NFL Research spotlights the best nuggets from each slate of games. Here are the most eye-popping statistical accomplishments from Week 10 of the 2024 NFL season.
1) Jared Goff becomes first Lion to overcome five-plus interceptions in 80 years
Goff and the NFC's top-seeded seed Lions looked to be having a letdown game, trailing the Texans, 23-7, early in the third quarter behind four of Goff's eventual five interceptions in the game.
That did not end up the case for Dan Campbell's Lions, who roared back in the second half to the tune of 19 unanswered points, eventually winning the game, 26-23, on a 52-yard field goal by Jake Bates.
Goff became just the third quarterback in the last 30 years to win a game in which he threw at least five interceptions -- joining Matt Ryan in 2012 against the Cardinals and Tony Romo in 2007 against the Bills.
The last time a Lions quarterback was picked off five times in a win came in 1944, when Frankie Sinkwich threw six interceptions against the Cleveland Rams in a 26-14 victory.
2) Jalen Hurts continues month's worth of big performances
Hurts and the Eagles demolished the short-handed Cowboys, 34-6, in Dallas.
Hurts had two passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns against the Cowboys, his 15th career game with multiple rushing touchdowns (five more than any other quarterback has in his career).
Hurts has at least one passing touchdown, one rushing touchdown and a passer rating of 100-plus in each of his last four games, making him the first quarterback in NFL history with such a streak.
This is the fourth consecutive season in Hurts' career that he's had at least 10 rushing touchdowns, making him the 10th player in NFL history (and only quarterback) to score double-digit touchdowns on the ground in four straight years.
Hurts also joined Cam Newton and Josh Allen as the only players in NFL history with at least 75 passing touchdowns and 50 rushing touchdowns.
3) DeAndre Hopkins has been key to Travis Kelce's re-emergence
Since the Chiefs traded for Hopkins on Oct. 23, Kelce has returned to the level of production that we all expected from him, totaling 32 receptions combined in his last three games. The only tight end in NFL history with more receptions in a three-game span was Jason Witten in 2012 (33).
Kelce also caught a touchdown pass in the second quarter of Sunday's 16-14 win over the Broncos to bring his career total to 76, tying Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez for the most receiving scores in Chiefs history.
4) Kyler Murray joins exclusive club while keeping Cardinals atop division
The Cardinals are on a four-game winning streak and are currently in pole position in the NFC West at 6-4. Prior to this current streak, Arizona had not won back-to-back games since 2021.
Murray, who had a passing touchdown and two rushing touchdowns in 31-6 Week 10 blowout of the Jets, joined Cam Newton and Josh Allen as the only players in NFL history with 100-plus passing TDs and at least 30 rushing scores in their first NFL six seasons.
5) Justin Herbert is chasing his own franchise (interception-free) record
The Chargers have won four of five games since their bye week, and Herbert has not tossed an interception in seven consecutive games. Herbert has thrown 210 passes without being intercepted, the second-longest streak in Chargers history, only behind his own streak of 233 in 2022-23.
The fifth-year quarterback also completed 14 of 18 pass attempts in Los Angeles' 27-17 win versus the Titans, bringing his career total for pass completions to 1,772 -- breaking Derek Carr's NFL record for most completions in a player's first five seasons (1,759).
6) Chargers' defense joins three other historic units in keeping teams off the board
The Chargers' defense, which ranked bottom 10 in the NFL in both scoring and total defense last year, has been lights out 10 weeks into the Jim Harbaugh era -- allowing a league-best 13.1 points per game in 2024.
Harbaugh's defense -- brilliantly coordinator by Jesse Minter -- has not allowed an opponent to score over 20 points in a game yet in his Chargers tenure, making Los Angeles the fourth team in the last 40 years to hold opponents under 21 points in each of its first nine games of the season. The Chargers join the 1990 Giants (10 games), 2013 Chiefs (nine games), and 1999 Jaguars (nine games).
7) Josh Allen moves past trio of dual-threat quarterbacks
Allen had 330 total yards in the Bills' 30-20 win against the Colts, with 280 through the air and 50 on the ground.
It was the 14th game of Allen's career in which he had at least 250 passing yards and 50 rushing yards, breaking a tie with Cam Newton, Russell Wilson and Lamar Jackson for the most such games since 1950.
Research shoutouts: Tony Holzman-Escareno (@FrontOfficeNFL), John Todd and Blake Warye (@bwaryeofblake)
