Benedict Bermange picks out the best stats from Week Six in the NFL; Carson Wentz extends his unbeaten Thursday night Football streak to 7-0; all four of the most recent league MVPs lose on the same weekend; Jacksonville Jaguars continue to suffer from travel sickness in the AFC South
Tuesday 18 October 2022 16:54, UK
Sky Sports statistician - and big Buffalo Bills fan - Benedict Bermange dives into Week Six of the 2022 season to pick out the best stats the NFL has to offer, including another defeat for the injury-ravaged San Francisco 49ers and some further travel sickness for the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC South...
In Week Six, each of the last four quarterbacks to have been named league MVP all lost - the first time that has ever happened in the same week:
With the Washington Commanders' Thursday night victory over the Chicago Bears, Carson Wentz improved to 7-0 on Thursday Night Football through his career - the most wins without a loss since TNF began in 2006. The next best record by any starting quarterback to have not suffered a defeat on that day is just 2-0.
The San Francisco 49ers were missing more than half of their defensive starters for their 28-14 defeat to the Atlanta Falcons. They fell to 5-10 in games they have played without Nick Bosa in their lineup since he was drafted in 2019. Over the same period, when he has taken the field, the 49ers have a record of 27-13.
The Green Bay Packers' loss to the New York Jets was the first time the team have lost successive regular season games since Matt LaFleur took over as head coach in 2019. They had been 10-0 following a regular-season defeat under LaFleur until this week.
The Indianapolis Colts gained some measure of revenge for their loss in Week Two to the Jacksonville Jaguars, when they were shut out 24-0, as they inflicted a 14th successive AFC South road loss for the Jags with their 34-27 victory. Only one team has suffered more successive road losses within a division since the 2002 realignment.
New Orleans Saints quarterback Andy Dalton lost to the Cincinnati Bengals for the first time on Sunday, after making 133 career starts over nine years in Cincinnati. Having started and won against the Bengals with the Dallas Cowboys in 2020 and the Chicago Bears in 2021, he became the first quarterback to start against a former team in three consecutive seasons while playing for three different franchises.
Rashid Shaheed scored a 44-yard rushing touchdown for the Saints on the first offensive touch of his NFL career, the longest rushing touchdown by any player from their first offensive touch since the NFL merger in 1970.
Travis Kelce had eight receptions for 108 yards for the Kansas City Chiefs against the Buffalo Bills to tie Tony Gonzalez for the second-most games with at least 100 receiving yards by a tight end in NFL history.
Harrison Butker's 62-yard field goal in that same game set a new record for the Chiefs, surpassing Matthew Wright's 59-yard effort achieved only a week ago.
The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Cowboys and remain the NFL's last undefeated team, at 6-0 on the season. However, the most recent 'last undefeated team' to win the Super Bowl that same year were the 2006 Colts, who started 9-0 and won Super Bowl XLI against the Bears.
On Monday night, the Denver Broncos became the first team to lose two consecutive games in overtime since the 49ers lost to the Arizona Cardinals and Colts in Weeks Four and Five of the 2017 season.
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