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The seventh week of the NFL is nearly in the books, with just two games left to play. Several players had incredible performances, along with surprising results from multiple teams.
Arguably the most impressive performance of the week came from Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, who took down the 49ers in a rematch of last season’s Super Bowl.
This was the 10th regular season rematch of the previous season’s Super Bowl, and with Kansas City’s win— the reigning Super Bowl champion is now 7-3 in those games. Mahomes also improved to 5-0 in his career vs the 49ers, with three regular season wins and two victories in the Super Bowl.
The two-time MVP didn’t play his best game, and actually recorded the worst passer rating of his career at 44.4. He now has six touchdown passes and eight interceptions on the year, oddly putting him in rare company. Since 1985, he joins Peyton Manning (2015) as the only quarterbacks in that span to throw more interceptions than touchdowns while leading their team to a 6-0 start.
Manning would go on to lead the Broncos to a Super Bowl title that season. A sign of things to come, perhaps? The Chiefs are the second team ever to start 6-0 after winning two straight Super Bowls, joining the 1990 49ers.
Kansas City’s dominant performance wasn’t the only spectacular thing to happen this weekend. FOX Sports Research broke down ten more eye-opening nuggets for you. Let’s take a look.
1. Jordan’s got the juice
Jordan Love has been on an absolute tear this season, throwing for multiple touchdown passes in every game he’s played. Going back to last year, he’s recorded nine straight games with multiple touchdown passes— the longest active streak in the NFL. Aaron Rodgers (13 in 2011) and Brett Favre (12 in 1994-95) are the only Packers quarterbacks ever with longer streaks. When you include the postseason, he’s done so in 11 straight games— which is the second-longest streak of any player in the last five seasons, behind only Tom Brady (13…
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Publish date : 2024-10-21 04:27:55
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