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The Ravens are the first team in NFL history to achieve this rushing feat, plus 13 other wild stats from Week 4

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The Baltimore Ravens capped their fourth full NFL Sunday with a 35-10 win over the Buffalo Bills.

A big reason for the Ravens' win is that Buffalo simply had no answer to Baltimore's rushing attack. Thanks to the power of Derrick Henry and the finesse of Lamar Jackson, the Ravens outgained the Bills on the ground by 190 yards (271-81).

This is notable because the Ravens are now the first team in NFL history to outgain opponents by at least 100 yards in each of their first four games. Additionally, Jackson and Henry have combined for 788 rushing yards this season, which is the most in NFL history by a QB/RB duo in a four-week span.

The fact that the Ravens are doing so well should scare the rest of the league. John Harbaugh is 36-5 when his team rushes for at least 200 yards and 16-1 when that number reaches 250.

So that still happened in week 4?

Let's look at 13 more of the wildest stats from Week 4 (via CBS Sports Research):

  1. Jayden Daniels makes NFL history. Daniels completed 86.7% of his passes against the Cardinals, becoming the first quarterback in NFL history to complete at least 85% of his passes in two consecutive games (with at least 15 attempts). Daniels completed 91.3% of his passes in Week 3 against the Bengals.
  2. Commanders cannot be stopped. With 42 points against the Cardinals, the Commanders have scored at least 38 points in two consecutive games, marking the first time they have done so since 1991. The 1991 season was also the last time the Commanders reached the Super Bowl. Another noteworthy statistic from Washington: At 3-1, the Commanders are over .500 in four games for the first time since 2011.
  3. Comeback kids. The Chiefs are 4-0, which isn't exactly surprising, but they've trailed by at least a touchdown in all four games, making them just the third team in NFL history to start 4-0 despite trailing by at least seven points all had four games.
  4. The Vikings could be contenders for the Super Bowl. With their victory over the Packers, the Vikings became the first team in NFL history to win three straight games without trailing against teams that had all won a playoff game the previous season.
  5. Sam Darnold joins an impressive club. With 11 TD passes in four weeks, Darnold is now just the fifth QB in NFL history to lead his team to a 4-0 start and throw at least 10 total TD passes in those four wins. Darnold joins Patrick Mahomes (Chiefs), Kurt Warner (Rams), Jeff George (Vikings) and Vinny Testaverde (Jets).
  6. Giants and Jets can't score at MetLife Stadium. Both New York teams played at home in Week 4 and neither team scored a TD. This week marked the 57th time both played at home in the same week and the first time ever that neither team scored a touchdown. The two teams have played in the same stadium since 1984.
  7. Fabulous Flacco. Joe Flacco threw two touchdown passes against the Steelers, meaning he has now thrown multiple touchdown passes in six straight games. Somehow, this is the longest active streak of any QB in the NFL.
  8. Matthew Stafford cracks the top 10 list for most passing yards. The Rams quarterback needed 222 yards to tie Eli Manning for the 10th most passing yards in NFL history, and he managed 224. Stafford has now passed for 57,025 yards over his career. Aaron Rodgers is ninth on the list, so Stafford is unlikely to move up again this season.
  9. Big week for rookie quarterbacks. Since the Bears, Broncos and Commanders all won, that means Caleb Williams, Bo Nix and Jayden Daniels were all winners on Sunday. This is only the third time in NFL history that three rookie quarterbacks won in the same week during the first four weeks of the season. The only other times it happened were in 2012 and 2016.
  10. A beautiful home for Caleb Williams. The Bears' rookie quarterback is now 2-0 at home after Chicago's win over the Rams. That's notable because it makes Williams the first No. 1 overall pick in NFL history to win the first two home starts of his rookie year.
  11. Xavier McKinney provides the most interceptions. The Packers safety has at least one interception in four straight games to start the season. McKinney became the first player in 29 years to open the season with an interception in four consecutive games while playing for a new team. The last player to do that was Otis Smith, who did it for the Jets in 1995.
  12. Run, Derrick, run. Derrick Henry scored an 87-yard TD against the Bills, tying the longest scoring run in franchise history. The Ravens running back also became the first player in franchise history to rush for at least 175 yards in a game WITH a rushing TD and a receiving TD. Henry finished the game with 199 yards rushing against the Bills.
  13. Smart guy. Patriots kicker Joey Slye made a 63-yard field goal against the 49ers, marking the fourth-longest field goal in NFL history. Although we've seen longer kicks from Justin Tucker (66) and Brandon Aubrey (65) in recent years, Slye's kick was the longest field goal made by a kicker in an OUTDOOR game since 2018. He also set the Patriots' franchise record for longest field goal. You You can see Slye's big kick here.

There have only been 10 kicks in NFL history that have been taken from 63 yards or more. Of those ten kicks, three came indoors and three in Denver (where the thin air makes it easier to perform long kicks), meaning Slye has one of only four kicks in history that did not occur indoors or in Denver were executed.