The fifth week of the NFL is nearly in the books, with just one game 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 Ja’Marr Chase, who dominated in a thriller between the Bengals and Ravens.
With a 70-yard touchdown catch, he became the first player in the Super Bowl era (since 1966) to have 10 career touchdown receptions of 60+ yards before turning 25 years old. Harlon Hill (1954-62) is the only other player in NFL history who has 10 such touchdown catches before turning 25.
Joe Burrow is responsible for nine of those ten receptions, making them the sixth quarterback-receiver duo to have nine touchdown completions of 60+ yards.
They join Joe Montana and Jerry Rice, Steve Young and Jerry Rice, Aaron Rodgers and Jordy Nelson, Eli Manning and Odell Beckham Jr., and Eli Manning and Victor Cruz.
Chase wasn’t the only one to have a spectacular game this weekend. FOX Sports Research broke down ten more eye-opening nuggets for you. Let’s take a look.
Jacksonville’s offense looked to come alive this week, with Tank Bigsby recording a 65-yard touchdown run and Brian Thomas Jr. taking one to the house for an 85-yard score. That made the Jaguars the first team since the 49ers in 1976 to have both an 85-yard touchdown reception and a 65-yard rushing touchdown in the same game.
2. High-powered Ravens
Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry each put on a show against Cincinnati to squeak out a 41-38 win in overtime. Henry became the 10th player in NFL history to reach 100 total touchdowns in his first nine seasons, and also became the fifth player in NFL history to reach 10,000 rush yards and 100 scrimmage touchdowns in their first 125 career games (Adrian Peterson, LaDainian Tomlinson, Emmitt Smith, Jim Brown).
At 30 years old, he joined Curtis Martin and Priest Holmes as the only players age 30 or older with 500 rush yards and five rushing scores in the…
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