Week seven of the NFL is almost in the books with just two games left to play. Several players delivered incredible performances, along with surprising results from multiple teams.

Arguably the most impressive performance of the week came from Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, who defeated the 49ers in a rematch of last season’s Super Bowl.

This was the tenth regular season rematch of the previous season’s Super Bowl, and thanks to Kansas City’s win, the reigning Super Bowl champions are now 7-3 in those games. Mahomes also improved to 5-0 in his career against the 49ers, with three regular season wins and two Super Bowl wins.

The two-time MVP did not have his best game and even recorded the worst passer rating of his career at 44.4. He now has six touchdown passes and eight interceptions on the year, which strangely puts him in rare company. Since 1985, he joins Peyton Manning (2015) as the only quarterbacks during that span to throw more interceptions than touchdowns while leading their team to a 6-0 start.

Manning would lead the Broncos to a Super Bowl title that season. A sign of things to come perhaps? The Chiefs are the second team ever to start 6-0 after winning two consecutive Super Bowls, joining the 1990 49ers.

Kansas City’s dominant performance wasn’t the only spectacular thing to happen this weekend. FOX Sports Research has listed ten more eye-opening nuggets for you. Let’s see.

1. Jordan has the juice

Jordan Love has been on an absolute tear this season, throwing for multiple touchdown passes in every game he has played. Going back to last year, he has gone nine straight games with multiple touchdown passes – the longest active streak in the NFL. Aaron Rodgers (13 in 2011) and Brett Favre (12 in 1994-95) are the only Packers quarterbacks ever with longer streaks. If you include the postseason, he has done that in 11 straight games – which is the second-longest streak of any player over the past five seasons, behind only Tom Brady (13 straight games from 2020-2021).

Since the start of last season, Love also leads the league in games with three or more touchdown passes with eight.

Takeaway:

The only thing keeping Love from entering the conversation as the top five quarterback in the league is the number of interceptions he throws. If he can lower that number, the rest of the NFC North will be in trouble.

2. Hurts’ exploits

In Week 7, the Eagles became the first NFC team to score 0 points in the first quarter through the first six games of the season since the 0-16 Lions in 2008. But Jalen Hurts quickly put points on the board after that.

He finished the game with three total touchdowns, throwing for one and rushing for two. This was his 20th career game with both a passing and rushing rating, the third highest in the first five seasons of any player in NFL history, trailing only Cam Newton (31) and Josh Allen (25). But remember: Hurts did two scores on the ground. This was his sixth career game with a passing touchdown and multiple rushing touchdowns, tying Allen for second all-time, trailing only Newton (eight).

Takeaway:

Hurts will need to remain a threat on the field if the Eagles want to get back to the Super Bowl. Sunday was a step in the right direction.

3. Super Saquon

Before Sunday, Saquon Barkley said playing the Giants wouldn’t be a “revenge game” for him.

But he certainly ran like it was.

He finished the day with 176 rushing yards, the second-most in NFL history by a player versus his former team. The only player with more was Cedric Benson in 2009 against the Bears (189 yards). He now has 658 rushing yards this season, passing LeSean McCoy (630 in 2013) for the most through the first six games of the season in franchise history. After Sunday evening, he is third in the league behind Derrick Henry (704) and Jordan Mason (667).

Takeaway:

Barkley is one of the best running backs in the league. Despite the Commanders’ stellar play, his play makes them the favorite in the NFC East.

4. Can’t stop Goff

This was a highly anticipated matchup that delivered results. It was the first Lions-Vikings game of all time in which the two teams had eight or more combined wins and one or fewer combined losses. Jared Goff continued his incredible play, finishing with a passer rating of 140.0; his third straight game surpassed that mark. Since the 1970 merger, he joined Aaron Rodgers (2011), Kurt Warner (1999) and Roger Staubach (1971) as the only players to record a passer rating of 140 or higher in three consecutive games. For perspective, Rodgers and Warner both won the MVP award in the seasons in which they did so.

