Utilizing Stathead from Pro Football Reference, Yardbarker shines a highlight on key names and numbers from Sunday’s NFL motion:
Lions conquer Minnesota and NFC North: For the primary time since 1993, the Detroit Lions are division champions. Their 30-24 win on the Minnesota Vikings clinched the NFC North and a house playoff sport this January.
On Sunday, the Lions reached one other mark that hadn’t been set since 1993: their 30 factors have been their most in a sport at Minnesota since Oct. 31 of that season, a 30-27 Detroit win.
Dolphins lastly lasso Cowboys: The Miami Dolphins’ 22-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys was a very long time coming. It was Miami’s first win over Dallas since Nov. 27, 2003, a 40-21 Thanksgiving victory at Texas Stadium.
For the Dolphins’ final residence win over the Cowboys, you’d should go all the way in which again to Dec. 17, 1984, a 28-21 “Monday Night time Soccer” victory on the Orange Bowl.
Falcons win … comfortably?: It is not usually that the Atlanta Falcons win with room to spare, however such was the case Sunday with a 29-10 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. 19 factors was Atlanta’s largest margin of victory since Nov. 29, 2020, a 37-point win over Las Vegas.
Since then, the Falcons have been one in every of solely two NFL groups that did not win a sport by a minimum of 19 factors. The one remaining crew with such a drought is Minnesota. The Vikings’ margin of victory hasn’t been that enormous since Dec. 15, 2019, a 29-point win on the Chargers.
Houston’s secondary combustion: Amari Cooper’s 265 receiving yards set a single-game document for the Cleveland Browns of their 36-22 win on the Houston Texans.
It tied Houston’s franchise document for probably the most receiving yards allowed to 1 participant. The Texans additionally surrendered 265 receiving yards to Buffalo’s Lee Evans on Nov. 19, 2006.
Jets deck the Howells: Washington Commanders quarterback Sam Howell had an terrible efficiency Sunday, finishing simply six of twenty-two passes for 56 yards and two interceptions in a 30-28 loss on the New York Jets.
The final Washington quarterback to finish so few passes in so many makes an attempt was Tim Hasselbeck, who went simply 6-for-26 with 56 yards and 4 interceptions in a 27-0 loss to Dallas on Dec. 14, 2003.
