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NFL Research spotlights the best nuggets from each slate of games. Here are the most eye-popping statistical accomplishments from Week 16 of the 2025 season.
The Jaguars went into Denver and knocked off Sean Payton’s top-seeded Broncos. Jacksonville has now won six consecutive games, the team’s longest winning streak in a season since 1999, when Tom Coughlin led the Jags to a 14-2 finish. In his first year as an NFL head coach, Liam Coen has led the Jaguars to 11 wins with two games still to go, already their most victories since going 11-5 in 2007 — back when Coen was the starting quarterback at the University of Massachusetts.
Maybe the biggest win for the Jaguars in 2025 has been the play of Trevor Lawrence, particularly during the winning streak. Lawrence, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 draft, signed a five-year, $275 million contract extension prior to the 2024 season. He has accounted for 33 touchdowns this season, which ranks third behind MVP favorite Matthew Stafford and reigning MVP Josh Allen.
In just his last two games, Lawrence has totaled 10 touchdowns (eight passing, two rushing) and has avoided turning the ball over. The only other players in NFL history with 10 touchdowns and zero turnovers in any two-game span in a season are Allen (2024 MVP season), Drew Brees (2019) and Patrick Mahomes (2018 MVP season).
Lawrence just became the third quarterback since the 1970 merger to throw for at least three touchdowns, rush for a TD and avoid throwing an interception in back-to-back games. The other two quarterbacks to do so? Joe Cool and Joe Brr: Montana had a pair of those games during his 1989 MVP season and Burrow did so in 2022.
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Death, taxes and, well, you get the point. The Steelers held on for the nail-biter win of all nail-biter wins in Week 16 against the Lions to move to 9-6 on the season, securing Mike Tomlin’s 19th consecutive season without coaching his team to a losing record.
Week 16 brought the 200th win of Tomlin’s career, including playoffs. At just 53 years old, Tomlin became the third-youngest head coach in NFL history to reach 200 career wins, trailing Hall of Famers Curly Lambeau (48 years old) and Don Shula (51).
As a franchise, the Steelers have now gone 22 consecutive seasons without finishing below .500, surpassing the Cowboys (21 seasons from 1965-1985) for the longest such streak in NFL history.