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CLOSE GAMES: There have been 81 games decided by a touchdown (six points) or less, the most such games through the first 12
weeks all-time. Eleven of 14 games in Week 12 were decided within one score (eight points) in the fourth quarter and there have been
137 games within one score (eight points) in the fourth quarter this season, most through the first 12 weeks in NFL history.
COMEBACKS: The LOS ANGELES CHARGERS overcame a 10-point deficit to win on Sunday and there have been 36 games in
which a team has overcome a deficit of at least 10 points to win or tie this season, the most such games through the first 12 weeks of a
season all-time.
The 2022 season is the fourth season since the regular-season overtime rule was instituted in 1974 to feature an overtime game in at
least 10 of the first 12 weeks, joining 2010 (11 of the first 12 weeks), 2003 (11 of 12) and 2021 (10 of 12). Week 12 of the 2022 season
marks the first week since 1994, when the two-point conversion was first implemented, in which multiple games were decided by game-
winning points that came on two-point conversions in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter.
RAMBLING RAIDERS: The Raiders, who recorded 576 yards of offense (293 passing, 283 rushing) on Sunday, are the fourth team in
the Super Bowl era with at least 275 passing yards and 275 rushing yards in a single game, joining the 2012 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
(October 7), 1986 CINCINNATI BENGALS (December 7) and 1978 DALLAS COWBOYS (September 4).
Las Vegas running back JOSH JACOBS recorded a single-game franchise record 303 scrimmage yards (229 rushing, 74 receiving)
and two rushing touchdowns, including the game-winning 86-yard touchdown run in overtime of the Raiders' 40-34 victory at Seattle.
Jacobs' 86-yard touchdown run in overtime is the second-longest overtime rushing touchdown and fourth-longest overtime scrimmage
touchdown since 1974, trailing only a 99-yard touchdown pass from RON JAWORSKI to MIKE QUICK (November 10, 1985), a 96-yard
touchdown run by GARRISON HEARST (September 6, 1998) and a 87-yard touchdown pass from TEDDY BRIDGEWATER to JARIUS
WRIGHT (December 7, 2014). Jacobs is the sixth player in NFL history with at least 300 scrimmage yards and multiple scrimmage
touchdowns in a single game, joining CLOYCE BOX (December 3, 1950), BILLY CANNON (December 10, 1961), PRIEST HOLMES
(November 24, 2002), STEPHONE PAIGE (December 22, 1985) and ADRIAN PETERSON (November 4, 2007).
BAD NEWS BROWNS: The Browns are the second team since the regular-season overtime rule was instituted in 1974 to score a
game-tying touchdown in the final minute of the fourth quarter and game-winning touchdown in the final minute of overtime in the same
game, joining the CHICAGO BEARS on September 23, 1991, who recorded the game-tying touchdown with no time remaining in the
fourth quarter and game-winning touchdown with 18 seconds remaining in overtime. Cleveland tight end DAVID NJOKU recorded a
game-tying touchdown reception with 32 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and running back NICK CHUBB registered the game-
winning rushing touchdown with 19 seconds left in overtime in the Browns' 23-17 victory over Tampa Bay.
DUECES WILD: The Jaguars and Chargers are the third and fourth teams since 1994 to score the game-winning points on a two-point
conversion in the final 15 seconds of the fourth quarter, joining the 2018 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (four seconds remaining in Week
15) and 2002 MINNESOTA VIKINGS (five seconds remaining in Week 15).
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2. Jacksonville quarterback TREVOR LAWRENCE connected with wide receiver ZAY JONES for a game-winning two-point conversion
with 14 seconds remaining in the Jaguars' 28-27 win over Baltimore.
