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1) Death. Taxes. Five receptions for Trey McBride.
Trey McBride has been a fixture on the milestones watch in 2025, and in Week 15 against the Texans, he has a chance to finally reach the summit of the tight end mountain he's been climbing all season.
Leading all NFL tight ends with 93 receptions, 937 receiving yards and eight receiving touchdowns, McBride has caught at least five passes in all 13 of his games played this season. Add in 12 catches in Week 17 and seven catches in Week 18 of last season, and you get 15 consecutive games with at least five receptions.
One more five-catch performance in Week 15 for McBride would break a tie with Travis Kelce – who did so in 15 games in 2018 – for the longest such streak by a tight end in NFL history.
With another two receptions on to of that, McBride would reach the century mark in 2025 – a season after posting 111 receptions in 2024. That would make him the first tight end to ever catch 100 passes in back-to-back seasons. Kelce – who had three such seasons – is the only tight end with multiple 100-reception seasons at any point in a career.
2) Derrick Henry. New Colors. Same king.
Derrick Henry has been a walking – or perhaps more aptly steamrolling – record book throughout the entirety of his now decade-long career in the NFL. He's the 11th-leading rusher in league history, and his 116 rushing touchdowns are the fifth most all-time.
The bulk of that production came in the Music City, where he spent the first eight seasons of his career winning a pair of rushing titles. In Week 15 however, he has a chance to make some history for what he's done in the purple and black.
Henry has been the most prolific rusher in the league since joining the Ravens in 2024, leading the NFL with 2,946 rushing yards over that span. With just 54 more yards on the ground, Henry will become the fourth player ever to tally at least 3,000 rushing yards in their first two seasons with a new team, joining Ricky Williams with the Dolphins in 2002-03, Priest Holmes in 2001-02 with the Chiefs and Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis in 1996-97 with the Steelers.
3) If you squint your eyes, you can almost see Number 20 in Honolulu Blue
Thanks to a three-touchdown explosion on Thursday Night Football in Week 14 against the Cowboys, Jahmyr Gibbs now stands side by side with fellow Detroit Lions royalty.
Gibbs has scored 47 touchdowns in his young career, matching Hall of Famer Barry Sanders for the most by a player both in their first three career seasons and prior to their 24th birthday. One more trip to paydirt for the Lions running back of days present, and both records will be his alone.
That Thursday night trifecta was Gibbs' 11th career game with multiple rushing touchdowns, tied for third most through three seasons in NFL history. Another such game would tie Hall of Famers Jim Brown, Earl Campbell and Eric Dickerson – who each have 12 – for the most such games ever in a player's first three seasons.
4) Allen vs. Maye. The rematch.
Bills vs. Patriots.
Josh Allen vs Drake Maye.
A chance for New England to clinch the AFC East title.
Everything you could possibly ask for on a December afternoon in Foxborough.
But simmering beneath the surface, these two quarterbacks can join – or in Maye's case leave behind – some of the game's most exclusive company in Week 15.
Maye's Patriots have won 10 consecutive games, their longest winning streak in a season since 2015. They last won more than 10 straight in a season in 2007, when they went a perfect 16-0. Their signal caller has also recorded a passer rating of 80 or better in each of those games, just one winning performance away from breaking Hall of Famer Dan Marino's record streak by a player under the age of 24, which was set in his 1984 MVP season.
On the other side, Allen's Bills need that same victory to remain in AFC East contention. A win would also be the 86th of Allen's career, tying him with Tom Brady and Russell Wilson for the second most by a quarterback in their first eight seasons in NFL history. Only Patrick Mahomes, with 89 wins, has more.
Allen also sits second in the NFL with 34 offensive touchdowns this season, needing just one more score of any kind to reach the 35 mark for the sixth time in his career. That would break a tie with Hall of Famer Peyton Manning for fourth and bring him into a tie with Drew Brees for the third most seasons with at least 35 offensive touchdowns all-time. Only Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers have more such seasons with seven each.
5) Christian McCaffrey: jack of all trades and the master of most.
The 49ers are lurking right behind the Rams and the Seahawks in the hotly-contested race for the NFC West crown in 2025, and Christian McCaffrey is chief among the reasons why. He leads the NFL with 322 touches, over 40 more than any other player in the league entering Week 15, and his 85 receptions are fifth among all players.
Third in the NFL with 1,655 scrimmage yards this season, McCaffrey needs just 145 yards to reach the 1,800-yard mark for the fifth time in his career. He would join Hall of Famers Walter Payton – who did so a record seven times – Marshall Faulk, Emmitt Smith and LaDainian Tomlinson as the only players in NFL history to reach 1,800 scrimmage yards in at least five career seasons.
McCaffrey also leads all running backs with 806 receiving yards in 2025, the only back with at least 700 yards entering Week 15. 94 more yards through the air would make him just the third running back ever with multiple seasons of at least 900 receiving yards, joining Hall of Famers Lenny Moore and Marshall Faulk.
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