WHAT TO LOOK FOR – A LOOK BACK
STREAKING SMITH: Kansas City quarterback ALEX SMITH completed 16 of 22 passes (72.7 percent) for 162 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a 123.7 passer rating in the Chiefs’ 34-20 win at Oakland.
Smith now has an active streak of 305 consecutive pass attempts without an interception,surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer BART STARR (294) for the third-longest streak of consecutive pass attempts without an interception in NFL history.
The most consecutive pass attempts without an interception in NFL history:
PLAYER
TEAM(S)
YEAR(S)
CONSECUTIVE PASS ATTEMPTS WITHOUT AN INTERCEPTION
Tom Brady
New England
2010-11
358
Bernie Kosar
Cleveland
1990-91
308
Alex Smith
Kansas City
2015
305*
Bart Starr
Green Bay
1964-65
294
Jeff George
Indianapolis, Atlanta
1993-94
279
*Active streak
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TOM TERRIFIC: New England quarterback TOM BRADY passed for 312 yards and three touchdowns against Philadelphia in Week 13.
Brady, who now has 423 career touchdown passes, surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (420) for the third-most touchdown passes in NFL history. Only PEYTON MANNING (539) and BRETT FAVRE (508) have thrown more touchdown passes.
The quarterbacks with the most touchdown passes in NFL history:
PLAYER
YEARS
CAREER TD PASSES
Peyton Manning*
1998-present
539
Brett Favre
1991-2010
508
Tom Brady*
2000-present
423
Dan Marino
1983-1999
420
Drew Brees*
2001-present
419
*Active
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DECEMBER TO REMEMBER: New Orleans quarterback DREW BREES passed for 282 yards and three touchdowns against Carolina in Week 13.
Brees has 110 career touchdown passes in the month of December, tying Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (110) for the third-most touchdown passes during the month in NFL history.
The quarterbacks with the most touchdown passes in the month of December in NFL history:
PLAYER
TEAM(S)
TD PASSES IN DECEMBER
Peyton Manning*
Indianapolis, Denver
134
Brett Favre
Green Bay, New York Jets, Minnesota
116
Drew Brees*
San Diego, New Orleans
110
Dan Marino^
Miami
110
Tom Brady*
New England
96
*Active
^Pro Football Hall of Famer
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WHAT TO LOOK FOR ON MNF: One more note to keep in mind for tonight’s Monday Night Football game between the Cowboys and Redskins …
CATCHING ON: With two receptions on Monday Night Football at Washington, Dallas tight endJASON WITTEN (998) would join TONY GONZALEZ as the only tight ends in NFL history to have 1,000 career catches. Witten (33 years, 215 days old on Monday) would be the youngest tight end in NFL history to reach 1,000 career receptions (Gonzalez, 34 years, 197 days).
Arizona wide receiver LARRY FITZGERALD (32 years, 97 days old on Sunday), who had eight receptions for 55 yards in the Cardinals’ 27-3 win at St. Louis, surpassed ANDRE JOHNSON (33 years, 163 days) as the youngest player to reach 1,000 career receptions in NFL history.
The youngest players to reach 1,000 career receptions in NFL history:
PLAYER
AGE AT TIME OF 1000TH RECEPTION
CAREER RECEPTIONS
Larry Fitzgerald^
32 years, 97 days*
1,000
Andre Johnson^
33 years, 163 days
1,040
Jerry Rice
34 years, 21 days
1,594
Marvin Harrison
34 years, 107 days
1,102
Tony Gonzalez
34 years, 197 days
1,325
Reggie Wayne
34 years, 331 days
1,070
Jason Witten^
33 years, 215 days**
998
^Active
*Age on Sunday
**Age on Monday
