Updates

Several players are on the brink of career milestones at the start of the 2018 season. Here are the numbers each needs to put up to reach them: 

Tom Brady – New England

• 4,000 passing yards – joins Peyton Manning and Drew Brees as the only players in NFL history to pass for at least 4,000 yards in 10 seasons (see Rivers).
• 21 touchdown passes (incl. postseason) – passes P. Manning (579) for the most touchdown passes in NFL history.
• 12 touchdown passes – joins P. Manning (539) and Brett Favre (508) as the only players to reach 500 career regular-season touchdown passes (see Brees).
• 3,841 passing yards – becomes the fourth quarterback in NFL history with at least 70,000 passing yards.

Drew Brees – New Orleans

• 1,496 passing yards – passes Peyton Manning (71,940) as NFL’s all-time leading passer.
• 79 pass completions – passes Favre (6,300) for the most completions in NFL history.
• 12 touchdown passes – joins P. Manning (539) and Favre (508) as the only players to reach 500 career regular-season touchdown passes (see Brady). 

Ben Roethlisberger – Pittsburgh

• 411 passing yards – passes John Elway (51,475) for seventh place in NFL history in career passing yards.

Philip Rivers – Los Angeles Chargers

• 1,128 passing yards – passes John Elway (51,475) for seventh place in NFL history in career passing yards.
• 4,000 passing yards – joins Peyton Manning (14) and Drew Brees (12) as the only players in NFL history with 10 seasons with at least 4,000 passing yards (see Brady).

Cam Newton – Carolina

• 609 rushing yards – passes Randall Cunningham (4,928) for the second-most career rushing yards by a quarterback in NFL history.
• 700 rushing yards – becomes the first quarterback in NFL history to rush for 700 yards at least in four seasons.

Matt Ryan – Atlanta

• 4,000 passing yards – joins Drew Brees (12) as the only quarterbacks in NFL history with over 4,000 passing yards in eight consecutive seasons (see Stafford).

Matthew Stafford – Detroit

• 4,000 passing yards – joins Drew Brees as the only quarterbacks in NFL history with over 4,000 passing yards in eight consecutive seasons. (see Ryan).

Russell Wilson – Seattle

• 3,000 passing yards and 20 touchdowns – joins P. Manning as the only quarterbacks to reach 3,000 passing yards and 20 touchdowns in each of their first seven seasons.

Larry Fitzgerald – Arizona

• 92 receptions – passes Tony Gonzalez (1,325) for second place on the NFL’s all-time receptions list.
• 390 receiving yards – passes Terrell Owens (15,934) for second place on the NFL’s all-time receiving yards list.
• 48 receptions – passes Jerry Rice (1,281) for the most receptions with one team in NFL history.
• 1,000 receiving yards – ties Randy Moss (10) for the second most 1,000-yard receiving seasons.
• 100 catches and 1,000 receiving yards – ties Brandon Marshall (six) for the most career seasons with at least 100 catches and 1,000 receiving yards (see Brown note).

Antonio Brown – Pittsburgh

• 3 games with at least 10 receptions – ties Andre Johnson (22) for the most career games with at least 10 catches.
• 90 catches – passes Wes Welker (672 from 2007-2012) for the most receptions by a player over any six-year span.
• 911 receiving yards – passes Jerry Rice (8,759 from 1990-95) for the most receiving yards by a player over any six-season span.
• 100 catches and 1,000 receiving yards – ties Brandon Marshall (six) for the most career seasons with at least 100 catches and 1,000 receiving yards (see Fitzgerald note).

Jarvis Landry – Cleveland

• 27 catches – passes Larry Fitzgerald (426) for the most receptions by a player in his first five seasons.

Odell Beckham, Jr. – New York Giants

• 7 receptions in first three games – passes Lionel Taylor (319) for the most receptions by a player through his first 50 career games.

• 362 receiving yards in first three games – passes Lance Alworth (4,785) for the most receiving yards by a player through his first 50 career games.

Michael Thomas – New Orleans

• 90 receptions – joins Odell Beckham, Jr. as the only players to record at least 90 receptions in each of their first three seasons.

Julio Jones – Atlanta

• 1,400 receiving yards – becomes the first player to record at least 1,400 receiving yards in five consecutive seasons.

Brandon Marshall – Seattle

• 41 catches – becomes the 15th player in NFL history to record 1,000 career receptions.

Rob Gronkowski – New England

• 1,000 receiving yards – passes Tony Gonzalez (four) and Jason Witten (four) for the most 1,000-yard seasons by an NFL tight end.

Frank Gore – Miami

• 1,000 rushing yards – joins Emmitt Smith (11), Curtis Martin (10), Walter Payton (10) and Barry Sanders (10) as the only players in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards in at least 10 different seasons.

Mark Ingram – New Orleans

• 735 rushing yards – passes Deuce McAllister (6,096) as the franchise’s all-time leading rusher.
• 6 rushing touchdowns – passes McAllister (49) as the club’s all-time leader.

Melvin Gordon – Los Angeles Chargers

• 1,200 yards from scrimmage and 10 touchdowns – joins Lance Alworth (eight) and LaDainian Tomlinson (four) as only players in team history to record 1,200 yards from scrimmage and 10 touchdowns in three consecutive seasons.

Duke Johnson, Jr. – Cleveland

• 500 receiving yards – becomes the first running back in NFL history with at least 500 receiving yards in each of his first four seasons. 

Julius Peppers – Carolina

• 6 sacks – passes Kevin Greene (160) for the third-most in the NFL since the sack became an official statistic in 1982.

J.J. Watt – Houston 

• 15 sacks – becomes second player to record four seasons with at least 15 sacks since the sack became an official statistic in 1982.

Adam Vinatieri – Indianapolis

• 7 converted field goals – passes Morten Andersen (565) for the most made field goals in NFL history.
• 58 points – passes Andersen (2,544) for the most points scored in NFL history.
• 13 game appearances – becomes fourth player to appear in 350 career games.