Seven From Sunday – Week 7

NEW YORK –– Oct. 19, 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, October 19, the seventh week of the 2025 season.

  • Three teams – CincinnatiDenver and Green Bay – recorded game winning scores in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter in Week 7.

    Denver defeated the New York Giants, 33-32, after trailing 19-0 entering the fourth quarter and 26-8 with six minutes remaining, becoming the first team since 1970 to overcome a deficit of 18-or-more points with six minutes remaining in the fourth quarter and win in regulation.

    The Broncos’ 33 fourth quarter points are tied with Dallas on Dec. 4, 2022 (33 points) for the second-most points scored by one team in a fourth quarter in NFL history, trailing only Detroit on Sept. 30, 2007 (34 points en route to a 37-27 win against the Chicago Bears).

    Denver quarterback Bo Nix became the first player in NFL history with two touchdown passes and two rushing touchdowns in a fourth quarter.

    Seven teams that missed the playoffs last year have at least four wins through Week 7, including three – CarolinaChicago and New England – that currently have at least three-game winning streak. Atlanta (3-2 entering Sunday Night Football at San Francisco) can join this group as well.
  • New England quarterback Drake Maye completed 21 of 23 pass attempts (single-game franchise-record 91.3 percent, minimum 20 attempts) for 222 yards and two touchdowns with a 135.9 passer rating in New England’s 31-13 win at Tennessee.

    Maye is the third quarterback under the age of 24 with a passer rating of 100-or-higher in each of his first four road starts of a season in NFL history, joining Dak Prescott (first six road starts in 2016 with Dallas) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino (first five road starts in 1984 with Miami).

    Maye is the third player under the age of 24 to record at least 200 passing yards and a passer rating of 100-or-higher in six consecutive games in NFL history, joining Patrick Mahomes (seven consecutive games in 2018) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino (six games in 1984).

    Maye is the first player in NFL history with five games with a completion percentage of 80-or-higher (minimum 15 attempts per game) in his first two career seasons.

    Maye is the fifth player under the age of 24 with a completion percentage of 90-or-higher (minimum 15 attempts per game) in a single game in NFL history, joining Jayden Daniels [91.3 percent (21 of 23) on Sept. 23, 2024], Robert Griffin III [93.3 percent (14  of 15) on Nov. 18, 2012], Trevor Lawrence [90.9 percent (20 of 22) on Oct. 16, 2022] and Brock Purdy [95.2 percent (20 of 21) on Oct. 1, 2023].

    Maye has completed 75.2 percent of his pass attempts (152 of 202) this season and is the second player all-time with a completion percentage of 75-or-higher in his team’s first seven games of a season (minimum 200 attempts), joining Drew Brees [77.4 percent (188 of 243) in 2018].
  • Indianapolis quarterback Daniel Jones passed for 288 yards and two touchdowns – including one to rookie tight end Tyler Warren – with a 113.4 passer rating and running back Jonathan Taylor rushed for 94 yards and three touchdowns in the Colts’ 38-24 win at the Los Angeles Chargers.

    Jones is the third quarterback since 1950 with a passer rating of 100-or-higher in six of his first seven starts with a team, joining Sam Darnold (2024 with Minnesota) and Ryan Tannehill (2019 with Tennessee).

    Taylor, who has 61 career rushing touchdowns in 74 career games, is the fifth running back since 1990 with at least 60 rushing touchdowns in his first 75 career games, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers LaDainian Tomlinson (71 rushing touchdowns), Emmitt Smith (69) and Terrell Davis (60) as well as Adrian Peterson (66).

    Taylor, who has three rushing touchdowns in Weeks 3, 5 and 7 this season, is the third player in the past 20 seasons (2006-25) with three games of three-or-more rushing touchdowns in a season, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson (five games in 2006) and Derrick Henry (three games in 2021).

    Taylor is the fifth running back since 2000 with at least three rushing touchdowns in five games in his first six career seasons, along with Pro Football Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson (10 games), Shaun Alexander (six), Derrick Henry (six) and Adrian Peterson (five).

    Warren is the third rookie tight end in the Super Bowl era with a scrimmage touchdown in four consecutive games, joining Evan Engram (2017 with the New York Giants) and Heath Miller (2005 with Pittsburgh).
  • Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford tied his career high with five touchdown passes – including three to wide receiver Davante Adams – and a 117.7 passer rating in the team’s 35-7 win over Jacksonville at Wembley Stadium in London.

    Stafford is the first player ever with five touchdown passes in an international game.

    Per Next Gen Stats, Stafford completed 13 of his 19 pass attempts against the blitz for 97 yards and five touchdowns. His five touchdowns against the blitz are tied for the most in a game by a quarterback in the NGS era (since 2016).

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    Adams is the first wide receiver and second player ever with three touchdown receptions in an international game, joining Marcedes Lewis (Sept. 24, 2017 with Jacksonville).

