If you think Week 13 of the 2025 NFL season is just another week of football, think again. This is the stage where legends aren’t made—they’re cemented. Records are poised to fall like dominoes, and some of the league’s biggest names are standing on the edge of history. Matthew Stafford, Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Christian McCaffrey, Jonathan Taylor, Derrick Henry, Jahmyr Gibbs, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Trey McBride, Zach Ertz, Myles Garrett, and Micah Parsons—every single one has a shot at rewriting the record books this week. Forget stats; this is a full-on assault on history.
Matthew Stafford is playing like a man possessed. Thirty touchdown passes, two interceptions, and he’s only getting started. He joined Patrick Mahomes (2020) as the only players with at least 30 touchdown passes and two-or-fewer interceptions in their team’s first 11 games. Since Week 4, Stafford has thrown 25 touchdown passes with zero interceptions. Zero. Seven of the last eight games he’s hit multiple touchdowns. On Sunday at Carolina, Stafford can become the third player ever with at least 25 pass attempts and no interceptions in nine consecutive games. Jared Goff did ten, Aaron Rodgers nine. He can also become the fourth player all-time with multiple touchdown passes and no interceptions in six consecutive games, joining Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, and Don Meredith. Stafford isn’t just winning games—he’s taunting history.
Josh Allen is a human highlight reel with a stats cheat code. He’s sitting on 33,656 combined passing and rushing yards, 213 passing touchdowns, 75 rushing touchdowns. One more rushing touchdown and he passes Cam Newton for the most ever by a quarterback. One more passing touchdown and he surpasses Brett Favre for the fifth-most in a player’s first eight seasons. 199 more combined yards this week and he’s ahead of Peyton Manning for second-most combined yards through eight seasons. Allen has five consecutive seasons with at least 30 combined passing and rushing touchdowns and can surpass Favre and Rodgers for the second-most in NFL history. Only Drew Brees is ahead. Allen is obliterating history on every down.
Patrick Mahomes is still the gold standard. Last week’s 352 passing yards marked his 50th career 300-yard game. Thanksgiving at Dallas, he needs 58 yards to surpass Dan Marino for third-most passing yards in his first nine seasons, and three touchdown passes to tie Marino for third-most TDs. Only Peyton Manning and Russell Wilson are ahead. Mahomes isn’t just competing; he’s the measuring stick everyone chases.
Christian McCaffrey is defying the RB stereotype. Leading the NFL with 81 receptions and 1,581 scrimmage yards, he has ten games this season with at least five catches and 100 scrimmage yards—the most in the league. One more such game and he ties Marshall Faulk for the most games with at least five receptions and 100 scrimmage yards in a player’s first nine seasons. Fifty career games with at least 50 receiving yards? He can surpass Faulk for second-most all time among running backs. McCaffrey is more than a running back—he’s a Swiss army knife with stats built to destroy history.
Jonathan Taylor is running over the record books. Leading the NFL with 17 scrimmage touchdowns, 15 rushing TDs this season, Taylor has 73 scrimmage TDs in 78 games. One more rushing touchdown and he ties Todd Gurley for fourth-most rushing TDs by a player under 27. Two scrimmage touchdowns this week and he becomes the fifth RB in NFL history to reach 75 scrimmage TDs in fewer than 80 games. Taylor is not just fast—he’s unstoppable.
Derrick Henry is a freight train that doesn’t stop. Two rushing touchdowns last week brought him to 30 career games with multiple rushing touchdowns, third-most in NFL history. Thursday night against Cincinnati, Henry can become the second player ever with 10+ rushing touchdowns in eight consecutive seasons, join the elite company of LaDainian Tomlinson. He can also join Rice, Tomlinson, and Harrison as the fourth player with 10+ scrimmage TDs in eight consecutive seasons. Henry can tie Barry Sanders for fourth-most games with 100+ rushing yards and a rushing TD. He isn’t playing—he’s rewriting history.
Jahmyr Gibbs is making history quietly but violently. Last week: 11 catches, 264 scrimmage yards, three touchdowns—matching LaDainian Tomlinson for the only RBs to ever post at least 10 receptions, 250 scrimmage yards, and three touchdowns in a game. Gibbs leads the NFL with 44 touchdowns since 2023. One more and he ties Earl Campbell for fourth-most TDs by a player in his first three seasons. This kid is stacking Hall of Fame numbers before most rookies even get comfortable.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba is quietly dismantling records. Eight catches for 167 yards and two touchdowns last week, leading the NFL with 1,313 receiving yards this season. One more 87-yard week and he becomes the fourth player in the Super Bowl era with 1,400+ receiving yards in his first 12 games. 75 yards this week and he’s the third player ever with 75+ yards in 12 consecutive games. Smith-Njigba is a record book with legs.
Trey McBride and Zach Ertz are quietly rewriting tight end history. McBride leads all TEs with 80 receptions and 797 yards. One more five-catch game and he surpasses Tony Gonzalez for the second-longest streak of consecutive games with five-plus receptions. Next reception and he overtakes Jimmy Graham for most receptions by a TE in his first four seasons. Nine catches this week and he surpasses Jason Witten for second-most receptions by a TE in his first 12 games of a season. Ertz? Two catches and he passes Shannon Sharpe for fifth-most receptions by a tight end ever. The TEs are quietly taking over the record books.
On defense, Myles Garrett and Micah Parsons are terrorizing offenses. Garrett had three sacks last week, 18 this season, 26 tackles for loss. Two more sacks and he hits 20 in a season—first since T.J. Watt. One more sack surpasses Mark Gastineau for second-most sacks in first 12 games. Garrett is flirting with Lawrence Taylor territory. Parsons had two sacks last week, 10 this season, joining Reggie White as the only players since 1982 with 10+ sacks in each of their first five seasons. Two sacks this week ties DeMarcus Ware for fifth-most sacks in a player’s first five seasons. Next multi-sack game and Parsons overtakes Jared Allen for fourth-most multi-sack games in his first five seasons. The edge duo is bending history to their will.
Week 13 isn’t just a week of football. It’s a historic battlefield where Stafford, Allen, Mahomes, McCaffrey, Taylor, Henry, Gibbs, Smith-Njigba, McBride, Ertz, Garrett, and Parsons can cement their legacies. Records aren’t just in sight—they’re being obliterated, one game at a time.