Week end our Week Four of the NFL season with two teams that could both be heading for the postseason. The Washington Redskins (2-1) travel to the midwest to take on the Kansas City Chiefs (3-0) on Monday Night Football.
As always, scroll on down for the live blog. Keep reading for the press release from the NFL.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR – WEEK 4
DREAM SEASON: Kansas City rookie running back KAREEM HUNT had 183 scrimmage yards (172 rushing, 11 receiving) and one rushing touchdown in the Chiefs’ 24-10 win at the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 3. Seahawks
With 30 scrimmage yards in Week 4 against Washington on Monday Night Football, Hunt, who has 538 scrimmage yards in his first three games, would surpass ADRIAN PETERSON (549 yards in 2007) and Pro Football Hall of Famer ERIC DICKERSON (567 in 1983) for the second-most scrimmage yards by a rookie in his team’s first four games of a season. Seahawks
The rookies with the most scrimmage yards in their team’s first four games to start a season:
FINDING PAYDIRT: Last week, Los Angeles Rams running back TODD GURLEY had three touchdowns (two rushing, one receiving) in the team’s 41-39 win at San Francisco. Kansas City rookie running back KAREEM HUNT rushed for a touchdown in the Chiefs’ 24-10 victory against the Los Angeles Chargers. Seahawks
Gurley and Hunt have six touchdowns each through three games this season. With three touchdowns in Week 4, Gurley and Hunt would tie Pro Football Hall of Famer EMMITT SMITH and STEPHEN DAVIS for the second-most touchdowns by a player in his team’s first four games to start a season.
The players with the most touchdowns in their team’s first four games to start a season:
With two touchdowns each in Week 4, Gurley and Hunt would become the first pair of players to each have eight total touchdowns through their team’s first four games in the same season in NFL history.
Hunt, who currently leads all rookies with six total touchdowns, needs two touchdowns to tie BILL PASCHAL of the 1943 New York Giants (eight touchdowns) for the most touchdowns by a rookie in his team’s first four games of a season.
The rookies with the most touchdowns in their team’s first four games to start a season:
YARD WORK: Green Bay quarterback AARON RODGERS passed for 313 yards and three touchdowns in the Packers’ 27-24 overtime win against Cincinnati in Week 3.
Rodgers, who ranks second in the NFL with 967 passing yards this season, has at least 300 passing yards in each of his team’s first three games. With at least 300 passing yards against Chicago on Thursday Night Football, Rodgers would become the fifth quarterback in NFL history to record 300 or more passing yards in each of his team’s first four games of a season.
The players with 300 or more passing yards in each of their team’s first four games of a season:
PROLIFIC PASSERS: Three quarterbacks – New England’s TOM BRADY, New Orleans’ DREW BREES and Kansas City’s ALEX SMITH – have at least 750 passing yards, six touchdown passes and no interceptions through Week 3. Brady, Brees and Smith look to join an exclusive club this week.
The game is on ESPN at 8:30 p.m. EST. Watch it with me.
