On Sunday, Josh Jacobs made NFL history—a record he probably would rather not have. Jacobs caught four passes in the close 31-29 defeat of the Vikings by the Green Bay Packers, raising his career total to 204 receptions without a receiving score. With this accomplishment, Jacobs becomes the player with the most receptions in NFL history without finding the end zone, breaking Gerald Riggs’ prior record.
Gerald Riggs set a record in 1987 and kept it for 37 years when he made 201 receptions without ever scoring a touchdown during his 10-year NFL career.
Riggs had two seasons with over 30 catches while playing for the Atlanta Falcons (1982–88) and the Washington Redskins (1989–91), but he was still unable to cross the end zone. Notwithstanding this unfavourable record, Riggs concluded his career with a Super Bowl victory with Washington in his penultimate campaign. He may have an unusual stat, but at least he had a championship ring when the game ended.
With no receiving touchdowns, Jacobs surpasses Riggs’ record.
Despite catching 197 passes and scoring an astounding 46 rushing touchdowns during his five seasons with the Raiders, Jacobs was unexpectedly never able to find the end zone via the air. But after hauling in three receptions for the Packers over the first three weeks of the season, Jacobs made a slow but steady progress toward matching Riggs’ elusive mark in a thrilling performance in Week 4.
Jordan Love vowed to stop it, but in the end, Jacobs broke the terrible NFL record by going over 140 catches without a score, a distinction only held by Gerald Riggs and Eric Bieniemy.
With nine years and 146 receptions, Bieniemy had nearly matched Jacobs’ record, but now Jacobs holds the only one. Jacobs is still one of just three players in NFL history to catch at least 140 passes without finding the end zone, along with Riggs and Bieniemy.
Love stated; “I saw that the other day. I’m surprised he doesn’t have any touchdowns yet. Let’s see, 197 career receptions, zero receiving touchdowns. I sent that to him, I said, ‘Bro, we’re going to get you a touchdown, for sure”.
Aaron Rodgers mocked by fans after losing to Lions
By the end of the 2022 season, Rex Grossman and Aaron Rodgers will both have appeared in as many Super Bowls over their respective careers.
That’s due to the fact that the Green Bay Packers squandered their chance to secure a postseason spot by shocking the Detroit Lions 20-16 on Sunday at Lambeau Field. To transform a 4-8 season start into a five-game winning streak and postseason appearance, the Packers only needed to protect home-field advantage, but the Lions had other plans and played spoiler.
The Seattle Seahawks are the NFC postseason bracket’s seventh and final seed as a consequence.
The offence of Green Bay was largely to be blamed for the loss since it frequently missed scoring opportunities and because Aaron Rodgers threw a crucial interception in the final minutes. Aidan Hutchinson was difficult for the offensive line to stop, the team frequently committed mistakes at bad times, and the rushing offence never really took off.
Because Seattle’s overtime victory over the Los Angeles Rams had already eliminated the Lions, the onus was entirely on the visiting team. And, at least offensively, the Packers performed accordingly.
In a first half that saw Aaron Jones lose a fumble and attempt a failed fourth down, Green Bay only scored three field goals. Not much changed when a drive stalled once more and Mason Crosby missed a field goal by hitting the crossbar to open the second half.
Rodgers never touched the ball again after throwing a dreadful interception to Kerby Joseph.
Fans have posted a video of Aaron Rodgers being mocked in his post game interviews. Inappropriate noises were added to the Twitter video making fun of the player losing the game against his opponents.
His opposing team, the Lions, responded to the tweet with “We kept the receipts.” The Lions then were congratulated for winning the Super Bowl. This is of course a sarcastic response as the Lions have not won the Super Bowl since 1991 and are dubbed as the “longest postseason win drought.”
Fans were agreeing with the mockery that is happening to Aaron Rogers as they feel that he deserves it after his time on the field. Fans also hope that he learns his lesson to be more humble when being interviewed next time as he might definitely be badly beaten as he did in this match again.
Others claimed that he is obnoxious and cannot wait until he transfers to another team. Fans also stated that he should’ve retired five years ago.
National Football League is a professional sporting league which is played entirely in America. It is the premiere sporting events, which is consist of 32 teams which is divided into two conferences, the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). NFL has been as a part of the football league in America for more that 120 years.
In NFL, there are mnay roles which a player can excel in one such role is Wide Receiver. A wide receiver (WR) is referred to as a wide-out, which is one of the role of NFL. The principal role is to catch forward passes from the quarterback. The criteria of a WR is that receiver becomes open on his pass route, the quarterback may throw a pass to him. So lets take a look at the best NFL WR of all time.
How to score a point by being a Wide Receiver- all you need to know?
There are some of the greatest wide receivers of all-time, however there is one name that cannot be neglected and that is Jerry Rice. As mentioned before, the role of a WR is that he needs to successfully catch the ball without the ball dropping on the ground. This is called completion. Later on, he has to run with the ball as far as possible, at the end of the zone in order to get a touchdown.
