Lamar Jackson caps off historic season, plus 10 more incredible stats from Week 18
The final week of the NFL regular season is in the books, with the playoff bracket set. Several players had incredible performances, along with surprising results from multiple teams.
Arguably the best performance came from Lamar Jackson, who finished with 217 yards passing, two passing touchdowns and 63 yards rushing in his regular season finale against the Browns. While his stat-line doesn't jump off the page, the performance pushed his season totals enough to cap off one of the most amazing years we've ever seen by a quarterback— as he finished with 4,172 pass yards, 41 pass touchdowns, four interceptions, 915 rush yards, and four rushing touchdowns. Below we've contextualized just how unique this season from the two-time MVP was:
Jackson wasn't the only one to have an incredible performance this past weekend. FOX Sports Research broke down ten more eye-opening nuggets for you. Let's take a look:
Malik Nabers ended his phenomenal rookie campaign with 64 yards receiving and a touchdown catch against the Eagles. The LSU product finished with this season with 109 catches for 1,204 receiving yards and seven touchdown receptions. No player in Giants history has caught more passes in a single season than Nabers did this year, and he's just one of three rookies ever to catch 100+ passes for over 1,200 yards— joining Puka Nacua (2023) and Anquan Boldin (2003). He also ended the season with seven consecutive games with 60+ receiving yards, becoming just the fourth rookie since the 1970 merger to have such a streak along with Odell Beckham Jr., Michael Clayton, and Brian Thomas Jr.
The Buccaneers won the NFC South for the fourth straight season, and several players set so many milestones that we decided to just list them all