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| Sep 29, 2025 |
| Seven From Sunday – Week 4 |
NEW YORK –– Sept. 28, 2025 –– A look at seven statistical highlights from games played during the 9:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET windows on Sunday, September 28, the fourth week of the 2025 season. With three games remaining in Week 4, 10 games were within one score in the fourth quarter and eight games were decided by one score (eight points or fewer), including three games – wins by Chicago, the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle – that featured the game-winning score in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter. The Rams’ 88-yard game-winning touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Tutu Atwell with 1:33 remaining in the fourth quarter marked the longest game-winning scrimmage touchdown in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter since 1960. It also marked the third-longest game-winning touchdown of any kind in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter since 1960. The New York Giants (1-3), in rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart’s first career start, defeated the Los Angeles Chargers (3-1), 21-18, to earn their first win of the season and became the first 0-3 team to defeat a 3-0 team in exactly 17 years (Sept. 28, 2008 – Kansas City 33, Denver 19). Dart is the first quarterback to win his first career start against a team that was 3-0 or better in 23 seasons [Marc Bulger with the St. Louis Rams on Oct. 13, 2002, against the Oakland Raiders (4-0)]. The Philadelphia Eagles improved to 4-0 for the third time in their past four seasons with a 31-25 win at Tampa Bay in Week 4. Philadelphia, with a blocked field goal touchdown in Week 3 and a blocked punt touchdown in Week 4, became the fourth team since 2000 with a blocked field goal or punt return touchdown in consecutive games, joining the 2014 Philadelphia Eagles (Sept. 28-Oct. 5), 2008 San Francisco 49ers (Oct. 12-19) and 2002 Baltimore Ravens (Nov. 24-Dec. 1). The Buffalo Bills defeated New Orleans, 31-19, and are 4-0 the fifth time since 1990 and the first since 2020. Buffalo, from Week 11 of the 2023 season through Week 4, are the fourth team ever to win 14 consecutive home regular-season games and score at least 24 points in each game, joining the 1997-98 Denver Broncos (15 consecutive home wins), 2017-19 New England Patriots (15) and 2022-23 Dallas Cowboys (14). Pittsburgh quarterback Aaron Rodgers completed 18 of 22 pass attempts (81.8 percent) for 200 yards and one touchdown, an 80-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver DK Metcalf, and linebacker T.J. Watt had a sack and interception in the Steelers’ 24-21 win over Minnesota in Dublin. Rodgers’ 81.8 completion percentage in Dublin is the highest ever by a starting quarterback in an international game, surpassing Tom Brady [81.1 percent (30 of 37) on Nov. 19, 2017 with New England in Mexico City]. Rodgers has 91 career completions of 50-or-more yards and surpassed Drew Brees (90 completions) for the most completions of at least 50 yards in NFL history. Per Next Gen Stats, Rodgers recorded an average time to throw of 2.17 seconds in Week 4, his quickest average time to throw in a game since at least 2016. On quick throws (under 2.5 seconds), he completed 13 of 16 pass attempts for 174 yards and a touchdown. For more information on Next Gen Stats, check out NFL Pro, available within NFL+ Premium. With NFL+ Premium, get access to NFL Pro and track advanced analytics powered by Next Gen Stats and watch All-22 film. Available on desktop and mobile web, visit pro.nfl.com for more information. Watt has 111 sacks in 125 career games and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer DeMarcus Ware (110.5) for the second-most sacks by a player in his first 125 career games since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic, trailing only Pro Football Hall of Famer Reggie White (125.5 sacks). Minnesota wide receiver Justin Jefferson had 10 receptions for 126 yards against Pittsburgh in Dublin, his 35th career game with at least 100 receiving yards, tied with Julio Jones (35 games) for the second-most such games by a player in his first six seasons in NFL history, trailing only Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss (38 games). New England quarterback Drake Maye completed 14 of 17 pass attempts (82.4 percent) for 203 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a 155.6 rating in the Patriots’ 42-13 win over Carolina. Maye, who is 23 years and 29 days old, is the first player ever under the age of 24 with at least two touchdown passes and a completion percentage of 75-or-higher in three consecutive games, minimum 15 pass attempts in each game. Maye completed 82.6 percent of his attempts (19 of 23) with two touchdown passes in Week 2 and completed 75.7 percent of his attempts (28 of 37) with two touchdown passes in Week 3. Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes passed for 270 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions for a 124.8 rating in the Chiefs’ 37-20 win over Baltimore. Mahomes has 252 career regular-season touchdown passes in 116 games and surpassed Aaron Rodgers (121 games) for the fastest player in NFL history to reach 250 career touchdown passes. Mahomes is the fourth player in NFL history with at least 250 regular-season touchdown passes in his first nine seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Peyton Manning (275 touchdown passes) and Dan Marino (266) as well as Russell Wilson (267). Mahomes has 43 career games with at least three touchdowns and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (42 games) for the second-most by a player in his first nine seasons in NFL history, trailing only Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino (46 games).Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen totaled three touchdowns (two passing, one rushing) while running back James Cook had 135 scrimmage yards (117 rushing, 18 receiving) and a rushing touchdown in the Bills’ 31-19 win over New Orleans. Allen has 45 career games with both a touchdown pass and a rushing touchdown, tied with Cam Newton (45 games) for the most such games in NFL history. Cook is the sixth player in the Super Bowl era with at least 100 scrimmage yards and a rushing touchdown in each of his team’s first four games of a season, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers O.J. Simpson (1975 with Buffalo) and Emmitt Smith (1995 with Dallas) as well as Christian McCaffrey (2023 with San Francisco), DeMarco Murray (2014 with Dallas) and Billy Sims (1981 with Detroit). Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua had 13 receptions for a career-high 170 yards and one touchdown in the team’s 27-20 win over Indianapolis. Nacua has 42 receptions this season, tied with Cooper Kupp (2022 with the Los Angeles Rams) and Michael Thomas (2018 with New Orleans) for the most receptions by a player in his team’s first four games of a season in NFL history. Nacua is the second player ever with at least 10 catches and 100 receiving yards in three of his team’s first four games of a season, joining Cooper Kupp (2022 with the Los Angeles Rams) Nacua joined Eric Moulds (in 2002 with Buffalo) and T.J. Houshmandzadeh (in 2007 with Cincinnati) as the only players in NFL history with at least eight catches in each of his team’s first four games of a season. Atlanta running back Bijan Robinson had a career-high 181 scrimmage yards (106 receiving, 75 rushing) and a rushing touchdown in the Falcons’ 34-27 win over Washington. Robinson, who also had 100 receiving yards in Week 1, is the fifth running back in the Super Bowl era with at least 100 receiving yards in two of his team’s first four games of a season, joining Alvin Kamara (2018 with New Orleans), Pro Football Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas (1991 with Buffalo), Paul Palmer (1988 with Kansas City) and Paul Hofer (1980 with San Francisco). Additional notes from Sunday include: Las Vegas rookie running back Ashton Jeanty had 155 scrimmage yards (138 rushing, 17 receiving) and three touchdowns (two receiving, one rushing) while defensive end Maxx Crosby had three tackles for loss, three passes defensed, an interception and a forced fumble in Week 4. Jeanty is the third rookie running back ever with at least 100 rushing yards, a rush touchdown and two touchdown receptions in a single game, joining De’Von Achane (Sept. 24, 2023 with Miami) and Kareem Hunt (Sept. 7, 2017 with Kansas City). Crosby has 112 tackles for loss since entering the NFL in 2019 and surpassed Von Miller (111) for the fourth-most tackles for loss by a player in his first seven seasons since 2000, trailing only J.J. Watt (136 tackles for loss), Aaron Donald (131) and Pro Football Hall of Famer DeMarcus Ware (127). Detroit running back Jahmyr Gibbs rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown in the Lions’ 34-10 win over Cleveland. Gibbs – who turns 24 years old following the 2025 season – has 30 career rushing touchdowns and became the seventh running back in the Super Bowl era with at least 30 rushing touchdowns prior to his 24th birthday, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Barry Sanders (43 rushing touchdowns), Emmitt Smith (41) and Walter Payton (34) as well as Maurice Jones-Drew (34), Clinton Portis (34) and Jonathan Taylor (33). |
