NFL Research spotlights the best nuggets from each slate of games. Here are the most eye-popping statistical accomplishments from Week 2 of the 2025 NFL season.
1) Cowboys' Aubrey delivers kicking first in high-scoring win over Giants
A high-scoring overtime game between bitter division rivals? Sign me up.
Giants at Cowboys, relegated to the early Sunday time slot (a rarity in this rivalry), would have made any prime-time audience happy. In the fourth quarter and overtime alone there were six lead changes -- tied for the most in a game in NFL history. (There were also six when the Ravens defeated the Vikings, 29-26, in Week 14 of 2013.)
The star of the highest-scoring game of a high-scoring Sunday was Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey, who connected on a 64-yarder as time expired in regulation to send the game to overtime, then hit a 46-yard game-winner as time expired in the extra frame.
Aubrey is the first player in NFL history to convert a game-tying field goal with no time remaining in the fourth quarter and a game-winning field goal with no time remaining in overtime in the same game.
On the losing end, Russell Wilson threw for 450 yards and three touchdowns, including two go-ahead bombs in the fourth quarter, but it was his lone interception of the day -- an overtime pick -- that helped seal the Giants' fate.
2) Goff leads Lions back to explosive ways
All it took for the Lions' offense to look like the one that led the NFL in scoring last year was Ben Johnson returning to Detroit -- albeit as the visiting team's head coach. All of the usual suspects had big days in Detroit, as Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery both found the end zone, Amon-Ra St. Brown scored three times, and Jameson Williams had a 100-plus-yard day (on just two receptions). Oh, and Jared Goff had as many touchdown passes as incompletions (five).
For Goff, it was the fifth time in his career in which he was the starting quarterback for a team that scored at least 50 points. That's tied with Peyton Manning for the third-most 50-point games by a starting QB in the Super Bowl era, trailing only Tom Brady (8) and Drew Brees (6).
Gibbs and Montgomery both scored a rushing touchdown in the same game for the 10th time as teammates, which tied the all-time record for a pair of running backs. Hall of Famers Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor also had 10 such games in the 1950s and 1960s for Vince Lombardi's Packers, and two more Hall of Famers -- Hugh McElhenny and Joe Perry -- had 10 such games for the 49ers in the 1950s.
3) Multiple Colts reach new milestones
Daniel Jones was not named Indianapolis' starting quarterback until mid-August. One month later, he and the 2-0 Colts are setting offensive records.
Through two games, the Colts have scored on 14 of their 17 possessions (including the first 10 of the season), have not turned the ball over and have not punted. Indy became the first team in NFL history to open the season with 10 consecutive scoring drives and is also the only team in the Super Bowl era to not punt in either of its first two games in a season.
Jones is the first player in NFL history with at least 250 yards passing, zero interceptions and a rushing touchdown in each of the first two games of the season. His 588 passing yards are the most by a Colts quarterback through Week 2 since Peyton Manning in 2010.
Tyler Warren has 155 receiving yards through two games, leading all NFL tight ends through Sunday of Week 2. The Penn State product, who finished seventh in Heisman voting last season, joined Brock Bowers (156) as the only tight ends in NFL history with 150-plus receiving yards through their first two NFL games. Warren topped Bowers, though, by becoming the only tight end to go for 75-plus receiving yards in each of his first two games, a feat last accomplished by Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua in 2023.
Not to be ignored, Jonathan Taylor rushed for 165 yards and added 50 more and a touchdown through the air. It was his fifth career game with 200-plus scrimmage yards, breaking a tie with Hall of Famers Marshall Faulk and Lenny Moore for the second-most in Colts history. Only Hall of Famer Edgerrin James (6) has more.
4) McCaffrey joins pair of Hall of Famers
One of the lone healthy offensive stars for the 49ers, Christian McCaffrey again eclipsed 100 scrimmage yards in San Francisco's 26-21 win over New Orleans.
McCaffrey, who had 55 rushing yards, 52 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown, joined Hall of Famers Marshall Faulk and Lenny Moore as the only players in NFL history with at least 50 rushing touchdowns and 30 receiving touchdowns in a career. Next up to join that list could be one of McCaffrey's opponents from Sunday. Alvin Kamara, a fellow member of the 2017 NFL Draft class, has 61 rushing touchdowns and 25 receiving touchdowns in his career.
5) Chase produces despite loss of Burrow
The Bengals are 2-0 for the first time since 2018, but there likely isn't much celebrating in Cincinnati tonight due to a serious injury to their star quarterback. Joe Burrow is feared to have suffered a turf toe injury against the Jaguars that could sideline him at least three months, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported. (EDITOR'S UPDATE: Rapoport reported on Monday that Burrow will indeed undergo surgery on his toe and miss at least three months of action.)
One bright spot is Ja'Marr Chase. The 2024 receiving triple crown winner didn't seem to miss a beat after Burrow left the game, as 128 of his 165 receiving yards on Sunday came from backup Jake Browning.
Chase finished with 14 receptions for 165 yards and a touchdown. It was the sixth game of his career with at least 10 catches, 160 yards and a score -- tied with Jerry Rice, Isaac Bruce, Terrell Owens and Tyreek Hill for the second-most such games all-time. Only Julio Jones, with seven, has more.
Chase also tied Rice for the most games (eight) with 150-plus receiving yards and a touchdown within a player's first five NFL seasons.
