AFC NOTES FOR USE AS DESIRED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, 11/10/15 CONTACT: JON ZIMMER http://twitter.com/NFL345 AFC MIDSEASON PROJECTIONS BALTIMORE: QB JOE FLACCO has 2,176 passing yards and is on pace to surpass Vinny Testaverde’s single-season club record (4,177 in 1996)…RB JUSTIN FORSETT aims to join Jamal Lewis as the only players in Ravens history with consecutive 1,250-yard rushing seasons…TE CROCKETT GILLMORE has three touchdown catches in six games played and is on pace to join Todd Heap and Dennis Pitta as the only tight ends in club history with at least seven touchdowns in a season…LB DARYL SMITH leads the team with 76 tackles and is projected to join Ray Lewis as the only players in franchise history with 150+ tackles in a season…K JUSTIN TUCKER leads the team with 74 points and is on pace to surpass his own single-season franchise record of 140 points in 2013. P SAM KOCH leads the NFL with a 49.4 punting average and is on pace to surpass his own club record from last season (47.4 average in 2014). BUFFALO: QB TYROD TAYLOR currently ranks third in the AFC in passer rating (108.9) and is on pace to join Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Kelly (101.2 in 1990) as the only players in club history with a rating of 100+ in a season… RB LE SEAN MC COY (9,620) is on pace to reach 10,000 career scrimmage yards. RB KARLOS WILLIAMS leads the team with five rushing touchdowns and is on pace to become the first Bill to rush for 10+ TDs in a season since Willis McGahee in 2004 (13)…TE CHARLES CLAY leads the team with 35 catches and is on track to surpass Pete Metzelaars (68 in 1993) for the most ever by a Bills tight end in a season…MARCELL DAREUS (29.5) is on pace to join KYLE WILLIAMS (35.5) as the only Bills defensive tackles with at least 30 career sacks…P COLTON SCHMIDT ranks third in the NFL in punting (48.7 average) and can surpass Brian Moorman’s club mark of 48.2 in 2011. CINCINNATI: The Bengals (8-0) are on track to eclipse their record for regular-season wins (12 in 1981 and 1988)…QB ANDY DALTON is 48-23-1 (.674) in his career, the best record by a starting quarterback in club history (minimum 20 starts). He is on pace to pass for 4,452 yards and 36 touchdowns, which would surpass his own club marks from 2013 (4,293 yards; 33 TDs)…TE TYLER EIFERT leads the NFL with nine touchdown catches and is on track to tie Rob Gronkowski’s single-season tight end record for total touchdowns (18 in 2011) and surpass CARL PICKENS’ single- season club mark for touchdowns (17 in 1995)…WR A.J. GREEN is on pace to surpass 1,400 receiving yards for the second time in his career and can challenge Chad Johnson’s club mark for receiving yards in a season (1,440 in 2007)…RB GIOVANI BERNARD is on target to rush for 1,022 yards and would be the 10th player in franchise history with a 1,000-yard rushing season. CLEVELAND: TE GARY BARNIDGE can challenge the Browns’ single-season tight end marks for receiving yards and touchdowns, which are currently owned by Kellen Winslow (1,106 yards in 2007) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Ozzie Newsome (nine TDs in 1979)…QB JOSH MC COWN aims to join Brian Sipe (4,132 in 1980) as the only Browns with a 4,000-yard passing season…Rookie DUKE JOHNSON, JR. is on pace for 62 catches and 656 receiving yards and aims to surpass the running back franchise marks held by Greg Pruitt (65 catches in 1981) and Dub Jones (651 receiving yards in 1952)…WR TRAVIS BENJAMIN is on pace for 1,107 receiving yards, which would rank fourth in club history for a single season…LB KARLOS DANSBY is tied for the club lead with two interceptions and can become the first Browns linebacker with four INTs in a season since Tom Cosineau in 1983. DENVER: QB PEYTON MANNING needs one win and three passing yards to surpass Brett Favre (186 wins; 71,838 yards) as the NFL’s all-time leader in passing yards and regular-season wins by a starting QB...WR DEMARYIUS THOMAS is projected to finish with 1,490 receiving yards and would join Marvin Harrison (four) as the only players in history with four consecutive 1,400-yard receiving seasons. He is slated to finish with 122 catches, which would eclipse Rod Smith’s club mark of 113 in 2001…The Broncos lead the NFL with 