Paul Higham
BBC Sport Journalist
It was a Sunday of records and highlights-reel performances successful week 4 arsenic Patrick Mahomes celebrated his 100th regular play commencement with a win, portion Jayden Daniels announced himself arsenic a caller prima of the league.
The Kansas City Chiefs support uncovering ways to triumph arsenic the Jacksonville Jaguars find caller ways to lose, portion the Washington Commanders proceed to astonishment with record-setting rookie Daniels pulling the strings.
The Minnesota Vikings warmed up for their travel to London with a win, but Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets caput to the UK with a bitter decision to swallow.
Mahomes celebrates landmark Chiefs win
Mahomes celebrated his 100th regular play commencement with a grounds 78th triumph - 2 much than Tom Brady and Roger Staubach's erstwhile champion - portion helium besides holds the records for the astir completed passes, touchdowns and passing yards successful the archetypal 100 games of a career.
Mahomes has present won each 12 vocation games erstwhile the Chiefs person trailed by precisely 10 points with Sunday's 17-10 triumph astatine the Los Angeles Chargers - their 10th successful a row.
The three-time Super Bowl champion had gone 30 games with a 50-yard TD walk earlier hitting speedster Xavier Worthy with a 54-yarder during the comeback, which again was built connected the backmost of the team's coagulated defence.
Injury problems are mounting though arsenic Mahomes himself impaired his ain apical receiver Rashee Rice erstwhile trying to marque a tackle, which conscionable added to what successful galore statistical categories has been his worst four-game commencement to a season.
The lone stat that truly counts though is that the Chiefs are 4-0.
Daniels and Purdy acceptable records
Washington's rookie backmost improvement Daniels led the Commanders to a 42-14 triumph astatine the Arizona Cardinals, showing much of his unthinkable poise and precision for idiosyncratic astatine the commencement of his NFL career.
Daniels scored his 4th rushing TD of the play but it is his passing accuracy that is raising eyebrows, arsenic his singular 82.1% walk completion complaint is the champion successful immoderate four-game span successful the Super Bowl era.
Only Brady and Peyton Manning person produced thing akin and some came during 1 of their MVP seasons. So present is the clip to commencement taking Daniels and the Commanders precise seriously.
Brock Purdy is different QB mounting records; aft helping the San Francisco 49ers bushed the New England Patriots helium tops the all-time backmost standing metric aft 25 starts.
Vikings unbeaten, Rodgers beaten up earlier London
The Minnesota Vikings caput to London adjacent Sunday inactive unbeaten aft surviving a chaotic comeback to bushed the Green Bay Packers successful a crippled littered with some brilliance and turnover mistakes.
The Vikings stormed into a 28-0 pb with Green Bay missing 2 tract goals and Jordan Love throwing 2 interceptions, but erstwhile helium settled the Packers came roaring backmost acknowledgment to Love's 4 TD passes.
Minnesota managed to cling connected for a 31-29 triumph with the Sam Darnold renaissance being 1 of the biggest surprises of this NFL season.
Rodgers was deed 13 times and failed to make a touchdown arsenic the New York Jets suffered an disfigured 10-9 nonaccomplishment astatine location to the Denver Broncos successful immoderate unpleasant upwind conditions successful the Big Apple.
Rodgers admitted helium was "banged up" and had problems with some legs, but insisted we would beryllium OK to look the Vikings astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium connected Sunday, arsenic helium offered an honorable appraisal of the game.
"The upwind sucked, but truthful did immoderate of my throws."
Baltimore batter Buffalo and Baker's beef with Brady
Lamar Jackson had 3 full TDs and Derrick Henry ran for 199 yards arsenic the Baltimore Ravens dominated the antecedently unbeaten Buffalo Bills 35-10.
Baltimore's defence bottled up Josh Allen and Henry recorded the longest TD tally successful Ravens past - a blistering 87-yard effort from his precise archetypal transportation of the crippled to acceptable the code for a one-sided victory.
Baker Mayfield threw for 347 yards and had 3 full TDs arsenic the Tampa Bay Buccaneers roasted the Philadelphia Eagles - with his astir uncomfortable moments coming erstwhile trying to explicate his comments that had seemingly angered Brady.
While covering the crippled connected TV, Brady was asked astir Mayfield's comments connected the squad being "pretty stressed out" portion helium was determination starring them to Super Bowl success.
"I thought stressful was not having Super Bowl rings," Brady said connected the Fox coverage. "So, determination was a mindset of a champion that I took to enactment each day. This wasn't time care. If I was going to person fun, I'd spell to Disneyland with my kids."
NFL Week 4 round-up
Jacksonville Jaguars caput manager Doug Pederson said it was "kind of a weird question" erstwhile asked astir his aboriginal aft a sickening precocious decision astatine the Houston Texans.
Pederson is undoubtedly successful the blistery spot though aft a ninth decision successful 10 games and a 0-4 commencement to the play with conscionable 60 points scored. Only 1 squad has made the play-offs erstwhile starting 0-4 and the Jags bash not look similar a broadside primed for a singular turnaround.
Veteran QB Joe Flacco gave the punctuation of the time aft helium came disconnected the seat to propulsion 2 TDs and assistance the Indianapolis Colts inflict a archetypal decision of the play connected the Pittsburgh Steelers - a show injured starter Anthony Richardson labelled "cool" .
"He [Richardson] told maine his ma is 8 days older than I am," the 39-year-old Flacco told CBS. "So there's nary accidental successful the satellite helium thinks I'm cool."
Matthew Stafford said it was "humbling" to walk Eli Manning successful 10th connected the all-time passing yards standings, but it was nary consolation aft his Los Angeles Rams mislaid astatine the Chicago Bears.
Younghoe Koo booted a 58-yard tract extremity with conscionable 2 seconds near connected the timepiece to springiness the Atlanta Falcons a 26-24 triumph astatine the New Orleans Saints.
Joe Burrow yet got a archetypal triumph of the play arsenic the Cincinnati Bengals bushed the Carolina Panthers and the Las Vegas Raiders edged retired the Cleveland Browns
NFL Scores - Week Four
Minnesota Vikings 31-29 Green Bay Packers
Philadelphia Eagles 16-33 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jacksonville Jaguars 20-24 Houston Texans
New Orleans Saints 24-26 Atlanta Falcons
Cincinnati Bengals 34-24 Carolina Panthers
Denver Broncos 10-9 New York Jets
Los Angeles Rams 18-24 Chicago Bears
Pittsburgh Steelers 24-27 Indianapolis Colts
Dallas Cowboys 20-15 New York Giants
New England Patriots 13-30 San Francisco 49ers
Washington Commanders 42-14 Arizona Cardinals
Cleveland Browns 16-20 Las Vegas Raiders
Kansas City Chiefs 17-10 Los Angeles Chargers
Buffalo Bills 10-35 Baltimore Ravens