NFL Notable Stats And Milestones For Week 3, 2021 Season

A look astatine 7 NFL statistical highlights from games played astatine 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET connected Sunday, September 26, the 3rd week of the 2021 season.

• In Week 3, 5 teams precocious to 3-0: ARIZONA, CAROLINA, DENVER, LAS VEGAS and the LOS ANGELES RAMS. San Francisco (2-0) faces Green Bay connected Sunday Night Football and tin statesman a play 3-0 for the 2nd clip successful the past 3 seasons (2019).

  For the 10th clip ever and archetypal clip since 2018, a crippled has gone to overtime successful each of the archetypal 3 weeks of the season. Las Vegas overcame a 14-point shortage to decision Miami, 31-28, successful overtime and became the 4th squad to triumph 2 overtime games wrong their archetypal 3 games of a season, joining the 1995 Atlanta Falcons, 1995 Kansas City Chiefs and 1994 Detroit Lions. Minnesota besides overcame a 10-point shortage to decision Seattle successful Week 3.

  With 2 games remaining successful Week 3, 10 of 14 games (71.4 percent) person been wrong 1 people (eight points) successful the 4th quarter, with 4 games being decided by a game-winning people successful the last infinitesimal of regularisation oregon successful overtime.

• Baltimore backmost LAMAR JACKSON recorded 1 touchdown walk and kicker JUSTIN TUCKER converted a game-winning 66-yard tract extremity arsenic clip expired, the longest made tract extremity successful NFL history, successful the Ravens’ 19-17 triumph astatine Detroit.

  In 40 vocation starts, Jackson has 90 touchdowns (70 passing, 20 rushing) and joined PATRICK MAHOMES (107 touchdowns) and Pro Football Hall of Famers DAN MARINO (95) and KURT WARNER (91) arsenic the lone quarterbacks with astatine slightest 90 combined passing and rushing touchdowns successful their archetypal 40 vocation starts.

  Tucker, who besides converted a 50-yard tract extremity successful the 3rd quarter, has 7 vocation games with aggregate 50-yard tract goals, tied with BRANDON MCMANUS (seven games) and MATT PRATER (seven) for the astir specified games successful NFL history.

• Buffalo backmost JOSH ALLEN passed for 358 yards and 4 touchdowns and added 1 rushing touchdown successful the Bills’ 43-21 triumph implicit Washington.

  Allen is the 4th subordinate successful NFL past to grounds aggregate vocation games with astatine slightest 300 passing yards, 4 touchdown passes and 1 rushing touchdown, joining DREW BREES (four games), AARON RODGERS (three) and Pro Football Hall of Famer PEYTON MANNING (two). He registered 311 passing yards with 4 touchdown passes and 1 rushing touchdown successful Week 3 of the 2020 season.

  Allen is the 5th subordinate ever to grounds 5 games with astatine slightest 300 passing yards and 4 touchdown passes successful his archetypal 4 seasons, joining PATRICK MAHOMES (nine games), Pro Football Hall of Famers DAN MARINO (nine) and KURT WARNER (six), and ANDREW LUCK (six).

• Los Angeles Chargers backmost JUSTIN HERBERT passed for 281 yards with 4 touchdowns and nary interceptions for a 125.0 rating, including the game-winning touchdown walk with 32 seconds remaining, successful the team’s 30-24 triumph astatine Kansas City.

  Herbert is the 5th subordinate successful the Super Bowl epoch to grounds 5 games with astatine slightest 3 touchdown passes and zero interceptions successful his archetypal 2 seasons, joining LAMAR JACKSON (six games), Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (six), PATRICK MAHOMES (five) and DAK PRESCOTT (five).

  Kansas City backmost PATRICK MAHOMES, appearing successful his 49th vocation game, registered 260 passing yards and 3 touchdown passes successful Week 3.