    Adams has 25 career games with at least two touchdown receptions and joined Pro Football Hall of Famers Jerry Rice (44 games), Randy Moss (36), Terrell Owens (32), Cris Carter (29) and Marvin Harrison (29) as the only players with at least 25 such games in the Super Bowl era.
  • Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott passed for 264 yards and three touchdowns with a 130.4 passer rating, tight end Jake Ferguson had seven catches, including two touchdown receptions, and cornerback DaRon Bland had a 68-yard interception return for a touchdown in the Cowboys’ 44-22 win over Washington.

    Prescott is the third player in NFL history with at least three touchdown passes and a passer rating of 120-or-higher in four consecutive games, joining Russell Wilson (five consecutive games in 2015 with Seattle) and Andrew Luck (four consecutive games in 2018 with Indianapolis).

    Prescott is the sixth player all-time with at least three touchdown passes in 40 games in his first 10 career seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Peyton Manning (48 games) and Dan Marino (48) as well as Patrick Mahomes (45, in ninth season), Aaron Rodgers (43) and Russell Wilson (41).

    Ferguson, who has 51 receptions and six touchdown receptions this season, is the first tight end in NFL history with 50 receptions and six touchdown receptions in his team’s first seven games of a season.

    Bland is the first player in NFL history with six interceptions returned for a touchdown in his first four career seasons.
  • Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes passed for 286 yards and three touchdowns with a 126.6 passer rating in Kansas City’s 31-0 win over Las Vegas.

    Mahomes, who turned 30 years old last month, has 93 career regular-season wins and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (92 wins) for the most regular-season wins ever by a player under the age of 31.

    Mahomes recorded his 60th career game with a passer rating of 100-or-higher and is the fourth player all-time with a passer rating of 100-or-higher in 60 games in his first nine career seasons, joining Russell Wilson (74 games), Dak Prescott (63) and Matt Ryan (61).

    Mahomes has 28 games with at least three touchdown passes and no interceptions, surpassing Russell Wilson (27 games) for the most such games by a quarterback in his first nine seasons in NFL history.
  • Additional notes from Sunday include:
    • Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert completed 37 of 55 pass attempts (67.3 percent) for 420 yards and three touchdowns, wide receiver Keenan Allen registered 11 receptions for 119 yards and a touchdown and rookie tight end Oronde Gadsden registered seven receptions for 164 yards and a touchdown in Week 7.

      Herbert recorded his 30th career game with at least 300 passing yards and is the fourth player all-time with 30 such games in his first six career seasons, joining Patrick Mahomes (41 games) and Pro Football Hall of Famers Dan Marino (32) and Kurt Warner (30).

      Herbert has 2,128 career completions, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (2,128) for the most completions by a player in his first six seasons.

      Allen is the third player in NFL history with at least 10 receptions and 100 receiving yards in 20 career games, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Andre Johnson (21 games) and Antonio Brown (20).

      Gadsden’s 164 receiving yards are the fourth-most ever by a rookie tight end in a game in NFL history, trailing only Pro Football Hall of Famers Jackie Smith (212 receiving yards on Oct. 13, 1963) and Mike Ditka (190 on Nov. 12, 1961) as well as Mark Bavaro (176 on Oct. 13, 1985).

      Gadsden is the third rookie tight end in the Super Bowl era with at least 150 receiving yards and a touchdown reception in a game, joining Pete Mitchell (161 receptions and a touchdown on Nov. 19, 1995, with Jacksonville) and Bob Tucker (150 receiving yards and two touchdowns on Oct. 25, 1970, with the New York Giants).
    • New York Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart recorded four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing) and linebacker Brian Burns recorded two sacks in Week 7.

      Dart is the second quarterback in NFL history with seven touchdown passes and three rushing touchdowns in his first four career starts, joining Eric Hipple (seven passing, five rushing in 1981).

      Burns has nine sacks this season and is 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 DonaldRyan Kerrigan and Yannick Ngakoue.
    • Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson recorded five receptions for 79 yards in Week 7.

      Jefferson has 529 career receptions and surpassed DeAndre Hopkins (528 receptions) for the second-most receptions by a player in his first six seasons in NFL history. Only Jarvis Landry (564 receptions) has more.
    • Arizona tight end Trey McBride registered 10 receptions for 74 yards and two touchdowns in Week 7.

      McBride has 268 receptions since entering the NFL in 2022 and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer Antonio Gates (265 receptions) for the second-most receptions by a tight end in his first four seasons in NFL history, trailing only Jimmy Graham (301).

      McBride recorded his sixth career game with at least 10 receptions, surpassing Jeremy Shockey (five games) and Kellen Winslow Jr. (five) for the most such games by a tight end in his first four seasons in NFL history.
    • Green Bay defensive lineman Micah Parsons recorded five tackles and three sacks in Green Bay’s 27-23 win at Arizona.

      Parsons recorded his 16th career game with at least two sacks, tied with T.J. Watt for the fifth-most such games by a player in his first five seasons since 1982. Only Pro Football Hall of Famers Reggie White (24 games), Richard Dent (19) and Jared Allen (17) as well as J.J. Watt (21) have more.

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