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback JUSTIN HERBERT found tight end GERALD EVERETT for the game-winning two-point conversion
with 15 seconds remaining in the Chargers' 25-24 win in Arizona. Running back AUSTIN EKELER had 11 receptions on Sunday,
including the final touchdown reception in the fourth quarter. Herbert, who had three touchdown passes on Sunday, has 88 career
touchdown passes and surpassed ANDREW LUCK (86) for the second-most touchdown passes by a player in his first three seasons in
NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (98 touchdown passes) has more. Herbert has 16 career games with at
least three touchdown passes and surpassed PATRICK MAHOMES (15 games) for the second-most such games by a player in his first
three seasons in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (18 games) has more. Herbert, who had 274 passing
yards in Week 12, has 12,354 career passing yards and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer PEYTON MANNING (12,287) for the
second-most passing yards by a player in his first three seasons all-time. Only ANDREW LUCK (12,957) has more. Ekeler has seven
career games with at least 10 receptions, surpassing LARRY CENTERS (six games) and Pro Football Hall of Famer LADAINIAN
TOMLINSON (six) for the second-most such games by a running back in NFL history. Only CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY (11 games) has
more.
COMMANDO COMMANDERS: The WASHINGTON COMMANDERS have won six of their past seven games, including their 19-13
victory over Atlanta in Week 12. Washington, who is 7-5 this season, is the fifth team since 2010 to have at least seven wins through
their first 12 games of a season after beginning the year with a 1-4 record, joining the 2019 PITTSBURGH STEELERS, 2016 MIAMI
DOLPHINS, 2015 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS and 2011 DENVER BRONCOS.
NFC BEASTS: Each of the four teams in the NFC East – PHILADELPHIA (9-1 entering Sunday Night Football), DALLAS (8-3), the
NEW YORK GIANTS (7-4) and WASHINGTON (7-5) – have winning records through Week 12 this season. The NFC East is the
second division in which all four teams have at least seven wins through Week 12 since realignment in 2002, joining the AFC North in
2014.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEFS: Kansas City quarterback PATRICK MAHOMES passed for 320 yards and one touchdown while tight end
TRAVIS KELCE had 57 receiving yards and one touchdown reception in the Chiefs' 26-10 win over the Los Angeles Rams. Mahomes
has 38 games with at least 300 passing yards in his first six seasons and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (37
games) for the most such games by a player in his first seven seasons in NFL history. Kelce has 9,918 receiving yards in his first 10
seasons and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer TONY GONZALEZ (9,882) for the most receiving yards by a tight end in his first 11
career seasons in NFL history.
ALL CLEAR FOR TAKEOFF: New York Jets quarterback MIKE WHITE, making his fourth career start and first this season, completed
22 of 28 pass attempts (78.6 percent) for 315 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions for a 149.3 rating. White, who passed
for 405 yards and three touchdowns with a 82.2 completion percentage (37 of 45) in his first career start (Week 8, 2021), is the second
quarterback in NFL history with multiple games of 300 passing yards, three touchdown passes and a completion percentage of 75-or-
higher in his first four career starts, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer KURT WARNER.
FINTASTIC DUO: Miami wide receivers TYREEK HILL and JAYLEN WADDLE each registered 85 receiving yards in the Dolphins' 30-
15 win over Houston in Week 12. Hill has 1,233 receiving yards and Waddle has 963 receiving yards this season. Hill and Waddle have
combined for 2,196 receiving yards this season, the fourth-most combined receiving yards through their team's first 11 games of a
season in NFL history, trailing only BILL GROMAN and CHARLIE HENNINGAN of the 1961 Houston Oilers (2,307 combined receiving
yards), EMMANUEL SANDERS and DEMARYIUS THOMAS of the 2014 Denver Broncos (2,271) and Pro Football Hall of Famer
ISAAC BRUCE and TORRY HOLT of the 2000 St. Louis Rams (2,225). Hill, who also has 87 receptions this season, is the sixth player
in NFL history to record at least 85 receptions and 1,200 receiving yards in at least four of his first seven career seasons, joining Pro
Football Hall of Famer MARVIN HARRISON as well as ANTONIO BROWN, TORRY HOLT, CHAD JOHNSON and DEMARYIUS
THOMAS.
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3. CLINCHING TIME: For the first time this season, there are teams that can clinch a spot in the 2022 postseason. The MINNESOTA
VIKINGS (9-2) can secure their first NFC North title since 2017, while the PHILADELPHIA EAGLES can clinch a postseason berth for
the second-consecutive season and the fifth time in the past six seasons. For the full Week 13 playoff scenarios for each club, click
here.