  Mahomes has 15,092 vocation passing yards and became the archetypal backmost successful league annals to scope 15,000 passing yards successful 50-or-fewer games.
   

• Las Vegas backmost DEREK CARR passed for 386 yards and 2 touchdowns with 1 interception for a 95.7 standing successful the Raiders’ 31-28 overtime triumph against Miami. Las Vegas is 3-0 for the archetypal clip since 2002.

  Carr has 1,203 passing yards and became the 4th subordinate with astatine slightest 1,200 passing yards done his team’s archetypal 3 games of a play successful NFL history, joining TOM BRADY (1,327 passing yards successful 2011), RYAN FITZPATRICK (1,230 successful 2018) and Pro Football Hall of Famer KURT WARNER (1,221 successful 2000).

  Dating backmost to Week 16 of the 2020 season, Carr has recorded astatine slightest 325 passing yards successful 5 consecutive games and joined RICH GANNON (six games successful 2002), DREW BREES (five games successful 2011) and Pro Football Hall of Famer KURT WARNER (five games successful 2000 and 5 games successful 2008) arsenic the lone players to grounds 325 passing yards successful 5 consecutive games successful NFL history.

• Los Angeles Rams wide receiver DESEAN JACKSON recorded a 75-yard touchdown reception successful the team’s 34-24 triumph implicit Tampa Bay.

  Jackson is the 5th subordinate successful the Super Bowl epoch to registry 10 vocation touchdowns of astatine slightest 75 yards, joining DEVIN HESTER (14 touchdowns), DANTE HALL (11), JOSH CRIBBS (10) and TYREEK HILL (10).

  Tampa Bay backmost TOM BRADY passed for 432 yards and 1 touchdown and added a rushing touchdown connected Sunday. Brady has 80,291 vocation passing yards and joined DREW BREES (80,358) arsenic the lone players with astatine slightest 80,000 vocation passing yards successful NFL history.

• Cincinnati rookie wide receiver JA’MARR CHASE registered touchdown receptions of 9 yards and 34 yards successful the Bengals’ 24-10 triumph astatine Pittsburgh.

  Chase, who had a 50-yard touchdown drawback successful Week 1 and a 42-yard touchdown reception successful Week 2, is the 3rd rookie successful NFL past with a touchdown reception of astatine slightest 25 yards successful each of his archetypal 3 vocation games, joining DONTE STALLWORTH (2002) and BILLY HOWTON (1952).

  Pittsburgh rookie moving backmost NAJEE HARRIS totaled 14 receptions for 102 yards connected Sunday.

  Harris’ 14 catches are tied with SAQUON BARKLEY (September 16, 2018) and ROY HELU (November 6, 2011) for the astir receptions by a rookie moving backmost successful a azygous crippled all-time.

• Other notable performances from Sunday include:
  
  • Arizona backmost KYLER MURRAY passed for 316 yards and added a rushing touchdown successful the Cardinals’ 31-19 triumph astatine Jacksonville. Arizona improved to 3-0 for the archetypal clip since 2015.

    Murray has rushed for a touchdown successful each of his team’s archetypal 3 games for the 2nd play successful a row. The lone different quarterbacks with a rushing touchdown successful each of their team’s archetypal 3 games of a play since 1970 are Pro Football Hall of Famer TERRY BRADSHAW (1972) and CHARLIE FRYE (2006).
     

  • Jacksonville wide receiver JAMAL AGNEW returned a missed tract extremity connected Sunday for a 109-yard touchdown, tied with CORDARRELLE PATTERSON (109-yard footwear instrumentality touchdown connected October 27, 2013) and ANTONIO CROMARTIE (109-yard missed tract extremity instrumentality connected November 4, 2007) for the longest instrumentality touchdown successful NFL history.

    Agnew, who had a 102-yard kickoff instrumentality for a touchdown successful Week 2, is the archetypal subordinate successful NFL past to registry a touchdown of astatine slightest 100 yards successful consecutive games.