This was also the first time the Lions defeated a team 5-0 since October 20, 1974…which was exactly 50 years ago on Sunday! And what’s even wilder is that the win in ’74 also came against none other than the Vikings.

Takeaway:

Simply put, the Lions are serious Super Bowl contenders.

5. BTJ joins a rare company

With players like Marvin Harrison Jr., Malik Nabers and Rome Odunze taking all the shine among starting receivers, Brian Thomas Jr. quietly a great season for the Jaguars. As of Sunday night, he ranks fifth in the league with 513 receiving yards on just 30 receptions. He is the first player with more than 500 yards and 30 or fewer receptions through his first seven career games since none other than Randy Moss in 1998.

Takeaway:

Jacksonville has found their new No. 1 option. It will be very interesting to see how his numbers look at the end of the season compared to other receivers in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft.

6. The Struggle of Daniel Jones

It’s been a tough season for Daniel Jones. He is 2-5 and has a six-to-four touchdown-to-interception ratio. His struggles were especially evident playing at home, as he failed to throw a touchdown pass in his last six starts at MetLife Stadium. He is only the fourth quarterback since 2000 to go five or more straight home games without throwing a touchdown, joining Lamar Jackson (2022-23), Colt McCoy (2014-22) and Brett Hundley (2017).

He has also lost six straight home starts (going back to last season), one that fell short of tying the franchise record – which he also holds (lost seven in a row from 2019 to 2020). Jones is the only quarterback since at least 1950 to lose six straight home games and not throw a single touchdown during that stretch. This is only the fifth time in Giants history that they have started 0-4 at home, and only the third time this has happened in the 21st century (2018, 2017).

Takeaway:

Drew Lock got some action this past week in the loss to the Eagles. If Jones continues to struggle, we might see a lot more of him.

7. Green Bay Ballin’

The Packers had an impressive win against the Texans on Sunday, but even more impressive was that they did so despite a -3 turnover differential. After games played on Sunday, teams with a turnover differential of -3 or worse are 1-12 this season, with the only win coming from the Packers. If you go back to the start of 2023, teams are 5-60 if you lose the turnover battle by three or more, and if you go back to the start of 2022 – it drops dramatically to 6-97. It was a rare victory for Matt LaFleur’s team.

Takeaway:

Given the numbers above, the Packers will need to commit fewer turnovers to keep winning. Sunday was an outlier.

8. Russ cooks

There was a lot of discussion about whether Mike Tomlin made the right call by benching Justin Fields in favor of Russell Wilson, but after Sunday night’s dominance against the Jets, it seems like the right decision (for now, at least). Wilson had 264 passing yards in his first start as a Steeler, the most in a debut in franchise history. He threw two touchdown passes and added one on the ground, his 17th career game with two passing scores and one or more on the ground. That’s tied with Steve Young for fourth-most in NFL history, trailing only Cam Newton (22), Josh Allen (21) and Aaron Rodgers (20).

Takeaway:

Can Russ keep this up, or will Fields return to action? Only time will tell.

9. Tough times in Carolina

The 2024 Panthers are the first team of all time to trail by more than 20 points at halftime in four of their first seven games. They are allowing 34.7 points per game, which is on track to be the worst for a team since the 1966 Giants, who allowed 35.8 points per game.

Takeaway:

The Panthers are likely looking at a top three pick in next year’s draft unless there is a drastic change in their game.

10. Brown’s offensive woes

Deshaun Watson’s injury made the Browns the first team to have three different players have 10+ pass attempts in a game since the Chiefs in Week 7, 2008.

They have failed to score 20 points in each of their first seven games, becoming the first team to do so since the 2009 Commanders. Only four teams since 2000 have failed to score 20 points in each of their first seven games of the season (2024 Browns, 2009 Washington, 2005 Ravens, 2004 Washington).

Takeaway:

With Watson likely out for the year, it will be an uphill battle for the rest of the season.

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