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Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes accomplished rare feat with win vs. Vikings

#Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes joined elite company by accomplishing this rare feat against the #Vikings in Week 5.

By securing a victory against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes joined an elite list as one of just 10 signal-callers in NFL history to defeat 31 teams in his career. Unsurprisingly, Mahomes is the first quarterback to achieve the feat before the age of 30.

Wins in the NFL don’t come easy, and Mahomes has managed to find success against every opponent he has faced over the years, even if he has dropped a few games along the way. At present, the only team that Mahomes hasn’t bested is the Chiefs, who are sure to hope that they never join the list to give the reigning MVP a win over every franchise in the league.

With plenty of his career ahead of him, Mahomes can focus on doubling up on this herculean task, and beat every team once more to prove that this achievement in his 20s wasn’t a fluke.

Detroit Lions Matthew Stafford has now thrown a TD pass against all 31 NFL opponents

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has now thrown a touchdown pass against all 31 teams in the NFL.

It took until his twelfth season, and three different games against the Jacksonville Jaguars, but Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has now thrown a touchdown pass against all 31 opponents in the NFL.

Earlier this week in a virtual interview, Stafford was told that despite being 2-0 in his career against the Jaguars, they were the only team in the NFL that he had not thrown a touchdown pass on.

When asked if that provided any extra motivation for him to find the endzone this week, Stafford quickly responded:

“Yeah, that needs to happen for sure.”

And in the third quarter, it did indeed happen.

On the Lions second possession of the second half, the Jaguars jumped offsides, giving Stafford a free play, and he targeted Kenny Golladay 48-yards downfield, securing the catch inside the 10-yard line. Another pass to Golladay got the Lions to the one-yard line, and after two incompletions, the Lions decided to go for it on fourth down.

A simple rub route opened up T.J. Hockenson underneath and Stafford completed his 265th career touchdown pass:

 

Matthew Staffords career TD distribution courtesy of the Detroit Lions PR Department

Stafford doesn’t typically get caught up in individual achievements, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t appreciate the achievement. When he closed his media session this week, he wrapped it up by saying:

“Yeah, we need to make that happen… that’d be great. I’d love to have that on the tombstone one day or something.”