in Week Team W L T Win % PF PA Streak 15 in a matchup of the past two San Francisco 11 2 0 .846 397 229 Won 1 4:05 PM | CBS first-overall selections in the NFL Draft. Cardinals quarterback KYLER MURRAY (No. 1 Seattle 10 3 0 .769 341 321 Lost 1 in 2019) and Browns quarterback BAKER MAYFIELD L.A. Rams 8 5 0 .615 311 262 Won 2 (No. 1 in 2018) both won the Heisman Trophy at the University of Oklahoma. Arizona 3 9 1 .269 272 374 Lost 6 OFFENSIVE LEADERS PASSING YARDS | NFL ROOKIE DAK PRESCOTT 4,122 PASSING YARDS QUARTERBACKS QUARTERBACK | #4 MOST CONSECUTIVE 2. Jameis Winston (TB) 4,115 3. Philip Rivers (LAC) 3,748 TO BEGIN

4. Jared Goff (LAR) 3,712 WITH WINSCAREER 5. Matt Ryan (ATL) 3,559 IN SUPER BOWL ERA

BEN ROETHLISBERGER PASSING TOUCHDOWNS | NFL 13 WINS (2004 - PIT) LAMAR JACKSON 28 PASSING TDs QUARTERBACK | #8 6 WINS (1976 - PIT)

2t. Russell Wilson (SEA) 26 VIRGIL CARTER 2t. Jameis Winston (TB) 26 4 WINS (1968 - CHI) 4. Jimmy Garoppolo (SF) 25 5t. Kirk Cousins (MIN) 24 PHIL SIMMS 4 WINS (1979 - NYG) 5t. Dak Prescott (DAL) 24 5t. Deshaun Watson (HOU) 24 DEVLIN HODGES 3-0 AS STARTER IN 2019 PITTSBURGH STEELERS PASSER RATING | NFL RYAN TANNEHILL 118.5 PASSER RATING QUARTERBACK | #17 2. Kirk Cousins (MIN) 112.0 QUARTERBACKS 3. Drew Brees (NO) 109.5 WITH MOSTREGULAR-SEASON 4. Lamar Jackson (BAL) 109.2 5. Russell Wilson (SEA) 107.5 WINS IN

COMPLETIONS | NFL FIRST 8 DAK PRESCOTT 325 SEASONS COMPLETIONS QUARTERBACK | #4 IN NFL HISTORY 2. Matt Ryan (ATL) 321 TOM BRADY 3. Tom Brady (NE) 316 86 WINS 4. Jameis Winston (TB) 314 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS: 2000-07 5. Jared Goff (LAR) 305 RUSSELL WILSON 85 WINS (IN EIGHTH SEASON) COMPLETION % | NFL SEATTLE SEAHAWKS: 2012-19 DREW BREES 73.6 COMPLETION % PEYTON MANNING QUARTERBACK | #9 80 WINS 2. Ryan Tannehill (TEN) 73.4 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS: 1998-2005 3. Derek Carr (OAK) 70.8 4. Kirk Cousins (MIN) 70.1 80 WINS 5. Jimmy Garoppolo (SF) 69.5 PITTSBURGH STEELERS: 2004-11 OFFENSIVE LEADERS RUNNING BACKS RUSHING YARDS | NFL MOST TOUCHDOWNS NICK CHUBB 1,281 WITH IN 1ST RUSHING YARDS 5 SEASONS RUNNING BACK | #24 IN NFL HISTORY 2. Derrick Henry (TEN) 1,243 LADAINIAN TOMLINSONHOF 3. Christian McCaffrey (CAR) 1,220 80 TOUCHDOWNS 4. Dalvin Cook (MIN) 1,108 SAN DIEGO CHARGERS: 2001-05 5. Ezekiel Elliott (DAL) 1,071 EMMITT SMITHHOF RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS | NFL 75 TOUCHDOWNS DALLAS COWBOYS: 1990-94 DERRICK HENRY 13 RUSHING TDs RUNNING BACK | #22 SHAUN ALEXANDER 72 TOUCHDOWNS 1t. Dalvin Cook (MIN) 13 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS: 2000-04 3t. Aaron Jones (GB) 12 3t. Christian McCaffrey (CAR) 12 ADRIAN PETERSON 67 TOUCHDOWNS RECEPTIONS | NFL MINNESOTA VIKINGS: 2007-11 MICHAEL THOMAS 121 RECEPTIONS WIDE RECEIVER | #13 TODD GURLEY 66 TOUCHDOWNS (IN 5TH SEASON) 2. DeAndre Hopkins (HOU) 93 ST. LOUIS/LOS ANGELES RAMS: 2015-19 3. Julian Edelman (NE) 90 4. Christian McCaffrey (CAR) 86 5t. Keenan Allen (LAC) 81 5t. Chris Godwin (TB) 81 RECEIVING YARDS | NFL PLAYERS MICHAEL THOMAS 1,424 RECEIVING YARDS WIDE RECEIVER | #13 WITH MOST 2. Chris Godwin (TB) 1,212 3. Mike Evans (TB) 1,157 SCRIMMAGE 4. D.J. Moore (CAR) 1,061 YARDS RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS | NFL SINCE 2016 KENNY GOLLADAY 10 RECEIVING TDs WIDE RECEIVER | #19 EZEKIEL ELLIOTT DALLAS COWBOYS 2t. Chris Godwin (TB) 9 6,656 YARDS 2t. Marvin Jones (DET) 9 TODD GURLEY SCRIMMAGE YARDS | NFL LOS ANGELES RAMS CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY 1,946 6,025 YARDS SCRIMMAGE YARDS RUNNING BACK | #22 JULIO JONES ATLANTA FALCONS 2. Dalvin Cook (MIN) 1,611 5,570 YARDS 3. Nick Chubb (CLE) 1,537 MICHAEL THOMAS 4. Leonard Fournette (JAX) 1,496 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 5. Derrick Henry (TEN) 1,449 5,202 YARDS DEFENSIVE LEADERS

