It’s easily the best MNF game of the season so far. Tonight on Monday Night Football we get the Cincinnati Bengals (3-4-1) taking on the suddenly hot New York Giants (5-3) in New Jersey.
As always, scroll on down for the live blog. Keep reading for this weeks’ press release from the NFL.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR – WEEK 10
ROOKIES ON THE RISE: Dallas rookie running back EZEKIEL ELLIOTT rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns in the Cowboys’ 35-10 win at Cleveland last week. Elliott leads the league with 891 rushing yards, the third-most in NFL history in a player’s first eight career games. MNF
With 109 yards on Sunday against Pittsburgh, Elliott would join Pro Football Hall of Famer ERIC DICKERSON (1,096) and ADRIAN PETERSON (1,081) as the only players in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards in their first nine career games. MNF
Dallas rookie quarterback DAK PRESCOTT completed 21 of 27 passes for 247 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions for a 141.8 rating in last week’s win. Prescott leads all rookies in passing yards (2,020), touchdown passes (12) and passer rating (104.2). MNF
Prescott and Elliott can become the second rookie quarterback and rookie running back teammates in NFL history with at least 2,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a season, joining ROBERT GRIFFIN III (3,200 passing yards) and ALFRED MORRIS (1,613 rushing yards) who accomplished the feat with Washington in 2012.
JULIO AT 75: Atlanta wide receiver JULIO JONES had eight receptions for 111 yards and one touchdown in the Falcons’ 43-28 victory at Tampa Bay in Week 9. Jones has 51 receptions and leads the NFL with 970 receiving yards.
Entering his 75th career game on Sunday against Philadelphia, Jones already has the most receptions (465) in NFL history by a player in his first 75 career games.
Jones has 7,171 receiving yards through his first 74 career games and is one of only two players in NFL history to record at least 7,000 receiving yards in his first 75 career games, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer LANCE ALWORTH (7,532).
PROTECTING THE PIGSKIN: New England quarterbacks TOM BRADY (134), JIMMY GAROPPOLO (60) and rookie JACOBY BRISSETT (55) have combined for 249 consecutive passing attempts without an interception this season.
On Sunday night against Seattle, the Patriots can become the second team in NFL history to not throw an interception in a team’s first nine games of a season, joining the 1960 Cleveland Browns.
The Patriots’ 249 passing attempts without an interception mark the second-longest streak to start a season in NFL history, trailing only the 2008 Washington Redskins (251).
ENVYING GREEN: Cincinnati wide receiver A.J. GREEN leads the NFL with 59 receptions and ranks second in the league with 896 receiving yards entering Week 10. With 104 receiving yards on Monday night against the Giants, Green would join RANDY MOSS as the only players in NFL history to record 1,000 receiving yards in each of their first six seasons.
THE 300 CLUB: San Diego quarterback PHILIP RIVERS completed 24 of 33 passes for 275 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions for a 117.6 rating in the Chargers’ 43-35 victory over Tennessee last week. With two touchdown passes on Sunday against Miami, Rivers would become the ninth player in NFL history with 300 career passing touchdowns.
The game is on ESPN at 8:20 p.m. or so. Watch it with me.
