NFL Research spotlights the best nuggets from each slate of games. Here are the most eye-popping statistical accomplishments from Week 4 of the 2024 NFL season.
1) Ja'Marr Chase's ninth career 60-plus yard receiving TD ties him for most before turning 25
Ja'Marr Chase scored his ninth career receiving touchdown of 60-plus yards in Sunday's win over the Panthers, tied with Odell Beckham Jr. for the most such touchdowns by a player before turning age 25 in the Super Bowl era. The only player in NFL history to score more 60-plus yard touchdowns through the air before turning 25 was Harlon Hill, who did so with the Bears from 1954-1956 (10).
Chase also brought his career totals up to 4,017 receiving yards and 32 receiving touchdowns in 49 games played, becoming the fifth player in the Super Bowl era with 4,000 yards and 30 touchdowns receiving in his first 50 career games. The other four players to do so were fellow LSU star Beckham, former Bengals star A.J. Green, as well as Hall of Famers Randy Moss and Jerry Rice.
2) Jayden Daniels' completion percentage has rookie chasing history
Jayden Daniels has executed Washington OC Kliff Kingsbury's offense to near perfection through four games, scoring 80 combined points in the Commanders' last two games alone (both wins on the road).
Daniels had another eye-popping stat line in Week 4 versus the Cardinals, completing nearly 87 percent of his passes, throwing for a touchdown, and rushing for 47 yards and a score.
Daniels' 82.1 completion percentage in 2024 is the highest mark in any four-game span in any player's career since 1950 (minimum 100 attempts in that span). He broke Hall of Famer Peyton Manning's 81.8 completion percentage record, set in Weeks 14-17 of his 2008 MVP season.
Daniels is also the first player in NFL history to complete at least 85 percent of his passes in consecutive games (while attempting at least 20 passes in each game).
As for season-long records, Daniels may be able to look past Dak Prescott's rookie high of 67.8 in 2016 and instead aim to best Drew Brees' all-time record of 74.4 percent that he set in 2018.
3) Minnesota gets latest NFC North rivalry win with fast start versus Packers
The Vikings jumped out to a 28-0 lead over the Packers on Sunday, their largest lead in Lambeau since December of 1973 (Fran Tarkenton was their quarterback in that game). And although the Packers stormed back to make it a game, Minnesota was able to move to 4-0 on the season for the 10th time in franchise history.
In doing so, Sam Darnold became the first quarterback in the Super Bowl era to win his first four games with a new team and throw multiple touchdowns in each of them. Darnold's 11 passing touchdowns in 2024 are three more than any other player has through four games.
4) Bo Nix and Broncos make history with lowest pass yards per attempt in a win
The Broncos offense was held to just 10 points and a measly 60 passing yards in Week 4 against Aaron Rodgers' Jets … and they won.
Bo Nix, who threw the football 25 times for 60 yards, became the first quarterback in the Super Bowl era to average fewer than 2.5 yards per passing attempt in a game that his team won (minimum 25 passing attempts in that game).
There were 42 instances of a quarterback having more than 60 yards passing in a single quarter in Week 4.
5) Bears rookie QB Caleb Williams gets off to historic start at home
Caleb Williams had the most efficient game of his career in Week 4 versus the Rams, posting his first career game with a 70-plus completion percentage and/or a 100-plus passer rating (73.9 percent and 106.6 rating, respectively).
The 2-2 Bears have won both of their games at Soldier Field this season, which marks a historic start to Williams' career -- he is the first rookie quarterback selected No. 1 overall in the common draft era to win his first two career home starts.
6) Nico Collins makes Texans history with hot start to season
Nico Collins has had an impressive start to the season, pacing the league with 489 receiving yards through four games after recording 151 yards versus the Jaguars on Sunday.
Collins is the first player in team history to total at least 450 yards receiving in the first four games of the season -- all the more impressive when you consider the Texans' history of big-time receivers in Andre Johnson and DeAndre Hopkins.
7) Derrick Henry adds to career accolades despite just missing 200-yard mark
The King started Sunday Night Football off with a bang: a Ravens record 87-yard touchdown run on Baltimore's first play from scrimmage.
That one run almost matched the Bills' entire offensive output in the first half (90 total yards).
For Henry, it was the seventh rushing touchdown of 70-plus yards in his career, tying Adrian Peterson and Chris Johnson for the most such touchdowns in NFL history.
Since 2017, Henry has four rushing touchdowns of at least 70 yards in primetime games (the rest of the NFL has four of those touchdowns combined in that span).
On the Ravens' final possession of the game, with a majority of both teams' starters on the sidelines, Baltimore trotted Henry back out onto the field. The Ravens were up 35-10 and the game was all but over -- yet an important milestone was still in reach.
Henry had 196 rushing yards at that point and was looking for his seventh career game going over 200 yards on the ground. That would have been significant, as it would have broken a tie with Adrian Peterson and O.J. Simpson for the most games with 200-plus rushing yards in NFL history.
Henry got two more rushing attempts but fell just one yard short of 200.
Pending a stat correction, Henry lost one rushing yard on that fumble into the end zone. Tough break.
Research shoutouts: Jack Andrade (@RealJackAndrade), Tony Holzman-Escareno (@FrontOfficeNFL), Michelle Magdziuk (@BallBlastEm), Blake Warye (@bwaryeofblake)
