NFL Research spotlights the best nuggets from each slate of games. Here are the most eye-popping statistical accomplishments from Week 10 of the 2025 season.
1) Taylor's MVP pace sees him break Colts records
Sunday of Week 10 started off with overtime overseas, as the Colts and Falcons were tied up at 25 points apiece after four quarters in Berlin.
Prior to overtime, Colts star running back Jonathan Taylor had 210 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns, including an 83-yard run in the fourth quarter -- the longest play ever from scrimmage in an international game.
Taylor wasn't done. Of the Colts' seven offensive plays run in overtime, six were handoffs to the Pro Bowl running back -- including the game-winning 8-yard TD run.
Taylor's 286 scrimmage yards broke Marshall Faulk's single-game franchise record. (Kurt Warner, who played with Faulk in St. Louis, mused during the game's broadcast how happy a quarterback is to have a "28" like Taylor or Faulk in the backfield.) In the same game and same vein, Taylor also surpassed Edgerrin James (64) for the most rushing touchdowns in Colts history (Taylor now has 66). For a franchise filled with storied running backs, Taylor is making his case as Indy's best.
Week 10 was the second game of Taylor's career with at least 200 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns -- tying Derrick Henry, Adrian Peterson and Jim Brown for the most such games in NFL history. On the season, Taylor leads the NFL with 1,139 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns -- making him the sixth player in NFL history with 1,100 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns in his first 10 games in a season. The last two players to do so: Shaun Alexander in his 2005 MVP season and Terrell Davis in his 1998 MVP season.
One final note with some career perspective for the 26-year-old former (and current) rushing leader: 2025 could be the second season in Taylor's career of averaging 100-plus rushing yards per game, at least 5 yards per carry and scoring 15 rushing touchdowns. The only other players in NFL history with multiple such seasons: Henry (3) and Brown (2).
2) Lamar's first 100 starts tell historic tale
Sunday's win against the Vikings was the 100th career start of Lamar Jackson's marvelous career. Jackson ranks among the greatest of all time in a player's first 100 starts.
- 73 wins (fourth in NFL history, behind Patrick Mahomes' 78, Tom Brady's 76 and Roger Staubach's 76)
- 180 passing touchdowns (sixth in NFL history)
- 50 interceptions (fewest in NFL history)
- 2,883 team points scored in his starts (most in NFL history)
Jackson's 50 interceptions through 100 starts broke Aaron Rodgers' record (he had 54 interceptions in his first 100 starts). The Ravens' 2,883 points scored in Jackson's first 100 starts also broke Rodgers' record for the highest-scoring offense in a quarterback's first 100 career starts.
So, no quarterback in NFL history has ever led a higher-scoring offense or been less prone to throwing interceptions through 100 starts.
The Ravens have won three straight since their Week 7 bye and are firmly back in the playoff race after a 1-5 start to the season. Jackson has 15 touchdown passes to just one interception in his six games played this season. Baltimore (4-5) is a game behind the 5-4 Steelers and still has both matchups against Pittsburgh left. The Ravens are very much alive and well in the AFC North race.
3) Stafford making case for first MVP
Matthew Stafford has Pro Bowls, career longevity records, a 5,000-yard season and, of course, a Super Bowl ring. But what is his trophy case lacking? A trophy. An MVP trophy.
This might be the season.
Dating back to Sept. 28 against the Colts, Stafford has thrown 20 touchdowns and zero interceptions in a six-game span. Twenty touchdowns, zero picks. In the history of the NFL, no player had ever thrown at least 20 touchdowns in a six-game span in a season without being intercepted. Never, that is, until the 37-year-old Rams signal-caller did so in the last month and a half.
Just in Stafford's last three games, he has 13 touchdown passes. He is just the second player in NFL history to throw four-plus touchdown passes and zero interceptions in three consecutive games, joining Aaron Rodgers in 2016 (a run which included a Wild Card Round win against the Giants).
4) Gibbs runs to rarefied air
Dan Campbell took over offensive play-calling duties and Jahmyr Gibbs took over the game, as the Lions restored the roar to the tune of 44 points against the Commanders in Week 10. The 23-year-old star rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns, and added 30 more yards and a touchdown through the air, finishing with 172 yards from scrimmage and three touchdowns in Week 10.
Gibbs, who led the NFL with 20 touchdowns scored in 2024, now has 41 in his young career. There are only four players in the history of the NFL with more touchdowns than Gibbs before their 24th birthday and they are all certified-platinum Hall of Famers: Barry Sanders (47 touchdowns), Randy Moss (44), Emmitt Smith (43) and Jim Brown (42). Gibbs doesn't turn 24 until March 20, so he will have the rest of the 2025 season to add to that total.
5) Lawrence impacting Seattle's defense
Pro Bowl edge Demarcus Lawrence, 33, has made an instant impact in Seattle.
Two of the biggest plays in the Seahawks' 44-22 drubbing of the Cardinals were nearly identical in the gamebook: Jacoby Brissett sacked by Tyrice Knight, fumbles, recovered by Lawrence, touchdown. Rinse and repeat.
Lawrence became just the fourth player in NFL history with multiple fumbles returned for touchdowns in the same game, joining Jeremy Chinn (2020 against the Bengals), Fred Evans (1948 against Washington) and Al Nesser (1920 against the Wheeling Stogies).
Lawrence's two fumble recoveries in Week 10 were both returned for at least 20 yards, making him the only player in league history to return multiple fumbles 20-plus yards for touchdowns in the same game.
