NEW YORK — Oct. 14, 2025 — Entering Week 7, six of the eight divisions have a team in first place or tied for first place that did not win its division last season: AFC East (New England), AFC North (Pittsburgh), AFC South (Indianapolis), AFC West (Denver and L.A. Chargers), NFC North (Green Bay) and NFC West (San Francisco and Seattle).
Close games and fantastic finishes continue to be a trend as there have been 27 games with a game-winning score in the final two minutes of regulation or in overtime, the most through Week 6 in NFL history.
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Here’s a look at a few interesting storylines entering Week 7:
- Pittsburgh Steelers (4-1) at Cincinnati Bengals (2-4) (Thursday, 8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video): Should Pittsburgh quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Cincinnati quarterback Joe Flacco both start on Thursday night, it will mark the third matchup all-time between starting quarterback both over the age of 40 (Tom Brady and Drew Brees met twice during the 2020 season).
- Rodgers enters Week 7 with 63,973 career regular-season passing yards and on Thursday, can surpass Ben Roethlisberger (64,088 passing yards) for the fifth-most regular-season passing yards in NFL history.
- Cincinnati wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase registered 10 catches for 94 yards and his 50th career touchdown reception last week and became the third player in NFL history with at least 50 touchdown receptions prior to his 26th birthday, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss (60 touchdown receptions) and Rob Gronkowski (54). Chase has 13 career games with at least 10 receptions, trailing only Michael Thomas (18 games) for the most such games by a player in his first five seasons in NFL history.
- Los Angeles Rams (4-2) vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (4-2) (Sunday, 9:30 a.m. ET, NFL Network): The Rams and Jaguars meet at Wembley Stadium in London in Week 7 in the third and final London game of the 2025 season. Los Angeles has a 2-2 record in international games while Jacksonville is 7-6 all-time in London, with wins in their last two Wembley appearances.
- The Rams lead the NFC in scoring defense (18.3 points per game) and are tied for second in the NFC in sacks (19). Linebacker Byron Young ranks second in the NFL with 7.5 sacks in 2025 and is the only player with at least a half sack in each of the first six weeks.
- Jacksonville cornerback Greg Newsome, who appeared in Week 5 for Cleveland at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, can become the fifth player to appear in multiple international games with different teams in the same season, joining Gareon Conley (2019 with Houston and Oakland), Patrick Johnson (2024 with the New York Giants and Philadelphia), Latavius Murray (2022 with Denver and New Orleans) and Adrian Peterson (2017 with Arizona and New Orleans).
- New York Giants (2-4) at Denver Broncos (4-2) (Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ET, CBS): Denver leads the NFL with 30 sacks this season, tied with the 2013 Kansas City Chiefs (30 sacks) for the most sacks by a team in its first six games of a season since 1990. The Broncos are the third team since 1990 with at least five sacks in four of their first six games of the season, joining the 2019 New England Patriots and 2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
- Denver linebacker Nik Bonitto leads the NFL with eight sacks this season and since Week 12 of the 2023 season, has recorded at least one tackle for loss in 12 consecutive home games, tied with Jason Pierre-Paul (2010-12 with the New York Giants) and T.J. Watt (2019-20 with Pittsburgh) for the most consecutive home games with a tackle for loss since 2000.
- New York Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart has led the team to wins in two of his first three career starts and became the third quarterback since 1950 to record at least 50 rushing yards in each of his first three career starts, joining Jalen Hurts and Lamar Jackson.
- Giants linebacker Brian Burns ranks third in the NFL with seven sacks in 2025 and can become the sixth player since 2000 with at least 7.5 sacks in each of his first seven career seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Jared Allen and DeMarcus Ware as well as Aaron Donald, Ryan Kerrigan and Yannick Ngakoue.
- Indianapolis Colts (5-1) at Los Angeles Chargers (4-2) (Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ET, CBS): The Colts enter Week 7 with the best record in the AFC and have won at least five of their first six games for the first time since 2009. Indianapolis leads the NFL in scoring offense this season (32.3 points per game).
- Indianapolis quarterback Daniel Jones has five games with a passer rating of 100-or-higher this season, tied with New England’s Drake Maye for the most in the NFL. Last week, Jones became the third quarterback all-time with a touchdown pass, rushing touchdown and a passer rating of 100-or-higher in three of his team’s first six games of a season, joining Josh Allen (2020 with Buffalo) and Dak Prescott (2017 with Dallas).
- Colts running back Jonathan Taylor leads the league with 603 rushing yards and eight scrimmage touchdowns this season. He is the only AFC player with at least 85 scrimmage yards in each of the first six weeks.
- Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert had two touchdown passes and a 112.2 passer rating last week and joined Patrick Mahomes (44 games) and Russell Wilson (36) as the only players with at least two touchdown passes and a passer rating of 100-or-higher in 35 games in their first six seasons in NFL history.
- Atlanta Falcons (3-2) at San Francisco 49ers (4-2) (Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC): Atlanta’s Bijan Robinson, with 822 scrimmage yards, and San Francisco’s Christian McCaffrey, with 780, lead the NFL in scrimmage yards entering Week 7. It marks the first matchup between the top two leaders in scrimmage yards in Week 7 or later of a season since Week 13 last year (Saquon Barkley and Derrick Henry).
- Robinson’s 822 scrimmage yards are the fourth-most by a player in his team’s first five games of a season, trailing McCaffrey (866 scrimmage yards in 2019 with Carolina) and Pro Football Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson (861 in 1973 and 842 in 1975, both with Buffalo). He can become the first player since 2021 (Jonathan Taylor) with at least 110 scrimmage yards in seven consecutive games.
- McCaffrey became the first running back in NFL history with at least 50 receiving yards in each of his team’s first six games of a season and the fifth running back ever with at least five receptions in each of his team’s first six games of a season.
- With 100 scrimmage yards in Week 7, McCaffrey can become the third running back in the past 10 seasons (2016-25) with at least 100 scrimmage yards in each of his team’s first seven games of a season, joining Kareem Hunt (2017 with Kansas City) and David Johnson (2016 with Arizona).
- Entering Week 7, Atlanta leads the NFL in passing defense (139.4 yards per game allowed) while San Francisco leads the NFL in passing offense (291.5 yards per game). It marks the first game since Week 15 last season between the league’s top passing defense (Tennessee) and top passing offense (Cincinnati).
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-1) at Detroit Lions (4-2) (Monday, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN/ABC): Tampa Bay holds the best record in the NFC and has won five of its first six games for the fourth time since 2000 (2002, 2005 and 2021).
- Since 2023, the top two players in passing yards and touchdown passes in the NFL are Detroit’s Jared Goff (10,594 passing yards and 81 touchdown passes) and Tampa Bay’s Baker Mayfield (10,083 passing yards and 81 touchdown passes).
- Goff leads the NFL with 14 touchdown passes and ranks second among qualified passers with a 120.6 rating this season while Mayfield ranks tied for third in touchdown passes (12) and sixth in passer rating (108.5).
- In his past 19 home starts with Detroit over the past three seasons, Goff has 50 touchdowns (47 passing, two rushing, one receiving) and a 111.3 passer rating. In 20 regular-season road starts with Tampa Bay since 2023, Mayfield has 45 touchdowns (42 passing, three rushing) and a 104.6 passer rating.
- Detroit edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson can become the third player since 2000 with a forced fumble in five consecutive games, joining Robert Mathis (2005 with Indianapolis) and Will Smith (2004-05 with New Orleans).
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