Jerry Rice- All time famous WR.
Jerry Rice had begun his NFL career in the year 1985. He was drafted as one of the player of NFL, by the San Francisco’s team 49ers. Before he started playing with the Oakland Raiders for three years, he was a part of the 49ers for a period of 16 years. He was also a part of the Seattle Seahawks for a year.
Rice has a record of 1,000 yards in 14 seasons. He had finished his career with 1,549 receptions, 22,895 yards, and 197 touchdowns. Many People believe that he had gained such recognition merely on the basis of his longevity, he was a part of the NFL journey for 20 seasons. Rice isn’t just referred to as one of the greatest wide receivers of all time, but also for breaking all records. The the only player who is close to breaking of his set record is Larry Fitzgerald with 117 receptions away.
NFL Vikings escape Washington upset bid while Jets beat Bills
The Minnesota Viking’s Kirk Cousins threw for 265 yards and two touchdowns in a triumphant NFL return to Washington on Sunday while the Buffalo Bills were upset by the New York Jets.
Cousins, who spent six largely frustrating NFL seasons with Washington before joining the Vikings in 2018, sparked Minnesota over the Commanders 20-17.
“I knew I was going to be emotional pulling in, seeing the player parking lot where we used to hang out. I about shed a tear,” Cousins said.
“But we had a job to do, and we got the job done.”
The Vikings on the rise
The Vikings, who trailed 17-7 in the fourth quarter, improved to 7-1 overall — their best start since 2009 — and stretched their win streak to six games, each victory coming by eight points or less.
“We feel like we’re using too many of our lives right now. We need to win a little more convincingly,” Cousins said. “We’ve got to find ways to win a little better. We’ve got to play a little better.
“But I’d much rather have these conversations in the meeting room tomorrow after a win.”
Cousins completed 22 of 40 passes, including touchdown tosses of nine yards to Justin Jefferson and 12 yards to Dalvin Cook, and guided a six-minute drive to set up Greg Joseph’s winning field goal with 12 seconds remaining.
“We’re finding ways to win,” Cousins said. “We’re finding the inches. We grind on them and keep trying to pull them out at the end.”
At New York, the Jets drove 86 yards to set up Greg Zuerlein’s 28-yard game-winning field goal with 1:43 remaining to beat Buffalo 20-17 for their best start in 12 years.
Bills quarterback Josh Allen ran for two touchdowns but Jets defenders stifled the NFL’s top offensive unit as Buffalo fell to 6-2, still ahead of the Jets (6-3) atop the AFC East division.
Miami improved to 6-3 in the AFC East as Tua Tagovailoa threw for 302 yards and three touchdowns in the Dolphins’ 35-32 victory at Chicago.
Chicago’s Justin Fields, who had three touchdown passes and a touchdown run in a losing cause, ran for 178 yards to set an NFL one-game regular-season record for quarterbacks, five more than Michael Vick’s old mark from 2002.
AFC East rival New England improved to 5-4 with a 26-3 home rout of Indianapolis as Mac Jones threw for a touchdown and Jonathan Jones returned an interception 17 yards for a touchdown.
Brady heroics bring win
Tom Brady flipped a 1-yard touchdown pass to Cade Otton with nine seconds remaining to give Tampa Bay a 16-13 victory over the reigning Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams.
The 45-year-old quarterback, winner of a record seven Super Bowl crowns, became the first player with 100,000 career p
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assing yards, completing 36-of-58 throws for 280 yards.
Brady also delivered his NFL record 69th career game-winning drive in the last two minutes or overtime.
The Buccaneers improved to 4-5 while the Rams fell to 3-5 in the first meeting of the two prior NFL champions in which both had losing records.
The Green Bay Packers (3-6) suffered their fifth consecutive loss, falling 15-9 at Detroit as Aaron Rodgers threw three interceptions while Jared Goff threw two touchdown passes for the Lions.
Cincinnati’s Joe Mixon scored a team-record five touchdowns, running 22 times for 153 yards and four touchdowns with four receptions for 58 yards and another score, to power the Bengals over visiting Carolina 42-21.
Travis Etienne ran for 109 yards and two touchdowns and Trevor Lawrence threw for another score as host Jacksonville rallied from a 17-0 deficit to defeat Las Vegas 27-20.
Cameron Dicker’s 37-yard field goal on the final play gave the Los Angeles Chargers a 20-17 triumph at Atlanta. Austin Ekeler ran for one touchdown and caught a touchdown pass for the Chargers.
Geno Smith threw for 275 yards and two touchdowns and Kenneth Walker ran 26 times for 109 yards and two touchdowns to spark Seattle over host Arizona 31-21.
Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles ran over Green Bay on Sunday, knocking Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers out in the third quarter of a 40-33 NFL victory.
