December 12, 2007
What to Watch Sunday

With the Vikings playing on Monday night, what does a football fanatic do this Sunday? You tune into the Patriots-Jets game, that's what. Why? Not because these teams hate each other, but because of the potential for some new NFL records to be set. Some of which are currently owned by the Vikings.

The record for points in a season (556) belongs to the 1998 Vikings, and the Patriots need just 54 more to move to the top of the list. I bet they could even do it by halftime Sunday against the Jets! To wit, the Patriots this season put up 56 on the Bills and 52 on the Redskins. They even put up 48, on the road, on the Cowboys, the so-called elite of the NFC.

The most points scored by one team in an NFL game is 72. The Washington Redskins beat the New York Giants, 72-41, on Nov. 27, 1966. The talk nationally is that the Patriots have their eye on that record as well.

Tom Brady needs five touchdown passes to break Peyton Manning’s single-season record of 49, and 990 yards to eclipse Dan Marino’s record for passing yardage in a season. At least Marino's record should be safe this Sunday....I think! Afterall, the Jets have the league's eleventh best pass defense.

Randy Moss needs four touchdown catches to break Jerry Rice’s single-season mark of 22. The all-time record for touchdown catches in a game is five. Hmmmm, I like Moss' chances.

If you liked watching Adrian Peterson set records earlier this season, tune into the Jets-Pats game Sunday and watch more records be eclipsed.

Posted by maasx003 at December 12, 2007 1:26 AM
Comments

I won't get to see the Patriots-Jets game, at least not from the comfort of my own home. I'll have my choice between Green Bay @ St Louis (yuck) or Jacksonville @ Pittsburgh (should be a pretty good game). It looks like a very small amount of people will get to see NE on broadcast television, which I think is weird. And as soon as the game gets out of hand, they'll take it off the air everywhere except for New York and the NE area. Dumb.

Oh well. At least the Vikes are getting prime time two weeks in a row, and I'll be attending the week 17 game in person. No more missed games for me this season!

Posted by: Peter at December 12, 2007 4:52 PM