Mind-boggling stats for 2018 Week 17

Has Drew Brees done enough to finally win his first MVP Award? Brees leads the NFL with 13 wins and a 115.7 passer rating this season, joining Peyton Manning (2013), Aaron Rodgers (2011), and Tom Brady (2007) as the only QBs in NFL history to win at least 13 games and post a 115+ passer rating in a single season. Each of those three previous players won the MVP Award that season.

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Exceptional season

Has Drew Brees done enough to finally win his first MVP Award? Brees leads the NFL with 13 wins and a 115.7 passer rating this season, joining Peyton Manning (2013), Aaron Rodgers (2011), and Tom Brady (2007) as the only QBs in NFL history to win at least 13 games and post a 115+ passer rating in a single season. Each of those three previous players won the MVP Award that season.

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Melvin Gordon needs 157 rushing yards to join LaDainian Tomlinson as the only Chargers players to have consecutive seasons with 1,000+ rushing yards (LT had 8 straight 1,000-yard seasons from 2001-2008).

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Returning to the 1,000-yard club

Melvin Gordon needs 157 rushing yards to join LaDainian Tomlinson as the only Chargers players to have consecutive seasons with 1,000+ rushing yards (LT had 8 straight 1,000-yard seasons from 2001-2008).

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Antonio Brown and JuJu Smith-Schuster are in position to make history in Sunday's game against the Bengals. With 6+ receptions for Brown and 4+ receptions for Smith-Schuster, they would become the first teammate duo in NFL history to each record 110+ receptions in a single season -- a likely prospect, considering Brown has caught 6+ balls 9 times this season and Smith-Schuster has logged 4+ receptions in all but one game.

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Powerful Pittsburgh pair

Antonio Brown and JuJu Smith-Schuster are in position to make history in Sunday's game against the Bengals. With 6+ receptions for Brown and 4+ receptions for Smith-Schuster, they would become the first teammate duo in NFL history to each record 110+ receptions in a single season -- a likely prospect, considering Brown has caught 6+ balls 9 times this season and Smith-Schuster has logged 4+ receptions in all but one game.

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Looking to clinch their first playoff berth in four seasons, the Ravens have history on their side. Since the 1970 NFL merger, all 17 teams to finish a season as the #1 scoring and #1 total defense -- both ranks the Ravens currently hold -- have made it into the playoffs. As a bonus, six of those teams went on to win the Super Bowl.

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The Baltimore Express

Looking to clinch their first playoff berth in four seasons, the Ravens have history on their side. Since the 1970 NFL merger, all 17 teams to finish a season as the #1 scoring and #1 total defense -- both ranks the Ravens currently hold -- have made it into the playoffs. As a bonus, six of those teams went on to win the Super Bowl.

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Russell Wilson has the highest passer rating in the NFL when blitzed at 123.8, throwing 13 touchdowns with just 1 interception when blitzed this season. The Cardinals blitz at the highest rate in the NFL, bringing extra defenders on 41.7 percent of opponent's dropbacks.

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Russellin some feathers

Russell Wilson has the highest passer rating in the NFL when blitzed at 123.8, throwing 13 touchdowns with just 1 interception when blitzed this season. The Cardinals blitz at the highest rate in the NFL, bringing extra defenders on 41.7 percent of opponent's dropbacks.

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Nick Foles has the Eagles soaring once again. With a win and Vikings loss against the Bears, the defending Super Bowl champions will be back in the playoffs. Since 2013, Foles is 11-4 (.733) with a 99.7 passer rating from December-February. Among quarterbacks with at least 10 starts in December-February, only Peyton Manning (.750) has a higher winning percentage, while no QB has a higher passer rating, than Foles in that span.

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The Philly Special

Nick Foles has the Eagles soaring once again. With a win and Vikings loss against the Bears, the defending Super Bowl champions will be back in the playoffs. Since 2013, Foles is 11-4 (.733) with a 99.7 passer rating from December-February. Among quarterbacks with at least 10 starts in December-February, only Peyton Manning (.750) has a higher winning percentage, while no QB has a higher passer rating, than Foles in that span.

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