The Eagles improved their NFL-best record to 10-1 while the Packers, their playoff ambitions in tatters, fell to 4-8.
“We got the GOAT!” Eagles quarterback Hurts said in a post-game television interview, though he was quick to wish four-time NFL Most Valuable Player Rodgers a speedy recovery.
Rodgers, already nursing a broken thumb, said he suffered a rib injury in the first half, which was aggravated in the third quarter apparently when he absorbed one of three sacks on the night.
“I was just having a hard time breathing and rotating my upper body,” Rodgers said. “I was worried about a punctured lung as well, so I wanted to get that checked out. I’ll get a scan tomorrow.”
Rodgers said his lung was fine, and despite “intense” pain he envisioned playing next weekend “as long as I check out OK tomorrow.”
The Packers had trimmed the deficit to 34-23 with a field goal before Rodgers departed.
Backup Jordan Love connected with Christian Watson for a 63-yard touchdown and authored a field goal drive, but it wasn’t enough against the formidable Eagles offense.
Hurts piled on 310 total yards, completing 16 of 28 passes for two touchdowns. His 157 rushing yards set the Eagles’ single-game record for a quarterback as the team gained a whopping 363 yards on the ground.
Hurts connected with Quez Watkins for a 30-yard touchdown to make it 27-20 at halftime, and pushed the lead to 34-20 midway through the third with a six-yard scoring pass to A.J. Brown.
Bengals claim victory
Elsewhere on Sunday, the suddenly surging Cincinnati Bengals claimed a third straight victory on Sunday as the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs both took their win streaks to five games.
The Bengals, who fell to the Los Angeles Rams in last season’s Super Bowl, beat the AFC South-leading Tennessee Titans, 20-16, in Nashville.
Quarterback Joe Burrow hit Tee Higgins with a 27-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to secure a fifth win in six games for the 7-4 Bengals.
“This is the kind of game that great teams win,” Burrow said. “It’s not always going to be pretty. This is the NFL. You’re playing really, really good teams on the opposing end.
“You’ve got to find ways to win, and we’re starting to do that.”
In Kansas City, the Chiefs notched a 26-10 win over the Rams in a game quarterback Patrick Mahomes called “ugly.”
Mahomes threw one TD, Isiah Pacheco ran for another and Harrison Butker kicked four field goals as the Chiefs failed to convert five of their six red-zone scoring chances into touchdowns.
“I felt like we didn’t execute at a high level in the red zone,” Mahomes said. “I threw a dumb, dumb interception there at the end of the game. But it’s a team game. The defense stepped up — they played great.”
Browns down Bucs
Miami’s fifth straight victory was a comfortable 30-15 decision against the hapless Houston Texans.
Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw for 299 yards and one touchdown and extended his run without an interception to four games.
The Las Vegas Raiders won a shootout in Seattle in overtime, beating the Seahawks, 40-34.
In Cleveland, Nick Chubb ran in an overtime touchdown to give the Browns a 23-17 comeback win over Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Tampa Bay had led 17-10 going into the fourth quarter after Brady had found Ko Kieft with a five-yard pass in the third.
But with 32 seconds left on the clock, Browns quarterback Jacoby Brissett found David Njoku in the endzone to take the game into overtime.
Trevor Lawrence threw for three touchdowns and 321 yards as the Jacksonville Jaguars upset the Baltimore Ravens, 28-27.
Lawrence found Marvin Jones with a 10-yard touchdown pass with 14 seconds left and then found Zay Jones for the game-winning two-point conversion.
Ravens kicker Justin Tucker missed a 67-yard field goal on the last play, an attempt which would have had to beat his own NFL record field goal distance of 66 yards set against Detroit in September 2021.
The Green Bay Packers kept their slim NFL playoff hopes alive on Monday with a 24-12 victory over the reigning Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams.
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers connected on 22 of 30 passes for 229 yards and a touchdown with one interception as Green Bay improved to 6-8.
AJ Dillon brought the heat at chilly Lambeau Field in Green Bay, running for two touchdowns for the home side.
That included barrelling through the line for a one-yard TD that gave the Packers a 17-6 lead in the third quarter.
Rodgers then connected with Aaron Jones on a seven-yard touchdown.
The Rams cut the deficit on Baker Mayfield’s eight-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Higbee, but the Packers defense clamped down with an interception and a fifth sack of Mayfield.
Mayfield, who was claimed off waivers this month after injuries to starter Matthew Stafford and backup John Wolford, completed 12 of 21 passes for 111 yards.
He had led the Rams to a shock win over Las Vegas last week in his first appearance for the team.
But the Rams, already off to the worst start by any reigning Super Bowl champion, fell to 4-10 and were eliminated from playoff contention.
With three games remaining, the Packers trail the Washington Commanders for the final NFC playoff spot.
