One of the weirder statistics in pro football is Norm Van Brocklin’s pro football record of 554 passing yards in a single game. Not that it’s odd that Van Brocklin would set the record — the man is a Pro Football Hall-of-Famer, after all. The surprise is, with all the advancements in the passing game, and with all the benefits given to offenses in general with rules in the last few decades, that Van Brocklin accomplished this feat for the Los Angeles Rams against the New York Yanks on September 28, 1951.
At the half of the Buffalo Bills’ game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, Bills quarterback Josh Allen is on pace to not only break, but to smash, Van Brocklin’s record.
In the first half of Buffalo’s romp Steelers, Allen completed 14 of 24 passes for 248 yards, four touchdowns, one interception, and a passer rating of 125.0.
We’ll see how much Allen will play in the second half with the score 31-3 at the half, but given what Allen’s already done to this usually great defense, it’s time to do a bit of record-watching.