TACKLES | NFL ACTIVE LBs BLAKE MARTINEZ 129 WITH MOST CAREER TACKLES LINEBACKER | #50 1t. Bobby Wagner (SEA) 129 TACKLES 3. Jordan Hicks (ARI) 121 THOMAS DAVIS 4. Jaylon Smith (DAL) 120 LOS ANGLES CHARGERS 5. Budda Baker (ARI) 118 1,179 TACKLES

SACKS | NFL LUKE KUECHLY SHAQUIL BARRETT CAROLINA PANTHERS 15.5 1,062 TACKLES SACKS LINEBACKER | #58

2. Chandler Jones (ARI) 14.0 BOBBY WAGNER SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 3. Cameron Jordan (NO) 13.5 1,043 TACKLES 4t. Danielle Hunter (MIN) 12.5 4t. T.J. Watt (PIT) 12.5 LAVONTE DAVID TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS TACKLES FOR LOSS | NFL 980 TACKLES 18 WESLEY WOODYARD TACKLES FOR LOSS DEFENSIVE | #99 TENNESSEE TITANS 891 TACKLES 2t. Shaquil Barrett (TB) 15 2t. Joey Bosa (LAC) 15 2t. Nick Bosa (SF) 15 FORCED | NFL PLAYERS SHAQUIL BARRETT 6 FORCED FUMBLES LINEBACKER | #58 WITH 10+ SACKS 1t. Chandler Jones (ARI) 6 IN EACH SEASONS 3t. Khalil Mack (CHI) 5 OF PAST3 3t. T.J. Watt (PIT) 5 AARON DONALD | NFL LOS ANGELES RAMS 2019 - 11 SACKS DEVIN MCCOURTY 5 2018 - 20.5 SACKS INTERCEPTIONS DEFENSIVE BACK | #32 2017 - 11 SACKS

1t. (PIT) 5 1t. (BAL) 5 CHANDLER JONES ARIZONA CARDINALS PASSES DEFENSED | NFL 2019 - 14 SACKS 2018 - 13 SACKS LOGAN RYAN 17 2017 - 17 SACKS PASSES DEFENSED CORNERBACK | #26

1t. Carlton Davis (TB) 17 CAMERON JORDAN 3t. Joe Haden (PIT) 15 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 2019 - 13.5 SACKS 3t. Tre’Davious White (BUF) 15 2018 - 12 SACKS 5t. Many tied 14 2017 - 13 SACKS