CHIEFS KINGDOM: The KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (9-2) have won five consecutive games and are closing in on their eighth consecutive
postseason berth, the longest active streak in the NFL. Since taking over as Kansas City’s head coach in 2013, ANDY REID has guided
the franchise to at least nine wins in each season and their 112 regular-season wins over that span are the most in the league. With a
win at Cincinnati on Sunday (4:25 PM ET, CBS), Reid can become the third head coach in NFL history to record at least 10 regular-
season wins in eight consecutive seasons, joining BILL BELICHICK (17 consecutive seasons from 2003-19) and GEORGE SEIFERT
(eight consecutive seasons from 1989-96). Additionally, Reid – who also had eight 10-win seasons with Philadelphia – can surpass Pro
Football Hall of Famer TOM LANDRY (16 seasons) for the third-most 10-win seasons by a head coach in NFL history. Only Belichick
(20 seasons) and Pro Football Hall of Famer DON SHULA (20) have more. Quarterback PATRICK MAHOMES enters the week leading
the league with 3,585 passing yards and 29 touchdown passes this season and has eclipsed 300 passing yards in each of the past six
games. With 300 passing yards on Sunday, Mahomes will have recorded 300 passing yards in seven-or-more consecutive games for
the second time in his career (2018, Weeks 2-9) and will become the first player to ever accomplish the feat within a single season
twice. ANDREW LUCK (2014, Weeks 3-11) and DREW BREES (2011, Weeks 10-17) are the only other players in league history to do
so once.
RUSHING INTO HISTORY: Sunday’s meeting at Lincoln Financial Field between the TENNESSEE TITANS (7-4) and PHILADELPHIA
EAGLES (10-1) – two division-leaders – will feature the league’s second-leading rusher in Tennessee running back DERRICK HENRY
(95.3 rushing yards per game) and the NFL’s third-best rushing attack in Philadelphia (162.5 rushing yards per game).
In six road games this season, Henry has totaled 662 rushing yards (110.3 per game) with nine rushing touchdowns and has scored a
rushing touchdown in each game. With a rushing touchdown in Philadelphia on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, FOX), Henry will become the
third player ever to record a rushing touchdown in each of his first seven road games of a season, joining DALTON HILLIARD (1989)
and Pro Football Hall of Famer JOHN RIGGINS (1983). Since entering the league in 2016, Henry leads all players with 75 rushing
touchdowns. With a rushing touchdown on Sunday, Henry – appearing in his 98th career game – will tie PRIEST HOLMES (76 rushing
touchdowns) for the sixth-most rushing touchdowns by a player in his first 100 career games in the Super Bowl era.
Last week, Philadelphia quarterback JALEN HURTS totaled 157 rushing yards, the fourth-most rushing yards by a quarterback in a
regular-season game in NFL history. He leads all quarterbacks this season with eight rushing touchdowns and ranks third with 561
rushing yards. Hurts, who led all quarterbacks with 10 rushing touchdowns in 2021, needs two rushing touchdowns on Sunday to join
CAM NEWTON as the only quarterbacks ever with at least 10 rushing touchdowns in multiple seasons. He can become the first
quarterback ever to reach the feat in consecutive seasons. Hurts already has the most games with at least two rushing touchdowns by
a quarterback in his first three seasons (seven). As a team, the Eagles pace the league with 21 rushing touchdowns this season, led by
Hurts and running back MILES SANDERS, each with eight. With two rushing touchdowns on Sunday, Philadelphia will tie the 2016
BUFFALO BILLS (23 rushing touchdowns) and 2004 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (23) for the third-most rushing touchdowns by a team its
their first 12 games of a season since 2000.
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4. STARS MEET IN VEGAS: The LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (6-5) travel to Allegiant Stadium to face the LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4-7)
in a meeting between AFC West foes. Each club has a wide receiver that can make history in the matchup.
Dating back to Week 13 of the 2021 season, Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver MIKE WILLIAMS has surpassed 100 receiving yards
in each of his past five road games. With 100 receiving yards at Las Vegas on Sunday, Williams will become the fourth different player
to record at least 100 receiving yards in six consecutive road games in the Super Bowl era, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers
MICHAEL IRVIN (1995), CALVIN JOHNSON (2012-13) and JERRY RICE (1990 and 1995-96).