30 sacks and are on pace to surpass their single- season team mark since 1982 (57 in 1984)…CB AQIB TALIB is tied for the NFL lead with two interception return touchdowns and needs one more to set the franchise season record…K BRANDON MC MANUS (76 points) ranks third in the NFL in scoring and is on track to surpass Matt Prater’s club record of 150 points in 2013. HOUSTON: QB BRIAN HOYER is on pace to become the first player in franchise history with 30 touchdown passes in a season and would surpass Matt Schaub’s club mark (29 in 2009). He aims to join Schaub (three times) and David Carr as the only Texans to pass for 3,500 yards in one season…WR DE ANDRE HOPKINS is on pace to set franchise records for receptions, receiving yards and touchdown catches, each of which currently belong to Andre Johnson. Hopkins aims to become the second player in NFL history with at least 130 catches in a season (Marvin Harrison, 143 in 2002)…DE J.J. WATT is tied for second in the NFL with 8.5 sacks and is on pace to join Pro Football Hall of Famer Reggie White as the only players with three 17-sack seasons since the statistic became official in 1982. INDIANAPOLIS: QB ANDREW LUCK needs 162 passing yards to join Peyton Manning, Pro Football Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas and Bert Jones as the only players in franchise history with 15,000 career yards…RB FRANK GORE is on pace to rush for 1,064 yards and would join Pro Football Hall of Famers Curtis Martin, Barry Sanders, Walter Payton and Emmitt Smith as the only players in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards in at least nine different seasons…WR T.Y. HILTON leads the team with 703 receiving yards and is on pace to join Marvin Harrison (eight) and Reggie Wayne (seven) as the only players in club history with three consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons. WR ANDRE JOHNSON is on track to surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter (13,899), Steve Smith, Sr. (13,932) and Hall of Famer James Lofton (14,004) for ninth on the all-time receiving yards list. JACKSONVILLE: QB BLAKE BORTLES is on pace to pass for 4,386 yards and surpass Mark Brunell’s single-season club mark of 4,367 in 1996. He has also passed for 17 touchdowns and is slated to eclipse David Garrard’s club-record 23 TDs in 2010…WRs ALLEN ROBINSON (707 receiving yards) and ALLEN HURNS (635) are on pace to become the second tandem in club history to record 1,000 receiving yards apiece in the same season. Robinson’s projected 1,414 receiving yards would rank second in Jaguars’ history to Jimmy Smith’s record total of 1,636 in 1999…RB T.J. YELDON is on pace to join Fred Taylor (1,223) and Maurice Jones-Drew (941) as the only Jaguars rookies with 900-yard rushing seasons…PAUL POSLUSZNY leads the team with two interceptions and can became the first Jacksonville linebacker with four INTs in a season. KANSAS CITY: QB ALEX SMITH is on track to pass for a career-high 3,938 yards and aims to join Trent Green (2003- 05), Elvis Grbac (2000) and Bill Kenney (1983) as the only Chiefs with 4,000 passing yards in a season...WR JEREMY MACLIN leads the team with 566 receiving yards and is on pace to join Andre Rison (1,092 in 1997) as the only Chiefs with 1,000 receiving yards in their first seasons with the franchise…TRAVIS KELCE is on pace to join Tony Gonzalez as the only Chiefs tight ends with 1,000 receiving yards in a season…LB JUSTIN HOUSTON leads the team with 5.5 sacks and is projected to join Pro Football Hall of Famer Derrick Thomas (seven) and Neil Smith (four) as the only Kansas City players with at least four 10-sack seasons…CB MARCUS PETERS leads the team with three interceptions and is on pace to finish with the most of any Chiefs rookie since Dale Carter (seven) in 1992. MIAMI: QB RYAN TANNEHILL is on pace to pass for a career-best 4,474 yards and would join Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino (six) as the only Dolphins with multiple 4,000-yard seasons…WR-PR JARVIS LANDRY is the first Dolphin with a pass completion, rushing attempt, reception, kick return and punt return in the same season since Mark Clayton in 1983. Landry is on pace to become the first player in club history with a 100-catch season and would surpass O.J.