NFL Research spotlights the best nuggets from each slate of games. Here are the most eye-popping statistical accomplishments from Week 11 of the 2025 season.
1) Allen continues to join elite company
Josh Allen and the Bills came out victorious in an exciting back-and-forth scoring fest against the Buccaneers in Week 11.
The reigning MVP bounced back from two first-half interceptions to finish with three passing touchdowns and three rushing TDs, with 317 yards through the air.
Let's climb what we'll call the "Josh Allen Milestones Ladder."
It was Allen's 10th career game with at least three pass touchdowns and one rush touchdown, breaking a tie with Tom Brady and Drew Brees for the most such games all time.
Bumping it up to three pass touchdowns and two rush touchdowns, Allen broke Kordell Stewart's record for the most such games (it was Allen's third career game meeting those criteria).
And finally, the stat line that is the essence of peak Allen: three pass touchdowns and three rush touchdowns. In the history of the NFL, there have only been three such games: Allen today against the Buccaneers, Allen in 2024 against the Rams (in a 44-42 loss) and Hall of Famer Otto Graham in the 1954 NFL Championship Game against the Lions. The Bills QB is the only player to have at least three pass touchdowns, 300 passing yards and three rushing touchdowns in a game.
As for career totals, Allen now has scored 75 times on the ground. That is tied with Cam Newton for the most rush touchdowns by a quarterback in NFL history.
2) Cardinals QB, TE make history despite loss
Christian McCaffrey scored three times and the 49ers rolled to a 41-22 win against the Cardinals in quarterback Brock Purdy's first game action in seven weeks, but it was Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett and tight end Trey McBride who made history despite the loss.
Brissett, who has started the last five games as Kyler Murray recovers from a foot injury, completed 47 of 57 pass attempts for 452 yards and two touchdowns. Brissett's 47 completions are the most in a regular-season game in NFL history and tied Ben Roethlisberger (2020 Wild Card versus the Browns) for the most completions in any game. Brissett's completion percentage of 82.5 is the highest ever in a game by a player who had 450-plus passing yards (surpassed Roethlisberger's mark of 81.6 percent set back in 2014 against the Colts).
Ten of those pass completions were hauled in by Cardinals star McBride, who finished with 115 yards and a touchdown in Week 11. McBride has at least five receptions in each of his last 12 games played dating back to 2024, the third-longest streak by a tight end all time, behind Travis Kelce (15 games in 2018) and Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez (13 games from 2008-09). In each of his last five games, McBride has five-plus catches for 50 yards and a touchdown, tied with Hall of Famer Antonio Gates for the longest streak in a season by a tight end.
3) Garrett gets another multi-sack game in defeat
Myles Garrett almost single-handedly won the Browns a game (again). Against the Ravens in Week 11, the 2023 Defensive Player of the Year registered 4.0 sacks of Lamar Jackson in what ended up a 23-16 loss.
Sound familiar? In Week 8 against the Patriots, Garrett had 5.0 sacks in a 32-13 loss in which he later said he would have "thrown the whole performance away for a win."
But let's focus on the record-breaking positives of Garrett's Week 11 dominance, or his "sackolades" as fellow NFL Researcher Henry Gold coined them. Garrett became just the fourth player since 1982 with multiple games of at least 4.0 sacks in a season, joining Chandler Jones (2019), Hall of Famer Reggie White (1986) and Karl Mecklenburg (1985). Garrett is the only such player to have lost both such games.
Garrett now leads the NFL with 15.0 sacks. Shockingly, 2025 could be the first season of Garrett's career that he leads the NFL in sacks.
Garrett has registered at least 14.0 sacks in each of his last five seasons, setting an all-time record for the most consecutive seasons with at least 14.0 sacks. Garrett's 117.5 career sacks are the second-most in a player's first nine seasons. (White holds the No. 1 spot at 137.0.) Garrett passed Hall of Famers Jared Allen and DeMarcus Ware for second-most sacks within that parameter.
4) Rams WR Adams joins 1,000-catch club
Davante Adams had a relatively quiet day in the Rams' 21-19 win against the Seahawks, finishing with just one catch for 1 yard on eight targets. But that 1-yard reception was historic (and important for the Rams in Week 11), as it was the 1,000th catch of his career and the 10th touchdown of his 2025 campaign.
Adams, still just 32 years old, became the second-youngest player in NFL history to record 1,000 receptions. Only Larry Fitzgerald (also 32 years old, but a number of days younger at the time) was younger.
2025 is now the seventh season in Adams' career with double-digit touchdown receptions, joining Hall of Famers Jerry Rice (9), Randy Moss (9), Marvin Harrison Sr. (8) and Terrell Owens (8) as the only players in NFL history with 10-plus receiving touchdowns in at least seven seasons. Adams (who also had double-digit touchdowns with the Packers and Raiders), Brandon Marshall (Bears, Broncos, Jets) and Owens (49ers, Eagles, Cowboys) are the only players in league history to have at least 10 receiving touchdowns in a season with three different teams.