Las Vegas wide receiver DAVANTE ADAMS ranks second in the league with 10 touchdown receptions and fourth with 999 receiving
yards this season, his first as a Raider. Adams has totaled 507 receiving yards (126.8 per game) and five touchdown receptions in four
games against the AFC West this season and has surpassed 100 receiving yards in each matchup. With 100 receiving yards against
the Chargers, Adams will join GARY CLARK (1987) and Pro Football Hall of Famer MICHAEL IRVIN (1995) as the only players ever
with at least 100 receiving yards in each of their first five division games of a season.
Chargers running back AUSTIN EKELER is the only player in the league with at least five rushing touchdowns (seven) and five
touchdown receptions (five) this season, while Raiders running back JOSH JACOBS leads the NFL with career highs in scrimmage
yards (1,484) and rushing yards (1,159). With a touchdown reception on Sunday, Ekeler – who tied for the league lead with 20
touchdowns (12 rushing, eight receiving) in 2021 – will become the fourth player ever with at least six rushing touchdowns and six
touchdown receptions in consecutive seasons.
Last week, Jacobs recorded a single-game franchise record 303 scrimmage yards (229 rushing, 74 receiving) and two rushing
touchdowns, becoming the sixth player in NFL history with at least 300 scrimmage yards and multiple scrimmage touchdowns in a
single game. With 197 scrimmage yards on Sunday, Jacobs can become the third different player ever to record at least 500
scrimmage yards over a two-game span, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers OLLIE MATSON and WALTER PAYTON.
PARSONS SACK PARTY: Dallas linebacker MICAH PARSONS recorded two sacks in Dallas’ win on Thanksgiving, his sixth game
with at least two sacks this season, the most in the league. With two sacks against Indianapolis on Sunday Night Football (8:20 PM ET,
NBC), Parsons will become the first player to record at least two sacks in seven of his team’s first 12 games of a season since 1982,
when the individual sack became an official statistic. Parsons had three games with at least two sacks as a rookie last season and can
also become the first player since 1982 with at least two sacks in 10 games within his first two seasons. After leading all rookies with 13
sacks in 2021, Parsons’ 12 sacks this season rank second in the NFL. With a sack on Sunday, he can become the third player since
1982 with at least 13 sacks in each of his first two seasons, joining ALDON SMITH and Pro Football Hall of Famer REGGIE WHITE.
SOMETHING MUST GIVE: Since Week 8, the MIAMI DOLPHINS (8-3) and SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (7-4) are each unbeaten. The
Dolphins have the league’s second-ranked scoring offense during that span (33.8 points per game) and have scored at least 30 points
in each of their four games. The 49ers have the top-scoring defense (10.0 points per game allowed) since Week 8 and have allowed
16-or-fewer points in each of their four contests.
When the two clubs meet in San Francisco on Sunday (4:05 PM ET, FOX), it will mark the fourth meeting in league history between a
team that has scored at least 30 points in their past four games and a team that has allowed 16-or-fewer points in their past four
games.
NOTABLE NOTES
 Arizona quarterback KYLER MURRAY totaled three touchdowns (two passing, one rushing) on Sunday. Murray has 11 career games
with at least two touchdown passes and one rushing touchdown, tied with JOSH ALLEN (11 games) for the second-most such games
by a player in his first four seasons in NFL history. Only CAM NEWTON (12 games) has more.
 San Francisco defensive lineman NICK BOSA recorded one sack in the 49ers' 13-0 win over New Orleans. Bosa is the fifth player
since 2000 to record at least one sack in nine of his first 10 games of a season, joining HUGH DOUGLAS (2000), EVERSON GRIFFEN
(2017), ROBERT MATHIS (2005) and DEMARCUS WARE (2008).
 Cleveland defensive end MYLES GARRETT recorded 1.5 sacks in the Browns' overtime victory. Garrett, who has 10 sacks this
season, is the seventh player since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic, to record 10-or-more sacks in at least
five of his first six seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers RICHARD DENT, BRUCE SMITH, DERRICK THOMAS and REGGIE
WHITE as well as VON MILLER and DEMARCUS WARE.