2025 Milestones: Records and numbers to watch in Week 16

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2025-12-20

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Using the power of NFL Pro — granting unique team and player insights and a wealth of analytics from Next Gen Stats — NFL Research breaks down the records that stand to be broken in Week 16. Sign up for NFL+ Premium to gain access to NFL Pro.

Denver Broncos

1) Mike Tomlin and Sean Payton win football games.

Mike Tomlin and Sean Payton are two of only five NFL head coaches since the turn of the century that have won at least 190 games, including the playoffs. Tomlin led the Steelers to the Super Bowl XLIII title in 2008, and Payton led the Saints to the Super Bowl XLIV title the very next season.

Tomlin’s Steelers have won 199 regular season and playoff games since he took over as head coach in 2007, 10 shy of Hall of Famer Chuck Noll’s franchise record. With another Steelers win, Tomlin – 53 years old – would become the third youngest head coach in NFL history to reach 200 career wins, including the playoffs.

Payton won 161 regular season and playoff games in New Orleans, making him the only coach in franchise history to win at least 100 games. Now in his third season with the Broncos, he is on the doorstep of a fifth 13-win season as a head coach. A Broncos win in Week 16 would join Payton with Bill Belichick – seven such seasons – as the only head coaches in NFL history to win at least 13 games in at least five different seasons.