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Top 5 NFL Facts to Know From Wild Card Weekend
The most significant milestones, stats, & interesting occurrences to know from NFL Wild Card Weekend
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Whether it’s a monumental milestone or just an interesting occurrence to bring up in a conversation, here are the top NFL facts to know from Wild Card Weekend:
This was one of the best RB performances in postseason history.
Derrick Henry is the first player in NFL postseason history with multiple games of 150 rushing yards on the road (also in the 2017 Wild Card game against the Chiefs). pic.twitter.com/4XyOZJCReg
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 5, 2020
Derrick Henry accounted for 73.6 percent of the @Titans‘ scrimmage yards today (rushing/receiving).
That’s the second-highest mark all-time in a playoff game, behind Eric Dickerson’s 76.5 percent on January 4, 1986 – the day he rushed for a playoff-record 248 yards.— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) January 5, 2020
Historic game from Derrick Henry https://t.co/IVC8xwDrLt
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) January 5, 2020
The rookie proved to be the difference in one team’s season ending & the other still alive and well.
DK Metcalf’s 160 receiving yards are the most by a rookie in a playoff game in the Super Bowl era#Seahawks | @dkm14 | @Seahawks
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) January 6, 2020
DK Metcalf (@dkm14) is the youngest player in @Seahawks history to score a TD in a playoff game (22 years, 22 days old).#SEAvsPHI | #Seahawks
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) January 6, 2020
DK Metcalf has the most receiving yards by a rookie in their playoff debut in NFL history. pic.twitter.com/VIufGDWXyG
— Nick Sabatino (@saba12_) January 6, 2020
He is the most versatile NFL player of all-time.
Taysom Hill is a triple threat https://t.co/2gZQmPjhKx
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) January 5, 2020
Taysom Hill has more career playoff receiving TD (2) than Stefon Diggs & Adam Thielen combined (1) #Saints | @Saints | @T_Hill4
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) January 5, 2020
Now the attention turns to see if Tom Brady comes back next year.
This loss ends the Patriots NFL-record streak of 8 consecutive Conference Championship appearances https://t.co/DrD67ndj3Y
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) January 5, 2020
He finally got the opportunity that he had been waiting for his entire career.
Josh McCown is the 1st player in NFL history to make his postseason debut at 40 years old.
Prior to today the oldest player in their postseason debut was Ben Agajanian for the 1956 Giants. He was 37 years, 124 days old.(McCown is 40-185).
(h/t @EliasSports) pic.twitter.com/OTnAUrQepP— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 5, 2020
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