{"id":295620,"date":"2023-10-30T06:53:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T06:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=295620"},"modified":"2023-10-30T06:53:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T06:53:59","slug":"nfl-stats-and-records-week-8-titans-qb-will-levis-has-historic-nfl-debut-dolphins-wr-tyreek-hill-chasing-receiving-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/nfl\/nfl-stats-and-records-week-8-titans-qb-will-levis-has-historic-nfl-debut-dolphins-wr-tyreek-hill-chasing-receiving-record\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL stats and records, Week 8: Titans QB Will Levis has historic NFL debut; Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill chasing receiving record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>NFL Research offers the best nuggets from each week of games in the NFL. Here are the most eye-popping statistical accomplishments from Week 8 of the 2023 NFL season.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Will Levis&#8217; NFL debut is one to remember<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through the first seven weeks of the season, the Titans had three passing touchdowns (two by Ryan Tannehill and one by Derrick Henry) \u2013 the fewest in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>In Week 8, in his first NFL game action, Will Levis threw four touchdown passes in the Titans 28-23 win over the Falcons.<\/p>\n<p>Levis is the third player in NFL history to throw four touchdown passes in his first NFL game &#8212; joining former Titans second-overall pick Marcus Mariota (2015) and Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton (1961).<\/p>\n<p>Three of Levis&#8217; touchdown passes were of 30-plus yards \u2013 the most in a player&#8217;s first career game all-time (excluding players who only appeared in strike-shortened seasons).<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Hopkins continues to excel with new quarterbacks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The primary recipient of Will Levis&#8217; historic debut was DeAndre Hopkins. Catching touchdown passes from inexperienced quarterbacks is nothing new for DHop &#8212; in fact, Levis was the fourth quarterback to throw his first career touchdown to Hopkins, joining Case Keenum, Deshaun Watson and Tom Savage.<\/p>\n<p>Hopkins joins Marvin Harrison Jr. and Joey Galloway as the only players in NFL history to catch four different quarterbacks&#8217; first career touchdown pass.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison caught the first career touchdown throw of Kerwin Bell, Kelly Holcomb, Peyton Manning and Jim Sorgi. While Galloway caught Gino Torretta, Jon Kitna, Chad Hutchinson and Bruce Gradkowski&#8217;s first career touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Tyreek Hill chasing WR record<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hill leads the NFL with 1,014 receiving yards this season &#8212; and is on pace to reach the lofty 2,000-yard goal he set in the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Hill is the first player in the Super Bowl era to surpass 1,000 yards receiving in his team&#8217;s first eight games of the season. Three other players did so prior to the Super Bowl era &#8212; Charlie Hennigan (1,122 in 1961), Hall of Famer Elroy Hirsch (1,058 in 1951) and Hall of Famer Don Hutson (1,032 in 1942).<\/p>\n<p>Miami&#8217;s star receiver will face his old team in a new location next week as the Dolphins and Chiefs will meet in Frankfurt, Germany &#8212; exclusively available on NFL Network and NFL Plus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4) Cowboys CB stepping up and showing out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There has been nothing bland about Cowboys second-year cornerback DaRon Bland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno State product has stepped up in Trevon Diggs&#8217; absence due to season-ending injury, leading all NFL players with three pick-sixes in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Bland has yet to allow a touchdown as the nearest defender in coverage this season, per Next Gen Stats,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right, he has scored three touchdowns and allowed zero. That seems pretty good for a cornerback.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Bland is the first player in Cowboys history with three pick-sixes in a single season (reminder: Deion Sanders played for the Cowboys). Bland is one more interception return for a touchdown away from tying the single-season record of four (a record shared by Eagles corner Eric Allen in 1993, Chiefs safety Jim Kearney in 1972 and Hall of Fame safety Ken Houston in 1971).<\/p>\n<p>Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, who threw his 30th career pick-six in this game, broke a tie with Hall of Famer Dan Marino for the second-most all-time. Only Hall of Famer Brett Favre (32) has had more passes intercepted and returned for touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5) A.J. Brown setting the tone with receiving record<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brown had another monster game against the Commanders in Week 8 (four of his five touchdowns in 2023 have come against Washington) and reached a historic milestone while doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday was the sixth consecutive game in which Brown totaled at least 125 receiving yards, the longest streak in NFL history.<\/p>\n<p>Brown surpassed Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson (five games in 2012) and Pat Studstill (1966) for the most consecutive games with 125-plus receiving yards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6) Christian McCaffrey continues historic touchdown streak alive<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the 49ers have turned a historic winning streak into a disheartening losing streak, McCaffrey has remained an end zone magnet.<\/p>\n<p>Including the 2022 playoffs, McCaffrey has now scored a touchdown in 17 consecutive games &#8212; tied with Hall of Famer Lenny Moore (1963-64) for the longest streak in NFL history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In one of Moore&#8217;s games during that streak he scored an offensive fumble recovery touchdown but not a scrimmage touchdown (rushing or receiving). That mean&#8217;s McCaffrey&#8217;s 17-game streak with a <em>scrimmage<\/em> touchdown is the longest in NFL history.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/nfl-stats-and-records-week-8-titans-qb-will-levis-has-historic-nfl-debut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL Research offers the best nuggets from each week of games in the NFL. 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