Seven From Sunday – Week 3

NEW YORK -- Sept. 27, 2026 -- A look at seven statistical highlights from games played during the 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. ET windows on Sunday, September 27, the third week of the 2026 season.

• With two games remaining in Week 3, 12 of 14 games (86 percent) have been within one score (eight points) in the fourth quarter while 11 of 14 games (79 percent) have been decided by eight points or less.
  
  Five teams - Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis and Pittsburgh - recorded a game-winning score in the final three minutes of the fourth quarter while three teams - Baltimore, Buffalo and Las Vegas - overcame deficits of 10-or-more points to win.
  
  Five teams - Buffalo, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Minnesota and San Francisco - advanced to 3-0 while three teams - Atlanta, Indianapolis and Washington - earned their first wins of the season. The Commanders defeated the Seahawks, 33-31, and are the first 0-2 team to defeat the defending Super Bowl champions in Week 3 since 1980 (Cincinnati over Pittsburgh).
  
  The Ravens defeated the Cowboys, 34-31, as kicker Tyler Loop converted a 56-yard game-winning field goal as time expired in the first-ever regular-season game in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  
  Baltimore running back Derrick Henry, who had two rushing touchdowns in the win and has 135 career rushing touchdowns (including the postseason), surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer Marcus Allen (134) for the third-most rushing touchdowns, including the playoffs, in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famers Emmitt Smith (183 rushing touchdowns) and LaDainian Tomlinson (151) have more.
  
  
• Pittsburgh quarterback Aaron Rodgers passed for 292 yards and three touchdowns for a 101.6 rating in the Steelers' 30-27 win over Cincinnati.
  
  Rodgers has 165 career regular-season victories, tied with Ben Roethlisberger (165 wins) for the fifth-most regular season wins in NFL history. Only Tom Brady (251 wins) as well as Pro Football Hall of Famers Brett Favre (186), Peyton Manning (186) and Drew Brees (172) have more.
  
  Rodgers has 81 career games with at least three touchdown passes and a passer rating of 100-or-higher, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer Drew Brees (80 games) for the second-most such games in NFL history. Only Tom Brady (91 games) has more.
  
  
• Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes, in his 150th career start (including the postseason), passed for 246 yards and two touchdowns with a 119.8 rating while running back Kenneth Walker had two touchdowns (one rushing, one receiving) in the Chiefs' 24-10 win at Miami.
  
  Mahomes recorded his 115th career win, tying Tom Brady (115 wins) for the most wins by a quarterback in his first 150 career starts, including the postseason, in NFL history.
  
  Mahomes has 97 career games with multiple touchdown passes, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (96 games) for the second-most such games, including the postseason, in their first 10 seasons in NFL history. Only Russell Wilson (100 games) has more.
  
  Walker is the first player in NFL history with a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown in two of his first three games with a team.
  
  
• Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen recorded two rushing touchdowns and linebacker Greg Rousseau recorded two sacks in the Bills' 24-16 win over the Los Angeles Chargers.
  
  Allen is the first quarterback in NFL history with multiple rushing touchdowns in three consecutive games.
  
  Allen, who has six rushing touchdowns this season, is the fourth player ever with at least six rushing touchdowns in nine consecutive seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Marshall Faulk (10 from 1994-2003), LaDainian Tomlinson (10 from 2001-10) and Jim Brown (nine from 1957-65).
  
  Rousseau is the third player since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic, with two-or-more sacks in each of his team's first three games of a season, joining Mark Gastineau (1984 with the New York Jets) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Kevin Greene (1998 with Carolina).

• Detroit running back Jahmyr Gibbs recorded 164 scrimmage yards (99 rushing, 65 receiving) and three touchdowns (two rushing, one receiving) while wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown had his fifth touchdown reception of the season in the Lions' 31-24 win over the New York Jets.
  
  Gibbs and St. Brown tied Buffalo's Pro Football Hall of Famers Thurman Thomas and Andre Reed (23 games) for the fourth-most games in which both running back-wide receiver teammates score a touchdown in NFL history. Only Dallas' Pro Football Hall of Famers Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin (32 games), the Baltimore Colts' Pro Football Hall of Fame duo of Lenny Moore and Raymond Berry (31) and Indianapolis' Pro Football Hall of Famers Edgerrin James and Marvin Harrison (25) have more.
  
  Gibbs is the first player with four games with multiple rushing touchdowns and a touchdown reception in his first four seasons in NFL history.
  
  Gibbs has 463 scrimmage yards (307 rushing, 156 receiving) and six touchdowns (four rushing, two receiving) this season and is the first player in NFL history with at least 300 rushing yards, four rushing TDs, 150 receiving yards and multiple touchdown receptions in his first three games of a season.
  
  Gibbs has 13 career games with at least two rushing touchdowns, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown (13 games), Todd Gurley (13) and Clinton Portis (13) for the most such games by a player under the age of 25 in NFL history.
  
  Gibbs is the fourth player in NFL history with at least 150 scrimmage yards and three touchdowns in four games in his first four career seasons, joining Cloyce Box, Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown and Larry Johnson.
  
  
• Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow recorded three touchdown passes, including one to wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase, in Week 3 at Pittsburgh.
  
  Burrow has 30 career games with at least three touchdown passes, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre (30 games) and Dak Prescott (30) for the fourth-most such games by a player in his first seven seasons in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famers Dan Marino (42) and Peyton Manning (32) as well as Patrick Mahomes (38) have more.
  
  Chase, who has 7,022 receiving yards in 81 career games, surpassed Torry Holt (82 games) as the fourth-fastest player to reach 7,000 career receiving yards in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer Lance Alworth (72 games), Julio Jones (72) and Justin Jefferson (73) reached the mark faster.
  
  Chase has 57 career touchdown receptions, surpassing Dez Bryant (56 touchdown receptions) for the fourth-most touchdown receptions by a player under the age of 27 in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famers Randy Moss (77 touchdown receptions) and Larry Fitzgerald (59) as well as Rob Gronkowski (65) have more.
  
  
• Seattle wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 10 receptions for 128 yards and two touchdowns in Week 3 at Washington.
  
  Smith-Njigba is the fourth player in the Super Bowl era with six touchdown receptions in his first three games of a season, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Calvin Johnson (2011 with Detroit) and Marvin Harrison (1999 with Indianapolis) as well as Daryl Turner (1985 with Seattle).
  
  Smith-Njigba is the second player in NFL history with at least 25 receptions, 400 receiving yards and six touchdown receptions in his first three games of a season, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison (1999 with Indianapolis).
  
  Smith-Njigba is the second player all-time with at least 120 receiving yards and a touchdown reception in each of his team's first three games of a season, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice (1989 with San Francisco).
  
  
• Additional notes from Sunday include:
  
  
  • New Orleans tight ends Noah Fant and Juwan Johnson each had two touchdown receptions in Week 3, becoming the second pair of tight end teammates with multiple touchdown receptions in the same game in NFL history, joining Oakland Raiders' tight ends Jeremy Brigham and Rickey Dudley (Dec. 24, 2000).